In an interview with This is That, Gabriel Roberts discussed his and his wife's decision to allow their child, Echo, to choose for itself what species it is. Mr. Roberts believes that a hands-off approach is the best way of raising children and that kids should be allowed to make their own decisions about their taxonomic rank.

"If Echo wants to be a human, that's fine, but it's not my job as a parent to tell it that it is."

Gabriel Roberts, father