to be depressed about the fact that...

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DS1 (aged 4) has changed his favourite colour from red to blue (it has been red since he was about 2) because he saw on TV (he told me) that pink is for girls and blue is for boys. His reasoning is that red is close to pink and, since he is a boy, he cannot like red.

I have tried to talk him out of it but he is having none of it. It just makes me feel sad.

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But he dose really prefer red! He has chosen blue because society has told him to. I feel sad because this is the start of his true self being hidden underneath all the layers of machisimo that men have to don in our society.

he wasn't watching QI was he it was on that last night.

Don't know what he saw it on but he said it was an advert. Didn't get it from us and didn't get it from preschool/nursery as he doesn't go.

fbb, he will probaby change his mind, he is only 4! You could try pointing out that the red power ranger is most definitely a bloke if that would help?

Remind him that red is the colour of dripping blood

I don't really mind which colour he likes. Just sad that society/the media are already working their evil magic on him.

I wouldn't worry. Dd knows that my favourite colour is blue, always has been. Dh's is red as he supports Man Utd. Hers has ALWAYS been pink. Or purple at a push. He's getting more grown up. He will like what he likes.