Posted on 12/30/2009 5:41:49 PM PST by SmithL
When my husband was 7 years old, his family went to Kauai. He forgot to pack his swimsuit for the trip and his dad and stepmom punished him for his forgetfulness (because 7-year-olds are so forgetful) by forcing him to wear his skivvies to the beach.
My husband must have been emotionally scarred by the incident because he tells this story often, and not to make people laugh, but as an example of child cruelty.
He's extremely sensitive about how I clothe our own son, and I, the unaccredited psychologist, think it might be somehow linked...
His uncomfortableness with our son wearing clothing that he considers "funky" or "weird" or "girlish" came out again last night when I pulled a trash bag filled with our ski clothes from the garage. (We're going to the snow next month.)
We haven't been to the snow in over two years, so the children's ski clothes were small. My 5-year-old son had outgrown the bib tops he wore when he was 2. But when I came across the powder-puff pink snowsuit our 4-year-old daughter had worn, my eyes lit up.
Our son is a small 5-year-old who can definitely fit into these, I thought.
My husband read my mind, and sternly said, "Our son is NOT wearing those."
I can't say that I was surprised by his reaction because, as I've already said, he has a history with shunning outfits I pick out for our son. But I was frustrated.
I have this pie-in-the-sky progressive attitude that we shouldn't force gender stereotypes on our children. I don't want to lock them into a gender cage, telling them that blue is only for boys and pink only for girls.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
I think John Kerry’s mom must have thought the same way. Else he would NEVER have appeared in that blue tube shot (whatever that thing was), looking like Elmer Fudd.
I have a friend who grew up in Poland and his underwear was also his swimming trunks.
RIT dye
But the husband was 7. Seven is definitely NOT a toddler. The Indian boys were hunting by 7, with the other (older) men.
If they were at a cousin’s house and the kids decided to go out in the snow in the back yard and that’s all they could come up with for the kid for the afternoon, well, it’s family and who cares. This broad has a whole month to get snow pants for the kid. For God’s sake, go to Goodwill. Skip one trip to Starbuck’s and get a pair of black or blue snow pants.
What a freaking idiot.
Thanks for the head's up!
What would Archie Bunker do?
The real male of the house would have thrown the outfit into a bucket with a black dye pack and resolved the problem.
“I have this pie-in-the-sky progressive attitude that we shouldn’t force gender stereotypes on our children. I don’t want to lock them into a gender cage, telling them that blue is only for boys and pink only for girls.”
-Future parent of a homosexual child.
Excellent point.
One of the highest quality stores on Wall Street is a clothing store called Thomas Pink that ... you guessed it ... features a whole lot of pink. Cufflinks, ties, dress shirts, socks. It’s huge. (Of course, they sell mostly other colors but that’s what got them noticed years ago as their schtick). Their site is here: http://www.thomaspink.com/
This is the sort of stuff only old people or the emotionally screwed up care about because boys wear pink now. Girls wear jeans. Look at the food channel: It’s Bobby Flay and Emirel. It’s like those fathers that wanted their sons thrown out of the house because they had long hair (while, oddly enough, having framed pictures of long-haired Jesus Christ on the wall - I never got that double standard).
I like the other poster’s suggestion that the mom go buy some dye and modify the outfit. That shows thrift, intelligence, and functionality.
Ski bibs are made from synthetic materials and can’t be home-dyed. This woman isn’t anguished about frugality, she’s a moron feminist who wants to use her son (over her husband’s objections) to make a hip statement.
Exactly.... I love how the so-called progressives always think equality equates dressing a boy in feminine attire. Considering you’d want to encourage small children to be active and not worry about getting their outdoor clothing dirty, one would think they’d be more practical in their color choices regardless.
FYI: Madras is not necessarily a pastel.
You mean this is a serious article? Not satire?
Maybe if you embroider the words, “Real men wear pink” in rhinestones...
You may be unaccredited but you are definitely certifiable.
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