By contrast, Tschannen says his parenting style hasn’t been “as much of an issue” as he expected, and he’s yet to witness any severely negative reactions in person. “We explained it to friends and family without making too much of a fuss and they just [went] with it,” he explains. Nevertheless, he has experienced an online backlash from strangers whenever he’s written about his family. “Some think it’s extreme, they imply that we brainwash our children and take something (i.e. all aspects of gender) away from them,” he says. “People have a lot of misconceptions.”
