When I was 4 I was a tomboy. I loved to climb trees, play sports (I hated dolls and wouldn’t play with them), and I hated to wear dresses. I remember telling my parents I really wanted to be a boy. They both looked at me and said “We’re sorry you can’t be one, God made you a girl. It’s ok for you to like doing boy things, but you are not a boy,” As I got older, my tastes changed. I still love sports, but I’m all woman :0) I thank God my parents had the sense they had!
Yeah, where were the adults when this poor girl was 4 years old to say, “No, we know you love your brothers, but you are not a boy and will not be dressing like them.”
Instead they failed her and indulged everything her child brain wanted them to do, including address her with boy’s names. Just crazy and sad.