Just kidding!
Posted on 03/28/2010 3:13:24 PM PDT by nickcarraway
SNIP
I see two sweet sisters. But there are people who have mistaken us for two littleboys.
At first glance, I can see why.
Her hair is short—a soft, bowl cut. She sports a colorful, crewneck sweatshirt, pants and tennis shoes. If you don't look close, you miss the earrings.
Me? Like I said, I didn't have much hair. My mom put me in a simple white baby gown and white socks.
Yes, we had dresses and ribbons, but it wasn't our daily uniform. And as far as I can remember, no one criticized us for it.
Like most kids, we went through stages. I once wore a bikini top and a patch over one eye. It was the pirate phase. My mom didn't mind my playful imagination. She just insisted I smile for the camera.
Being a little girl is not exclusive to pink and ruffles and long hair. Sure, a lot of girls like it. But it's not mandatory.
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You would think in 2010, when men wear skinny jeans and women like boy fits, no one would need reminding. Yet recent pictures of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's 3-year-old daughter, Shiloh Jolie-Pitt, suggest otherwise.
She has a short little pixie cut and sports a preppy look — pants, a sweater and a button-down shirt underneath. Sure, it's tomboy chic. But I bet a lot of grown women and girls have similar outfits in their closets.
Yet tabloids and blogs are suggesting her parents are turning her into a boy. Just because she doesn't meet the impossible standards set for the offspring of two Hollywood sex symbols, some are questioning the tot's sexuality. Gossip mags suggest she's cross-dressing.
Maggie Rodriguez, "Early Show" co-host, actually pondered whether her new style could lead to gender identity confusion.
(Excerpt) Read more at deseretnews.com ...
Wasn’t this out of Monty Python’s “Meaning of Life” ‘Machine that goes PING’ skit?
I guess I'm weird, I just wanted my children to be happy and healthy, not prove anything to anyone else.
As long as I’m alive, my grandkids will get boy things for boys and girl things for girls. The liberal extremist wackos can KMA.
It seems like the people who try to raise their kids in a militantly ‘gender-neutral’ way only ever have ONE. I have three girls, all raised in the same environment; one is girly-sporty, one is girly-girly, and the other is straight-up tomboy.
I suspect personality is ingrained, not imposed.
‘Glad we had a girl, and raised her as a girl.
This stuff keeps floating to the surface like a...well..never mind.
A friend of mine tried the “gender neutral” crap back in the 80s.
Her son took the Barbie doll she’d provided in the “gender neutral” toy box, bent it over 90 degrees and ran around pointing it at everyone yelling “Bang!, Bang!”
My 2 1/2 week old is a BOY, and will be raised to be a good and decent Christian, Conservative, MAN!
The moment 9-month-old Josh scooted his spoon across his high chair tray making engine noises, I met my feminist Waterloo. When he purposely ran headlong into danger, wrestled with his sisters' dolls, and sidestepped my domestic disarmament policy by turning every stick and sausage link into a gun, I had to concede there must be something to this innate difference thing.
Lets not impose Libtard Crap on Toddlers!
Sweet Hubby and I had four children in slightly less than seven years. First came the three boys, and then a little girl. In her first five years I frequently dressed her in her big brothers out grown clothes. OshGosh overhauls and JC Pennys corderoy elestic waist pants and striped tees were perfect for playtime. But whenever we went into town for church or shopping she was dressed in girly dresses. Bonnie Kathleen when through a spell from kindergarten through second grade when she did not like to wear pants or jeans,even on rainy or snowy days.
Bingo.
Anyone who has even had an intro developmental psych class has run into studies that repeatedly show that.
Just kidding!
Congratulations to you!
It's obvious. When she was little, her mom or nanny must have dressed her, and she was dressed up in dresses and girly things. But in the past year or so, she is choosing her clothes like all little girls want to do. And she chooses tough boyish things. And her parents do the right thing and say "OK!" (Note that her sister Zahara prefers more girly apparel.)
We do not need to force prescribed gender clothing onto our little kids. Let them be who they are. This is what she likes. She's very cute and it's fine with me. I have a little boy who festoons himself with "jewelry." I had one little boy once who wore a Halloween costume every day for months. It's OK.
“Bonnie Kathleen when through a spell from kindergarten through second grade when she did not like to wear pants or jeans,even on rainy or snowy days.”
when = went
. . . not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Back about 150 years ago all mothers used to dress their baby boys as little girls till they were about four years old, then dress them as boys.
I still have a photo (1900) of my most foul mouthed grand uncle(1-2 years old) dressed like a little girl.
No. There ISN'T. When my first son was born, in 1991, there was, a little. Many clothing manufacturers made unisex clothes. There were lots of jersey shirts and leggings or sweats in bright primary colors. Ahh, the 80s. LOL. My son and my friend's daughter played together a lot and if something got dirty or wet, they could borrow something from the other.
This is NOT true today. Go into Target or Macy's or any place that sells clothing. Not ONE item doesn't shout the gender of the child wearing it. It's actually ridiculous. Every girl's shirt has some ruffles, bows, pictures of kittens or flowers. Every boy's shirt is boring and plain with pictures of trucks or guitars or skulls. Never the twain shall meet. I like gender defined clothes, too, but there should be SOMETHING for the girl who doesn't want ruffles or the boy who doesn't want trucks.
I had three boys and could not have raised them “gender-neutral” (whatever the hell that is) if I wanted to.
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