TVO - The Agenda, June 03 2011: Bringing Up (Genderless) Baby

TVO - The Agenda with Steve Paikin, June 03 2011: Bringing Up (Genderless) Baby

The Debate: Bringing Up (Genderless) Baby

A Toronto couple has decided to keep the gender of their child secret. By choosing to not reveal the sex of the child, are they setting him or her up for heartache or an enlightened life? And how is this any different from other parenting choices?

Guests:

Margaret Somerville is the founding director of the McGill Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law, the Samuel Gale professor of Law, and a professor in the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University.

John Hoffman is a columnist for Today's Parent.

Kenneth Zucker is psychologist-in-chief and head of the Gender Identity Service in the Child, Youth, and Family Program at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.

Jayme Poisson is a staff reporter for the Toronto Star.

Rosalind Chait Barnett is a senior scientist at Brandeis University in Boston, and the author of The Truth About Girls and Boys: Challenging Toxic Stereotypes About Our Children.

For more information on this episode, including information on the guests and various other resources and links, visit the episode webpage

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Type: mp4 file
Size: 148MB
Runtime: 00:36:40
Video: MPEG4 Video (H264) 480x270
Audio: AAC 32000Hz mono 48Kbps

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