Anybody who’s a parent will get the excitement around gender reveal parties. The joy of knowing whether the future addition to the family is going to be a boy or a girl is a thrilling moment for parents-to-be, which they understandably want to share with friends and family.
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Of late, though, parents are getting ever more innovative with the actual way in which the gender is revealed. In fact, when it comes to parents in the racing world, some gender reveal parties appear to have become more innovative than even race strategies.
Social media is filled with videos of people stretching the envelope with the craziest of gender reveal ideas. So much so that some times, in the quest to be different, gender reveal moments have gone horribly wrong.
In 2017, for instance, a family in Arizona decided to shoot a target in the Coronado National Forest to reveal the gender of their baby. The explosion caused a wildfire and destroyed nearly 47,000 acres of the forest. Known as the Sawmill Fire, such incidents have attracted a fair bit of negativity against gender reveal parties.
Which is why some consider gender reveal parties as unnecessary. Opinion is divided on the issue, but Dale Earnhardt Jr. and wife Amy believe that it is best to let people decide whether they want to do it or not, and how they want to go about it.
NASCAR’s most popular couple was on yet another episode of the Bless Your ‘Hardt podcast when the topic came up.
“I think gender reveals are awesome. Having kids is awesome, and those moments… Honestly, when you are going through it, you don’t even care who doesn’t like it. It’s super special for you,” said Amy.
Junior added: “I think it’s good to leave each to their own. Let people experience that moment however they want.”
Amy also thought that such reveals get cringy only when they are done for attention. It is ideal to keep such occasions as intimate family moments, she added.
How the Earnhardts revealed their daughters’ gender
In 2017, Junior announced on social media that he was expecting his first child by posting a picture of pink Converse sneakers. “Excited to share the wonderful news that @mrsamyearnhardt and I are expecting our first child. A little girl!!!! We are both thrilled and can’t wait to meet her,” he wrote.
After Isla Rose was born and the couple was expecting another child, Junior decided to throw his wife a surprise gender reveal. He gifted her a box of yet another pair of Converse sneakers. As Amy opened the box with the help of 1-year-old Isla, it was revealed that their second child was to be a girl as well.
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The racing icon shared the adorable video on his Instagram handle, receiving much love from his followers. And no one will disagree that such grounded and intimate gender reveals are indeed infinitely better than reckless attention-seeking stunts.
