'Theybies'? Latest 'parenting trend' promoted by NBC News sends heads CRASHING to desks

According to NBC News, there’s a new “parenting trend” that’s sweeping the nation (or maybe not):

Julie and Nate Sharpe are raising their 3-year-old twins using the pronoun they, them and their to shield them from gender stereotypes. This is a new parenting technique called, "theybies." https://t.co/OVY4THxZuT

— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 20, 2018

A trend?

https://twitter.com/bethanyshondark/status/1020307244792057858

OK, so we’re kind of speechless after that story, but not everybody was:

This is stupid, but maybe a 6 on the stupidity scale for the fringe-left social trends NBC tries to popularize. https://t.co/myIPSykvBV

— Jason Hart (@jasonahart) July 20, 2018

We used to frown upon people calling children the plural of "it"

this is literally unpersoning "them" https://t.co/osCTalxzrx

— AppyPollyOllyGees (@PollySpin) July 20, 2018

Such nonsense. https://t.co/DgJMSJo8PS

— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) July 20, 2018

GP My God. Better start budgeting now for mental health care for these kids in the future. https://t.co/PRKzHlgVOH

— The Gormogons (@Gormogons) July 20, 2018

I reject you calling them Julie & Nate as those names are loaded with gender bias & stereotypes, & more gender neutral names would be appropriate. https://t.co/3Gk8QDvEnV

— Populo Iratus (@cmahar3) July 20, 2018