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My kid says they’re a therian and I’m trying to understand. Anyone have any experience with this? (hexbear.net)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2733818

I know that therians are not furries but I’m looking for any input I can get.

I’ve read through some of the top posts for r/therian. I have a vague understanding of otherkin in general but hadn’t heard of therians in particular. If my kid said they were a furry, I’d be well within my comfort zone. I fuck with furries. But this seems like people who feel they are trans-species and talk about having species dysphoria. I just don’t know what to make of it but I’m also trying to not overreact or let my snap judgements alienate my kid. I assume they feel like they’ve just had to come out to me, which is something I’ve gone out of my way to not make necessary in terms of gender and sexuality stuff. Just didn’t see this coming.

If the worst thing that happens is they enjoy making animal noises and spend more time out in nature, I’m super down. If they start experiencing alienation from their own identity because of this, I’m not sure what I’ll do.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Kids believe all sorts of shit. If it's not causing dysfunction in their life, there's probably no harm in letting them be a weirdo until they either grow out of it or become a based weirdo adult.

I've known teenagers calling themselves otherkin. I've never known a grown adult to. It doesn't seem like sexuality or gender where it's here for the long haul - just keep being a cool parent and let kids be kids and let them be little a cringe sometimes, as a treat. You can all laugh about it when you're old.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Yeah, this is the vibe I’m trying to lead with. Lighthearted curiosity until I have a reason to believe otherwise, I guess.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I've known teenagers calling themselves otherkin. I've never known a grown adult to.

I've known a handful. They're usually alright people.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I follow a 37 year old therian (I think?) on Mastodon. It's an interesting concept. I've warmed up to the idea after reading about homuncular flexibility and sex abolition. We're not hunter-gatherers anymore, so I can't be too surprised that people feel estranged from their homo sapiens body. Just another example of modes of production making previous ways of being increasingly irrelevant. Kind of a shame that we're at the level of technological development that we are. I do think eventually "humans" will encompass many "nonhuman" forms. Not a personal interest of mine, though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Unlimited transhumanism on the transgender population (for those that want it)