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Reply to "MIL is always telling us to dress our 10 month old "as a girl" ... when do we say something?"
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[quote=Anonymous]I finally told MIL to cut it out recently after she would routinely comment on DD "acting like a boy" or "playing rough like a boy." I hit my limit one day when DD (almost 3 y/o) was pretending to "shoot" something and MIL told her "only boys play with guns." I said, "actually, NOBODY should be playing with guns, we don't play guns at home or at school because guns are very dangerous, DD. And MIL we need to stop with this 'like a boy' stuff because I don't like it and I don't want her to think she is limited from doing anything because she's not a boy.'" She hasn't said anything since. As background, MIL and I engaged in a lengthy, very passive-aggressive (on her part) debate over pierced ears when DD was a baby. I don't know if that's pertinent here, but it kind of colored how I view MIL's gender-related commentary on DD because she was so insistent we piece DD's ears so she would "look like a girl." It was ridiculous.[/quote]
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