Dad protects son from bullying by Wearing a Skirt

[lynn82md]

I'm sure some of you have seen this already, but just in case....

Nils Pickert's 5-year-old son likes wearing dresses. If anyone thinks that's odd they can take it up with Nils. He's the guy in the skirt

Comments

[starling27]

A kids early role models are their parents. They're the big cheese, if you will. As such if you bring your child up to know there's nothing wrong with wearing either gender clothing, then when he's older and kids start making comments and bullying - which kids always do when they're not brought up in the same way or poorly and don't know about gender equality.

The kid that did though, will have no shame and probably most likely shake it off. Or if he does feel like the odd one out, the parents can intervene with the teachers and they could teach gender equality and have a gender equality day where the kids where stereotypical gender clothes - but swapped.

This shows them from an early age that whatever you wear doesn't change a person of who they are inside. If i wear a mans suit and shaved my hair - i would still be me inside, i would still be a girl and i would still be jacy. Just the same when i have long hair and where girlie clothes.

For interest, i wear both sexes clothes - i mix and match :)

[meridian_rose]

I saw it on Facebook and was so thrilled to see it! What a lovely story :D

[jesskat]

Father of the Year.

[earthlingmike]

Great Dad. I wonder how much bullying problems could be avoided or reduced by parents who are willing and know how to give their children the right emotional support.

[snow_fall]

You can't always protect your child from the cruelty of others, but the child should have options in defending himself/herself. If a child has the support of adults, there is less risk of defensiveness, shame, and low self-esteem. What I'm seeing is victims of bullying getting the short end of the stick when they try to defend themselves. Adults step in and punish the victim instead of the bully. Episodes of bullying didn't last long for my daughter because I told my children I'd support them if they had to throw a punch or two. For my son who had ADD, I talked to the 'ring leader' of the kids who were bullying him and explained that my son was handicapped like any person in a wheelchair, but that you just couldn't see it. I asked the kid if he would push a handicapped person down the hall real fast in a wheelchair then let go and make the person crash. That's how he came to understand and swore to protect my son. All bullying ceased. Sometimes, you just have to be involved on a very basic level

[organize4change]

"I asked the kid if he would push a handicapped person down the hall real fast in a wheelchair then let go and make the person crash."

As a kid using a wheelchair, I actually had this happen to me!

[lynn82md]

My expression mirrors that in the icon. I'm speechless that someone did that to you