AIBU to do this?

[Recaspell]

I tried an experiment today and didnt want to mention it (and get slated) until i knew the results.
My ds does ballet (has done since 4 months) and tap. He has been enjoying the new class he is now in but not settled. Well we know why and did something about it.

He wants to be like all the others in the class.

And so he was and loved every minute. It was a fight to change him out of it.

There was comments made by older children but parents pulled them up and even credited us for it.

Not one person batted an eye in iceland or homebase.

My son is a boy through and through but want to be one of the class.

I'm sorry but I don't get this thing about making small boys wear dresses.

I've literally never seen anyone "make" a small boy where dresses. Lots and lots of boys put on dresses when they're playing dress up - just like lots of girls where traditional male dress up clothes. Not a big deal and you're not setting him up for a lifetime of ridicule. Pretty much every kid will have potential embarrassing pictures from when they're small. It's no big deal. It's a much bigger deal to stop them dressing up in whatever they want and give them the idea there's something wrong with it.

Probably because they thought he was a girl? I would have no clue he wasn't a girl if I saw him...