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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your sons need a sister. [/quote]

My boys have a sister.  I would never allow her to wear a shirt that suggests girls are better than boys.  She loves her favorite daughter shirt though…[/quote]

NP. There aren’t mass market shirts that say “girls are better than boys”. As every sane PP has already pointed out, OP’s son is misinterpreting something like “girl power” or “girls rule”. Saying that something is good is not equivalent to calling something else bad.[/quote]

No - the boys are reacting to the fact that they know they would never be allowed to wear a “boys rule” shirt [/quote]

And why isn’t there a WHITE History Month, amirite?[/quote]

So you have a choice: maintain your smug superiority and sense of virtue; or actually “do the work” (as they say) of understanding how kids think and process. If your goal is to show how percectly orthodox you are in your social justice speech - congrats. If your goal is to raise kids with good values - you’re a failure. 
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I’m raising a son who doesn’t fall to pieces when his sister competes in Girls on the Run, so we’re all set, thanks 👍[/quote]

[b]He also knows better than to talk to you about the unfairnesses that he experiences in his life.[/b]  Maybe he can talk to his dad about them, or another safe adult.  Or maybe he just has reddit and worse sites for those discussions.  [/quote]

Bizarre projection. My son is not withering at the unfairness of a “girl power” t-shirt, sorry.[/quote]

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