A mummy blogger with 18-month-old identical twin boys and a two-year-old daughter in ‘unapologetically’ refusing to bring up her children as ‘gender neutral’.
Sydney mum Eliza Curby, 28, told Daily Mail Australia she won’t ‘create some unreasonable neutral gender playing field’ for her children – because she isn’t ‘afraid of gender’.
Ms Curby made headlines after the birth of her twin boys Jack and Wolfe in December 2016, who were conceived just six weeks after the birth of her first child, Charlie in January the same year.
Sydney mum Eliza Curby, 28, plans to bring her children up ‘according to their gender’ – she is pictured here with sons Jack and Wolfe
The mum gave birth to three children in 2016 – Charlie, her daughter in January, and her sons in December
The busy mum noticed her young boys ‘gravitating towards the few toy cars’ in the house – and says they are ‘obsessed’ with the garbage truck.
‘It got me thinking about boys and girls and why we are so afraid of the difference,’ she said.
So she wrote a post about it on Facebook – challenging new-age ideals about gender.
‘Wht are we so scared of gender these days?’ she asked.
‘We are so concerned with equality, blurring the lines in such a way that we expect men and women be treated the same, act the same, be judged the same, ‘be’ the same,’ she wrote.
The busy mum noticed her young boys ‘gravitating towards the few toy cars’ in the house – and says they are ‘obsessed’ with the garbage truck
‘We are so concerned with equality, blurring the lines in such a way that we expect men and women be treated the same, act the same, be judged the same, ‘be’ the same,’ she wrote
‘If my kids decide they are the wrong gender I will support them, if they are boys boys or if my daughter is a girly girl I will support them – I just don’t intend to overthink the matter,’ she said
‘But here’s the thing – we are not the same.’
She went on to say she is ‘proud to be a woman’ and that she expects to be treated as one.
‘I’m honoured to have an incredible man who opens the door for me, pulls out my chair, who ‘looks after me’ – not in a sense that I cannot do these things myself, but to show me a certain respect and love in doing them.
The children pictured here with dad Ben – just after the birth of the twins
Charlie is pictured here with the family dog – her mother wants to bring her up without new age gender neutral guidelines
‘And I intend to raise my boys – unapologetically – in the same manner,’ she wrote.
And it appeared to hit the mark with her ‘Twingenuity’ blog followers.
‘Love this !! What’s wrong with girls being ‘girls’ and boys being ‘boys’!’ wrote one mum.
‘I am raising my son just as that – a boy. With respect, manners and chivalry for women. A gentleman. And there is nothing wrong with this!’ said another.
‘I am raising my son just as that – a boy. With respect, manners and chivalry for women. A gentleman. And there is nothing wrong with this!’ said a parent on the post
‘Hear, hear! Because a man treats (and respects) a woman differently to a man, like opening a door or giving up a seat, it in no way means men think of them as inferior. We are in all ways equal but just different. And the differences should be celebrated,’ a father wrote.
‘If my kids decide they are the wrong gender I will support them, if they are boys boys or if my daughter is a girly girl I will support them – I just don’t intend to overthink the matter,’ she said.
Ms Curby made headlines after the birth of her twin boys Jack and Wolfe in December 2016, who were conceived just six weeks after the birth of her first child, Charlie in January the same year