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My daughter played rugby

Through their motivations. My son's was to learn to read, my daughter's was to be more adult and to walk and interact.

My son would insist on wearing his police outfit to pre school, I suppose it was his comfort blanket but luckily by the time he went to school he grew out of that.

My dd expresses herself by showing what a tomboy she is. She hates looking girly and playing with dolls, so likes to wear blue tops or shirts with cars on and dungarees

I have 2 boys one had a autistic streak that I hope always stays with him he likes to be challenged the harder the better he is so organised his socks are folded my other boy (normal) doesnt try at anything really just skips by

My 3 year old great niece is an old soul. She is very caring & always tells her GG that she mustn't follow her up the garden steps in case she falls. She also follows the gardeners around asking them questions & has her own little bag of garden tools to help them out

My child has autism and is VERY individual. He expresses his individualism constantly and I will never stop him being truly unique - he makes me laugh like no one else!

My DD Likes to wear All black with Dr Martens and my DS loves wearing waistcoats and braces with a flap cap that's his own individual style I like that my children don't copy what everyone else does it's good to be different

Mine loves the colour orange . all clothes have to be orange. It offends my eyes but I let him choose which orange ensemble he wants to wear that day!!

My son his batman mittens and insisted on wearing them whenever we went out. His other quirk was never to wear matching socks.

My daughter is 3 and chooses what clothes she wants to wear each day. I feel that gives her an opportunity to express herself.

My DD hated wearing socks and shoes and would be barefoot at every opportunity- bit chilly in the winter.

Both of my daughters are very stubborn and independent and refuse to do things just because they've been told they should. They both love dressing themselves and unless we're going somewhere where it actually matters, I tend to just leave them to it as I think it's good for them to make their own choices :)

Refused to wear shoes and wore his sheep slippers whatever the weather! I used to get nasty looks from people who clearly thought he had no shoes.

My eldest lad, has a very good vocabulary which suprises and amuses us a lot, he does pick his clothes out (sometimes with horrendous combinations) but he's never been one to just follow the crowd which I love.

My daughter loves singing and will sing anywhere to anyone

She's a kooky kid! She's a different character every day and i have to try to keep up with who i have to be in her game which isn't always easy!

I never stifle her on what she likes, if she's into Batman today but fairies and unicorns tomorrow then so be it! At the moment everything is about science and geography, she's been an atlas fanatic! None of her friends are into it but she seems to care less because it's what she finds interesting at the moment. Last year it was dinosaurs and palaeontology!

by wearing dress up all the time even at nursery and calling the teacher princess

My son makes me feel a bit sad that adults are (mostly, including me) so boring. Today he went out in a santa hat, purple sunglasses and Peppa wellies. He inspires me to try not give a shit about the rest of the world and to think about my own wants first.

DS3 loves dancing and pretending he's Michael Jackson!

From an early age, ds insisted on unmatching socks. Still does, at 16

My dd has a vast imaginary world that she dips in and out of at will. She might be a teacher, or a pop star, or a coastguard, seemingly dependent on things she's seen or done that have inspired her. I often hear her chatting away in role when I'm elsewhere in the house, but she's quite happy doing this at school too.

DS (6) loves E.L.O. He knows all the words to Mr Blue Sky and is often to be found with his headphones on singing along, I have the best video of him singing and dancing it in the kitchen (saved for later). His teacher was really amused when he asked her if she preferred Fleetwood Mac or E.L.O! My DH keeps trying to persuade him to like other music and musicians but he cannot be changed. I adore how he is so comfortable in his likes and preferences.

My daughter is crazy about words and writing. So far we have had a message saying "sorry" made out of socks on her bedroom floor and a "Congratulations" (which was particularly impressive) made out of Lego!

At his 4th birthday party my DS insisted on having 'War of the Worlds' music as his pass the parcel music (he loves the beginning with the violins) and tubular bells 2 (the exorcist one) for the musical chairs! The other parents were very amused!