Our son sat on the couch, watching Mr. Beast on his iPad. He laughed, showed the screen to my wife, and said, “Look how long Kris’s hair is!”
She said non-commitally, “Oh, yeah.” He returned his eyes to the screen, and she gave me a meaningful look.
We didn’t say anything else about it, because our son didn’t say anything else about it. We let him lead the conversation, or lack thereof. A surprised reaction to hair length didn’t necessarily signify anything deeper.
And to be honest, we hoped to put off the conversation about trans identities as long as possible. A celebrity YouTuber’s trans journey is a lot for a 9-year-old to process.