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Lived abroad? As a foreigner, with all sorts of international friends, I wonder why you think it matters. Are all foreigners backwards and conservative to you?

Plenty of people don't like nail polish on youngsters. Some don't like pink or girly things on their boys, but it doesn't mean they're homophobic.

Just don't polish his nails. Easy!

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Of course not. He's not a foreigner himself anyway. White American dudes. Just happened to live abroad for a lot of his life. I don't think foreigners are conservative either I think that his dad has a clear image of what being an American boy means and that that image does not include nail polish or princess dresses. His dad was raised stateside. I just mean the kid was raised in a different culture and it shows in a lack of ease in integrating with American kids.

A 7 year old kid who didn't grow up with American friends or siblings... he's just a little peculiar. He comes across like a kid who thinks he's already an adult but who also wishes he was a more carefree kid.  [/quote]

Unless this child has been living with native tribes somewhere, please abandon this idea that this child is different because of his living abroad. Our elementary school in downtown Bethesda welcomes children from 60 nations, some of whom don't speak English when they arrive. They all know how to play together, and don't act peculiar! Except the ones with specific types of special needs. I suspect this child has socio-communication issues. I have a kid with ADHD and Asperger's. It has nothing to do with language or culture, it's differences in brain functioning and can happen to any family in any country. This has nothing to do with the father not wanting nail polish on his son either. Stop conflating everything, it makes everything worse.

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