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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:50 pm
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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 7:00 pm
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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 7:06 pm
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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 7:07 pm
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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 7:38 pm
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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 8:18 pm
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ShadowedMoonlight I don't feel that this comparison is really fitting for the situation. The kid is still identifying as a boy, he just prefers 'girly' things at this stage in his life. It's not like he's trans and his dad is pretending to be trans as well, he's just going "Look, they're clothes. Gender has nothing to do with it, men can wear dresses if they want to". He's not pretending anything, he is genuinely fine with wearing clothing considered feminine. Which I think is good. The article says that it did help the boy feel more confident and comfortable.
Just the point is, its tough being a kid and although you should be able to do as you wish, making something massivly public on mass media, may not be the best way so show a child that. Chances are it will lead to more negitive attention than positive.
Dunno, I was pretty well bullied through primary and intermediate. And whilst I agree you should trust in yourself, increasing the bullying may nt be the best way to build someone up.
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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 11:08 pm
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gdapw ShadowedMoonlight I don't feel that this comparison is really fitting for the situation. The kid is still identifying as a boy, he just prefers 'girly' things at this stage in his life. It's not like he's trans and his dad is pretending to be trans as well, he's just going "Look, they're clothes. Gender has nothing to do with it, men can wear dresses if they want to". He's not pretending anything, he is genuinely fine with wearing clothing considered feminine. Which I think is good. The article says that it did help the boy feel more confident and comfortable. Just the point is, its tough being a kid and although you should be able to do as you wish, making something massivly public on mass media, may not be the best way so show a child that. Chances are it will lead to more negitive attention than positive. Dunno, I was pretty well bullied through primary and intermediate. And whilst I agree you should trust in yourself, increasing the bullying may nt be the best way to build someone up. It is tough being a kid, but bullies can be mean even if you don't give them an excuse. All you have to do to be targeted is be unlucky. I don't know, I guess I just think there is no one right way to deal with bullying. The people giving this kid the most grief will probably be his classmates, and right now they're young enough that predjudice hasn't had time to fully sink in. By doing what he likes and standing up to them when they try and tell him he's wrong, he might be able to show some of them that there's nothing wrong with boys wearing/doing 'girly' things.
If he hid it, maybe he'd be ok. Or maybe he'd still grow up hearing the boys in his class mocking girls and being girly, and start to internalise that and hate that part of himself.
The situation reminds me of a blog I've read, "Raising my Rainbow". It's by the mother of a young boy who likes to wear girl's clothes, play with dolls, etc, and about how his family deals with it, especially decisions like what he can wear at school, how to tell his teachers that he's gender nonconforming, how this will all effect his big brother. I think they'd appreciate this dad's show of support.
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 1:30 pm
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 4:40 pm
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Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 8:51 am
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Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 3:48 pm
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