To think that my son wearing girls clothes is normal childs play he's 6

[ghostspirit]

my son wears my daughters clothes a lot. i think its normal childs play and that he will grow out of it at some point.

my friend thinks i should stop him from doing it and tell him its not normal. and thinks he will grow up as a cross dresser maybe even want a sex change. i said if that's what he chooses to do then that's his choice. i think she is over thinking over a 6 year old dressing up.

[BuskersCat]

I think your friend is a bit of a dick

[Thepowerof3]

He's lucky your his mum and not some small minded childhood fun stealing odd ball like her

[grabaspoon]

My 5.11 year old boy charge loves playing barbies, princesses, and dressing up in adult dresses however he also loves thunder birds, trains, lego and being a boy.

I see no problem with it and luckily neither does my boss.

[Lj8893]

Your friend is a bit of a weirdo it sounds.

My friend has a 10 yr old boy, I don't see then very often.

When he was about 5 we were in primark and I told him to choose something he wanted and I would buy it. He chose a bright pink flowery handbag.

I saw them the other day and me and my friend were reminiscing about it and her sons face was a picture "urghhh no way did I chose a pink bag, your making it up!"

[Yorkieaddict]

You and your son sound quite normal, your friend sounds like she has issues!

[thegreylady]

There is absolutely nothing wrong with it at all but I know my 6 year old dgs and his male friends wouldn't consider doing this for a moment.The 4 year old would have done a few months ago but not now.One of dgs best friends is a girl of the same age and the games they play usually involve lego,playmobil or puzzles.

[thebody]

well easy exactly does she expect you to do? if its his thing now and not later then that's fine.

if it stays his thing then that's his choice and that's fine too.

she's a twat.

[wimblehorse]

Friend is making an issue out of it. He will probably grow out of it (thru peer pressure) fairly soon but it's nice that he's happy to play with a variety of things.
I did [snort] one day in an ELC at a mum shrieking at her toddler son to leave the toy buggy alone because "it's for girls". Yeah, never see a dad pushing a pram do you...

[thegreylady]

Having said that I have a lovely photo of my two stepsons at around that age dressed up in their sister's clothes with the three of them saying they were sisters as she was sick of just having brothers.I think having a sister makes a big difference.

[Amy106]

Perfectly normal little kid having fun behaviour. Your friend, on the other hand, seem a bit over the top and quite strange.

[StrangeGlue]

Totally normal!

[breatheslowly]

I've see loads of boys in dresses at DD's nursery when they are dressing up and there is no reason for it to stop after nursery. My DD would rather dress as a pirate than a princess. Would your friend think something similar of her or is it only boys in dresses that cause her to come over a bit peculiar and and talk crap?

[ghostspirit]

lj I took a photo and i plan on showing him when he is older :) friend said the worst thing is it suited him... haha

[5madthings]

Totally normal,'my ds3 is 8 and still loves pink and purple and fairies and wears a tutu over his jeans sometimes :)

He is now aware that he won't supposed to like these things :( but thankfully has the self confidence to know it doesn't matter what other people think.

[5madthings]

He isn't supposed to like those things (according to some)

[Lj8893]

I wish we had photographic proof! My friend is pretty sure she still has the bag somewhere.

[KitNCaboodle]

My 6yo son idolises his older sister. He wears girls clothes, chooses girls games. My attitude is very similar to yours OP. Sadly the boys at school are making him realise its 'not the done thing' and have made fun of him. I wish he had the confidence to tell them to bog off. :(

[CailinDana]

The next time your friend wears jeans say "You do realise you're wearing men's clothes?" then put a hand on her arm and ask "are you having gender identity issues?" in a really concerned way.

[friendslikethese]

I know I'm in a minority on these threads but it makes me glad I don't have a son, if running around in dresses is so common, I'd find it really peculiar, and I'd also be very worried they were making themselves a target for bullies.

I've only ever seen or heard of these fairy/princess loving boys on Mumsnet, though.

[BadRoly]

Dc4 is always stealing his sister's clothes. He has even taken to wearing her knickers (he has trunks normally).

We're just going with it unless it isn't appropriate for the weather (summer dress to stand in the drizzle to watch rugby training).

Your friend is a muppet in this instance.

[Offler]

My mum has got a great picture of my brother and I, aged 8/9. He's dressed as the bride, I'm the groom (with added drawn on moustache) and he's carrying me in his arms!


We were always dressing up, he would make me great wonder woman outfits out of paper, we'd put on plays, do songs etc. It's all part of having great imagination (and being a kid)!


Your mate is BVU!

[TalkativeJim]

Your friend is a muppety muppet

[cakebar]

My DS enjoys 'girl's' dressing up clothes. He is 6. I am fine with it, dh less so. We are going to get some more interesting 'boy' dressing up outfits for Christmas.

[MacNCheese]

If your child was transgender stopping him wearing girls clothes wouldn't help anyway, otherwise there would be virtually no trans people. banning him or making him feel ashamed about it would just make him feel like crap.
However he's 6! He's a normal child who likes dressy up. Well done you for letting him express himself without all this gender crap.
Friends Encouraging confidence and self esteem is the best way to stop your child being bullied.

[MurderOfGoths]

Your friend is mad.