Comments | gsa_lj: What would you do if your son wanted to be a princess?

emh4ever in gsa_lj

What would you do if your son wanted to be a princess?

Oct 20, 2010 18:32

What would you do if your 5-year-old son decided he wanted to dress up like a girl or your 5-year-old daughter wanted to be a tomboy? It's an issue that some parents may be grappling with as Halloween approaches. The Internet is still abuzz about how Dean and Cheryl Kilodavis responded when their youngest son began displaying an affinity for girls ( Read more... )

society, gender, family

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kittymink October 20 2010, 23:49:13 UTC

yay!

I wanted to be a princess too at that age

crysania4 October 21 2010, 02:01:19 UTC

I am SO HAPPY to say that my grandmother, aunt, and cousin all supported my cousin's son (erm would that be 2nd cousin? I never know) when he wanted to dress up in girl's clothes and play with dolls when he was a kid. He's now a very well-adjusted young gay man who just graduated from high school. I was so happy that a woman who was born in 1919 was 100% supportive of him.

tko_ak October 21 2010, 03:46:27 UTC

It shouldn't matter, but the fact is that (as silly as it is), society does care. I think it's silly when my friends think about whether an article of clothing is for a boy or a girl when dressing an infant, but especially for school-age kids, there will be social (and thus emotional) repercussions for their clothing choices. It sucks, and it's stupid, but it still exists.

So be supportive and apply common sense.

randomguy3 October 21 2010, 12:42:31 UTC

"Some of those commenting even went as far as saying that they'd beat their child if he expressed a desire to wear girl outfits."

And that's just fucked up, excuse my French. I can understand parents pushing their children away from cross-dressing in order to try and protect them from people that would take issue with it, but beating your child because of something so trivial as what they want to wear? That makes me angry.