Pros And Cons Of Gender Neutral Parenting. Gender neutral parenting is when you raise your child without explicitly forcing preconceived gender norms onto them in the hopes that they’ll find their own comfort spot on the gender continuum. So if your son likes princesses, barbies, and dolls, you let him play with them. Similarly, if your daughter likes football, trucks, and blocks, you let her play with them. It’s tricky, and parents going for gender neutral parenting have to be careful not to actually hide gender from their children altogether.