tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570876680747280215.post5138182766549591334..comments2023-05-31T01:38:48.081-06:00Comments on a queer family grows in redneckville: 3 and 3/4 yearsmama Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16387999962349978268noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570876680747280215.post-30664367750290994102010-09-26T21:41:11.673-06:002010-09-26T21:41:11.673-06:00Thanks everyone. Suzy - I love that MLP story. G...Thanks everyone. Suzy - I love that MLP story. Gives me hope :)mama Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16387999962349978268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570876680747280215.post-33513298853920000452010-09-26T20:13:05.988-06:002010-09-26T20:13:05.988-06:00Dude. Long comment. Sorry. Matter close to my hear...Dude. Long comment. Sorry. Matter close to my heart that I've dealt with a few times. Apologies for the novel!Suzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10979257233557088253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570876680747280215.post-16118919268540860862010-09-26T20:12:32.944-06:002010-09-26T20:12:32.944-06:00grr I hate that. I am so proud of my eldest for ne...grr I hate that. I am so proud of my eldest for never letting other people's opinions of the things he likes influence him. Your boy-o will grow up similarly strong, knowing he does not have these limits that other parents have placed on their kids and he will be better for it. I'm sorry he had to hear that, hopefully he won't stop expressing himself the way he chooses.<br /><br />My boy loves my little ponies. Loves them. Has done since he was 4 (he's nearly 9) he can't get enough of them. I try to shield him from other kids opinions where I can, so that he can enjoy them as long as possible (ie when he wants to take MLP cookies to school I suggest he saves them for when we go to the beach and that he takes Scooby cookies to school instead). It hurts me to do it, but it's how I can help him love what he loves without fear of him being bullied. I remember one time a friend coming over to play and seeing all the MLP crap in his room. "Did you used to have a sister" friend asked. Rocket says, looking confused "No, I have brothers" and that was that.<br /><br />And funnily enough he met his current BFF who is the child of two crazy rockabillies and is a part time actor, and says proudly "I have my little ponies at my dads house. My dad has a my little pony tattoo on his arm!"<br />True story. He really does.<br />There are many soulmates out there for your boy-o who will love the same things as him. I hope he finds one soon and they can have strength in numbers against those who believe he "cant" or "shouldnt" play a certain way.<br /><br />LoveSuzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10979257233557088253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570876680747280215.post-6308917771081148332010-09-23T10:55:31.956-06:002010-09-23T10:55:31.956-06:00It's amazing how soon this starts. My son, not...It's amazing how soon this starts. My son, not quite three, just started preschool and encountered this on his second day -- playing dress-up with the princess dresses, just like your son. It was a gaggle of little girls who gave him a hard time. It amazes me that other kids have already assimilated this message from home.<br /><br />Luckily, my son's other mom was nearby and able to diffuse the situation by saying, "it's okay. We're playing dress-up. You can put on anything you like." He's still been putting on the princess dress at school, but is more tentative and now calling it "a clown suit."queermommyhttp://queermommy.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570876680747280215.post-91349161579509505272010-09-22T20:21:15.180-06:002010-09-22T20:21:15.180-06:00Aw breaks my heart.Aw breaks my heart.sandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17505597534919716358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570876680747280215.post-68516246466668511112010-09-22T19:59:17.906-06:002010-09-22T19:59:17.906-06:00:( My heart hurts for him. And for you.:( My heart hurts for him. And for you.Imcombobulatedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03812472199510321224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570876680747280215.post-18325179668862867882010-09-22T11:32:02.836-06:002010-09-22T11:32:02.836-06:00I passionately hate the boy girl thing. It takes s...I passionately hate the boy girl thing. It takes so much fun away from all of us and has ruined two perfectly good colours, pink and blue.Next in Linehttp://babymakinghusband.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570876680747280215.post-30916844434791894042010-09-22T11:30:39.589-06:002010-09-22T11:30:39.589-06:00I have a little guy in my program whose father liv...I have a little guy in my program whose father lives in mortal fear that his son is going to 'grow up gay'.<br /><br />He doesn't want his son to be allowed to play with 'girl toys' or hang around with girls. (And excuse me... but don't hetero males WANT to be with girls???)<br /><br />I have some fairy legos that were donated to my program by a friend, and he always wants to be the purple fairy. Names himself 'Primrose'. And I don't say a word. <br /><br />I just make sure it's cleaned up before parental pickup time.Amihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08353667980806676067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570876680747280215.post-36835440199385899872010-09-22T10:51:58.590-06:002010-09-22T10:51:58.590-06:00Riley has been hearing these words repeatedly from...Riley has been hearing these words repeatedly from school. She'd learned that boys don't have long hair, girls don't have short hair, boys don't wear dresses, girls like pink and boys can't like pink, etc.<br /><br />We always have these talks with her. I point out that I'm a girl with short hair. Some people like short hair, some people like long. And then we have the talks like, "Most boys don't wear dresses but some boys do." She sometimes accepts it and repeats it but then comes home and goes on about boys/girls again. I think they hear a lot of it daycare/school.<br /><br />I have heard parents say stupid things to their kids or even attempt to say it to ours. People are very obsessed with the boy versus girl stuff. I just hope we can teach them that they can do whatever makes them happy and that the "rules" they pick up aren't really true.Staceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01492898465897070415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570876680747280215.post-76462222580207779522010-09-22T08:08:07.192-06:002010-09-22T08:08:07.192-06:00damnit. that really sucks. i'm so sorry. i ...damnit. that really sucks. i'm so sorry. i wish those words didn't exist too. i really really do.<br />xoxowenowenrosscampbellnoreply@blogger.com