Would you think this is weird or unusual?

[Anonymous]

You go to a preschool classmate’s house and they have a rack of dress up clothes -fireman, hats, but also skirts and princess dresses. They have a 4 year old boy and no other kids or family. Would you think this is strange for an only child to have a dress up space, and would you think it’s weird to specifically have princess dresses?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You go to a preschool classmate’s house and they have a rack of dress up clothes -fireman, hats, but also skirts and princess dresses. They have a 4 year old boy and no other kids or family. Would you think this is strange for an only child to have a dress up space, and would you think it’s weird to specifically have princess dresses?

Not at all. Why would it be? Only children can’t dress up? And boys can’t want to wear dresses sometimes?

[Anonymous]

No I would not think it is weird. My now 18 yo DS loved costumes of any kind when he was 3-4. Who cares.

[Anonymous]

Maybe they bought dress up clothing off eBay as a “lot” and it came with a variety. Maybe kid has cousins or friends of both genders come over to play.

[Anonymous]

No

[Anonymous]

Of course not - it's dress up. Boys can dress up in princess dresses just like girls can dress up as firefighters. MYOB if you have nothing nice to say.

[Anonymous]

It sounds like you may be the parent of the 4 year old boy?

I wouldn't think it's strange, and if I was the kid's family, it would be fine with me if anyone who did think it was strange chose not to come over anymore.

[Anonymous]

No, because my son ran around in an Elsa dress at that age.

[Anonymous]

First of all, it might be meant for friends who come over to play. Second, my son used to love princess dresses at that age!

[Anonymous]

My kids had a huge dress up box so no, that doesn't seem weird. A boy wanting to wear princess dresses? I mean, my 6 yr old DD was just putting my 11 yr old DS's hair in a ponytail this weekend so no, it's not that weird.

[Anonymous]

Not weird. All little kids that age I’ve known love to dress up and at that age they’re mostly too young to have gender hang ups like adults do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It sounds like you may be the parent of the 4 year old boy?

I wouldn't think it's strange, and if I was the kid's family, it would be fine with me if anyone who did think it was strange chose not to come over anymore.

Yes, guilty. My son loves sparkly “beautiful” things and he apparently loves trying on 10 beautiful skirts at a time at preschool. I think it’s cute but we live in a more, erm, traditional neighborhood and while I personally don’t care I also don’t want to rock the boat as a new resident or have him to a pariah at his new preschool. I have bought him bead sets and he makes jewelry which I also love.

[Anonymous]

People do that these days - welcome to 2022. Get over it.

[Anonymous]

No, I would think it was cool.

--former preschool teacher and parent of a kid who has a zillion dress-up clothes

[Anonymous]

DDs bestie at age 4 LOVED to dress up in princess dresses or even hand-me-downs from his mom. I think his parents were slightly apprehensive, but gave in. It didn’t bother me in the slightest and I thought nothing of it other than they were letting their son be himself.