A Guy Game
Today Oot came up to me and asked me if I’d like to play a game.
“What kind of a game?” I asked him.
“Oh you know,” he explains, sounding very matter-of-fact. “A guy game. Because we’re both guys.”
I hear this, and I sigh a little inside. We’ve tried really hard to keep the gender stereotype stuff away from him. I don’t want him to think that trucks are for boys and dolls are for girls. That boys are tough and girls are delicate. When I tell him stories, the heroes win because they’re clever ins...
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Sep 24, 2014 04:56AM
Perfect. Children are much wiser than adults in many ways.
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Today my son came home from kindergarten confused and upset because the other kids at kindy had told him daisies were stupid and boys didn't like them.The fact that this confused him made me proud. The fact that he questioned it made me proud. The fact that he insisted to me that things don't have to be stupid just because someone else says it is? There are no words to express my pride.
We can only hope, and hope, and hope, that our small children are going to be a small step closer to getting it right.
Good luck Oot and Trys. It's going to be hard paving the way, but we have faith.
And cookies.
Candice wrote: "Today my son came home from kindergarten confused and upset because the other kids at kindy had told him daisies were stupid and boys didn't like them.The fact that this confused him made me proud..."
I wish I could like this comment just as much as Pat's.
My fiancé and I have often discussed if it would be wise for us to have children, what with the way the world has been in recent years. It's posts like these, seeing the parents who actually try to do good job raising their children to be good, decent adults that give us hope. Hope that these will be the people our children will be interacting with, and hope that we can be just as good of parents.
So thank you, both, for the hope.
incredible. simply incredible. and beautiful. good job, Dad.
Candice wrote: "Today my son came home from kindergarten confused and upset because the other kids at kindy had told him daisies were stupid and boys didn't like them.The fact that this confused him made me proud..."
YES!♥
This is the best thing I've read all day.
I did the same with my son. He's 19 now, and it appears to have worked. He's not perfect, but he is a wonderful person who does not feel pressured to like or dislike things based on any other criteria than if he likes them or not. I overheard him last week explaining to his girlfriend that what someone else thinks of you doesn't matter, it only matters what you think of yourself. Very proud.
That's fantastic. I hope one day I can raise my child without gender stereotypes like you clearly did.
