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Gender Blender When my son was four and Learning to differentiate between genders, I told him one day that he was The prince and not the princess. He took it right and said, Like dad is the king and you are the queen. And hence the game started, Every day we played, The game called ‘Gender Blender’. I often asked him, when you grow up, What would you be – A father or a mother, A husband or a wife, A sir or a madam? He always answered, “I won’t become an actress But an actor instead.” Suddenly one day he asked ,”Mom, Am I a scooter or a car?” I thought a little and said, “Scooter my dear and you are not a car.” That day our favorite game turned into ‘Gender Blunder’. He asked,”Am I a sofa or a chair? Am I the head or a strand of hair? ” Tell me mumma, “Am I a stool or a table? Am I a T.V. or its cable?” Puzzled, as I stared in abyss , He fired another one - “Am I a peanut or an almond?” I said,” Beta. you are nothing but my sweet little diamond.” Date: 12/05/2014 *In Hindi language we can tell whether a thing has masculine or feminine gender. *Beta - son

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Date: 1/21/2015 12:03:00 AM
read this poem so many times and always liked it and smiled. luv you my cute little sister
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Date: 12/9/2014 8:14:00 AM
From a gender blender to a gender blunder. A child's understanding of the world and it's wonder. An interesting take on the theme Archana. Peace. :)
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Date: 8/29/2014 3:13:00 AM
Kids are full of questions so you better be careful what you say around them. By the way, are diamonds male or female in Hindi? I can guess
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Archana Garg
Date: 8/30/2014 7:32:00 AM
Smiles for you, Mr. Pen. Thanks for your kind advice and comment. Diamond is called ' HEERA' IN Hindi and that's male. Actually last alphabet tells, A- MALE and I OR EE- FEMALE (mostly) as per grammer.
Date: 7/13/2014 7:27:00 AM
Thank you for sharing this, The working of a child's mine I always find fascinating. One day I asked my grand daughter, which of her toy dinosaurs were boys and which were girls. The first one, "This ones a boy" she said. The next one "Is a girl" she replied, as she set it down gently down on the bed beside the first.
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Jerry T Curtis
Date: 7/13/2014 7:27:00 AM
The third one, while holding up in her hand and appearing nonchalant she explained " Now this one is a boy, who thinks he's a girl" and as she slowly tosses it to the other side of the bed, She exclaimed "That's His problem" I Had No idea where that came from, a 4 yr old go figure !
Date: 6/19/2014 5:46:00 AM
Thank you everybody, for your kind comments and appreciation... :))
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Date: 6/18/2014 11:29:00 PM
Archana, Congratulations:)~ Enjoyed, reading every awesome poem on Richard's L, Gender Bender winning list. ... XoX.... LINDA
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Date: 6/18/2014 8:34:00 PM
A great game and bonding between a parent and a child...My daughter and I would play a game telling (bee would sting momma in the butt, or elephant stomp on mommas butt, or woodpecker peck moomas butt..etc) congrats Tim
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Archana Garg
Date: 1/10/2015 2:19:00 AM
Sounds interesting, dear Smith.
Date: 6/18/2014 6:20:00 PM
aww too sweet! I love it. :)
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Date: 6/18/2014 12:58:00 PM
Archana, Congratulations on your sweet win, awesome Gender Bender win...SKAT
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Date: 6/18/2014 10:04:00 AM
Congratulations on the fine win in the contest Gender Bender,
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Date: 6/18/2014 9:38:00 AM
This portrays a lovely relationship, I am pleased you made my winners list.
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Archana Garg
Date: 6/20/2014 7:51:00 AM
Thank you Richard for throwing such a wonderful contest. All the poems were worth reading. I enjoyed them all... :)

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