He has only just turned five but my ds is more 'girlie' than any girl I've met. He loves dresses and butterflies. He openly says he wants to be a girl. He has a picture of Marylin Monroe above his bed. He demanded a sewing machine for his 5th birthday present.
I know he's young, but he's very girlie.
I know that gender isn't as polarised as our society would have us believe and that it's a spectrum thing.
I wonder how best to care for him. I want him to be himself and I have no hang ups about whomever he turns out to be, BUT I worry for him because sad as it is society still isn't tolerant of girly boys. Esepcially during the school years.
On world book day, for example, he wanted to be a fairy god mother. He should have been a fairy god mother. He had all the kit, he would have thouroughly enjoyed it and done it brilliantly. But I gently dissuaded him as he's in reception, in a big primary school and I thought he'd be teased.
Was I right?
We live in Brighton by the way, Thank God!
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Spidermama · 13/03/2007 22:47
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