A lot of people hate the idea of a gender reveal party, and I understand why. It is wild how much emotional energy we put into finding out the gender of a baby. Sure, it might be one of the few things we can know about someone before they are born, but is it really worth crashing a plane or burning down a forest? I know that most gender reveal parties merely peak with the carving of a cake, whose insides will reveal the gender of the baby. Such an act usually doesn’t do any bodily harm to anyone, unless you’ve got a rogue cake-cutter on your hands. If you’re an expecting parent who already had a baby shower for your first kid and has all of the essentials, a gender reveal party can be a fun way to celebrate the birth of a new baby without expecting everyone to buy you car seats, bottle warmers, and play pens.