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Quoting A is Me:" That mom is a homophobe who is actually doing more damage by trying to mold her sons sexual preference based on irrelevant things, like dolls and colors."

My friend also told me she feels bad because she has to tell him he can't play with those things he's 2 btw... She doesn't out right SAY "you can't play with that" but she has to redirect him to something else or take it away from him.. A teacher shouldn't have to do that :/ He asks for purple when they paint apparently it's his favorite color.

Another little boy in her class won't touch a baby doll though if you ask him he'll say no, if you ask him if he wants purple he'll say no lol.. It's all about preference I guess.. Idk. Every child is different I wonder if HIS parents raised him like that?

My son plays with dolls and I have even painted his nails once. My daughter wears boy clothes and plays with cars and such. I don't see a problem with it. Not letting them be themselves is going to cause problems later.

I think that's absolutely ridiculous. I don't care what colors, toys etc LB wants to play with. I think DH has some sort of apprehension towards it but ultimately wouldn't care.

When DS is old enough to play with toys, he can play with any toys he wants. Especially since he's going to have an older sister who is very, very girly!

I don't see any issues with it, at all.

I was a nanny to a family of 5 kids. One of the sons (who was about 2 at the time) always saw me polish his sisters nails. He wanted his done at times. The mom had no problem with it and I didn't either. He then became a little older and he realized that nail polish was a girl thing. It was just a phase he went through. He was curious about it. He saw his sissy doing it and he wanted to be like her. No harm done!

Quoting sassy chef:" He was playing wedding with his sister.   They dress up all the time together. I also paint his toenails ... [snip!] ... paint his toenails when I paint ours...I mean...he's 2, who cares? He sees what we're doing and wants to join in, it's natural."

I feel the same way.
Unfortunately my son would rather run off and be in his OWN world rather than worry about what mommy's doing..   He's 2 too and no longer follows behind lol.. Kinda miss that!  

Quoting Bubba Monster's Mommy:" Nope, my son can play with whatever he wants. He tries to breastfeed some of his stuffed animals. Lol. He's 2 1/2."

That is SO AWESOME.
But yeah, we don't care. My son has a pink baby doll, and he's only 6 months old. I think it promotes nurturing and sensitivity, which are things almost all boys could use.

That is horrible..you shouldn't stunt your children's growth and creativity like that.

I played with boy toys and only liked boy cartoons growing up. I wouldn't stop my son from playing with girls toys, or my daughter doing the opposite.

That mom is a dumbsmurf. Ugh, it's one of those few things I absolutely judge other parents about.
My son plays with whatever he wants and if we're buying him stuff and he wants a "girl" toy, that's what we buy. He has several tea party sets, dolls, jewelry, and the like. One of his new things is that he pretends to breastfeed dolls or stuffed animals when he sees me feeding his little brother.
It's normal, it's healthy, and it doesn't hurt anything. It's harmful to stop children from exploring and bullsmurf gender roles shouldn't stop children from having fun. And there's no point wondering about whether it's going to make your kid queer - they either are or they aren't and toys aren't going to change that. I was girly as could be until I started school and it didn't stop me from liking girls. My BIL is and has always been extremely masculine and still wants to give it to Chris Evans.

my sons favorite color is pink. He plays house with my friends daughter and like girls cartoons. He also loves mud and dirt, being in my dads garage and loves ninja turtles. I want my son to become a compassionate loving man when he gets older. I think playing with dolls is a good for little boys. Boys become parents too. Lol

Quoting VeggieBurglar:" That is SO AWESOME. But yeah, we don't care. My son has a pink baby doll, and he's only 6 months old. I think it promotes nurturing and sensitivity, which are things almost all boys could use."

I agree.

Quoting Mrs. Reynolds:" That is horrible..you shouldn't stunt your children's growth and creativity like that. I played with ... [snip!] ... and only liked boy cartoons growing up. I wouldn't stop my son from playing with girls toys, or my daughter doing the opposite."

       

I was a total tomboy, wore boys clothes, had a short haircut and only watched boys cartoons and was a lot more "masculine" than my uber girly sister. My mum was absolutely fine with that she bought me boys clothes, let me do my own thing. Now I'm pretty damn girly so yeah it was just a phase but people were like "Ew, she will grow up to be a lesbian how will you handle it if your daughter marries a woman?" and my mum would be like "If my daughter marries a woman, I'm sure it would be because she found the love of her life and I will be lucky enough to have gained another daughter in my family". Which is probably where I got my opinions from. My mum is awesome that way

I wouldn't care, but I draw the line at dressing girly/like a girl.

Oh and I have to add.....
It's fine for girls (younger little girls) to want to play with trucks, cars, get dirty outside, watch boy shows, etc, but it's not okay for little boys to be curious and explore different toys, colors, etc? It makes no sense to me.

IMO you can't make a child gay (if that's what the mother is so scared about).

Quoting VeggieBurglar:" That is SO AWESOME. But yeah, we don't care. My son has a pink baby doll, and he's only 6 months old. I think it promotes nurturing and sensitivity, which are things almost all boys could use."

I've heard this quote before..
"all women become like their mothers, that is their tragedy. No man does, that is his" .. I think the last part is true unless you had a smurffy mother, but the women part I don't think so, I would be grateful to even be HALF the mother my mom was to me!   She has inspired me..

I wouldn't care at all. My daughter plays with "boys" toys.
I let her play with what she wants, whether it be dolls, or cars.