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I think the mom was right to be fine with her son's choices, but...
I think she was rather naive not to think that he might be made fun of and she should have allowed him to change if he wanted to rather than subject him to others who might be intolerant.
There is a fine line between being supportive and subjecting her son to teasing because she wanted to make a point and I am not sure whether her reactions went over that line.
If I were that mom I'd have been torn between letting my child be who he is, and saving him from ridicule. Those moms at the school were rude. How do you raise your kids to not make fun of people when you as a mom are acting like that???
I thought it was a great article. She's a great mom to give her son such unconditional love and support. He's 5 for goodness sake, so he wants to wear a dress on Halloween? So what? People need to get over their prejudices. I really detest those types of moms, they are invariably miserable people who have miserable lives, and they get some type of satisfaction from picking on kids. It's the lowest of the low if you ask me? It's one thing to teach kids to defend themselves agains kids who are bullies. How are you supposed to teach kids to defend themselves against adults that should know better.
I have a friend who posted that on her FB too. Her son is in preschool and likes to wear pink and sometimes wants to wear dresses, etc too. She pulled him from a daycare because the parents were making rude comments to him about it and the teachers weren't doing anything to stop it. She says he's doing fine in his new daycare though, so not everybody is like that.
I'm not surprised that the only problems were with the parents, not the other kids. I think kids are generally accepting of all people until they start learning otherwise from adults.
I had a male friend who dressed up as a girl for Halloween when he was 10. All the kids at school thought it was awesome how well he pulled it off, and no one even thought to harass him over it. I don't know if any parents objected; I was the same age and it never crossed my mind. We also had guys dressing up as girls for high school spirit days.
I wonder if the same adults had anything to say to any little girls who were dressed as male characters/persons.
I agree with the blogger that there's no difference between a boy dressing up as Daphne and a girl dressing up as Bruce Wayne....it's completely illogical that one would be more socially acceptable than the other....
I wonder if the same adults had anything to say to any little girls who were dressed as male characters/persons.
I agree with the blogger that there's no difference between a boy dressing up as Daphne and a girl dressing up as Bruce Wayne....it's completely illogical that one would be more socially acceptable than the other....
Completely agree about the double standard. They have even feminized some of the traditional male characters. I noticed this year catwoman and batwoman, etc. Imagine the uproar if party city had a Tinkerbell that was butched up a bit?
What is wrong with these adults? I agree with the mother in the article. What ADULT would make fun of a child in a costume on Halloween?
My son dressed up as a girl (not a character-just a girl) when he was 9 and it was uneventful. He had a blast shopping and dressing up. His friends thought it was a hoot. The parents loved it also. I still have the pink tote bag he used for trick or treat that year.
I do think there is something wrong with these people.
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