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

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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.

well said quangle and muder....

why when mentioned that a kid is dressing up do you all start to think about transgender, gay, cross dressers? It's a little boy having a bit of fun, you wont do him any favours by encouraging it and trying to use him to change opinions of what boys should be allowed to wear! If you want to pioneer that then leave the kids out of it, they are too young to understand!

totally normal whether the grow out of it or not.

Because you brought up the bollocks about it not being "the norm". So we were pointing out how changeable "the norm" can be.

One of Dds friends enjoys girls clothes and always has. They are all now 11. He dresses in trousers and school top for school but at any dress up days he puts something girly on. He has a large personality and the otber kids quite enjoy his flamboyance (I'm not stereotyping there, he really does do it in a very fun, experimental kind of way). His parents don't mind it at all.

Fwiw I am as girly as they come and I'm a lesbian so your Ds's dressing up may or may not be an indication of something to think about later on. You sound like a brilliant mum.

they grow out of it or not

yes, men and women are different - why is that so hard to understand?

allforoneandoneforall it came up because of what my op was.

i think we are saying its ok to dress up in girls clothes when your a boy its likely that the child will grow out of it but if they don't that ok to

It's believed that gender identity and sexual orientation are usually formed by six, maybe earlier. It's perfectly normal for a boy to wear girls' clothes. It cannot make him gay or transgender

i'm simply saying it's ok for me to wear trousers and not for my husband to wear a tutu - If you want your kids to be the ones to change that, if you think they WANT to change that, good luck! But the second someone reacts to what they are doing, at school or elsewhere, then he prob wont do it again and will lose interest

Surely the whole point of 6 yo boys is to be dressed up by their big sisters?

yeah the tutus went out a year or so ago my daughter had one with the bright leg warmers... my son loved them

Men look ridiculous in skirts, we all know it and think you will sound "oohhh offensive" if you say it, when we all know it's true! Not saying the shouldn't do it if they really want to do it, but they look hilarious!

If my DH went out in a skirt he'd be a laughing stock, and so would any bloke and we all know it - Until you revolutionize this then that's just the way it is

indeed rainbow haha. my son has the best of both world he has 2 sisters. he sneaks in my daughters room and takes her shoes haha. and he wears his little sisters clothes because they fit better. he sometime asks for is hair to be put up to

some woman look naff wearing skirts as well i know i do.

probably your DH would be a laughing stock, but if he really wanted to do, he'd do it anyway. Because he would need to be that person. All I'm saying is, if my son wanted to be that person, I'd make myself ok with it. And I'm starting now - my children know their choices are fine by me.

Actually some men look bloody amazing in skirts, and a fair few women have got a bit of a thing for men in kilts. Anyone want to tell the Scots they look ridiculous?

That's really nasty of your friend. I think at six they don't have a clue about stuff like that.

Id be worried if my 8 year old wanted pink/fairies/dresses though.

I don't create the norm, I merely observe it! men and women are different, wear different clothes, do different things and ARE DIFFERENT! Have you not been conditioned to think it's ok for boys to do this by being surrounded by pro-gayness and liberisation over the last few years? if my brother would of don't that my dad would of told him "get that shit off you wolly!" or something similar I suspect