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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I always hate these threads of mothers so proud that their son wears pink, dresses in tutus and paints his nails.

I agree that 4 is pretty young for it to be a sexual orientation issue.  I also don't think it is bad if the little boys in your house don't wear make-up or paint their nails.  The boys in my house do not.  My boys used to comment on my toes (I always paint them) and notice when the color changed...tell me they liked the color, etc.  They also see me put on make-up.  The little one used to play around with the make-up brushes--actually dust with them more than anything---or use my eyeliner/lipliners like crayons.  They do note that this is "Girl Stuff".  That is for "girrlss".  I am okay with face paint, etc.  Boys in make-up not so much.  I remember by brother being horrified when my older sister and her friends would paint him up and put barrettes in his hair--he'd run from them shrieking.  I think that is a pretty normal response too.

I am not comfortable with painted fingernails or make-up/lipstick on boys. Period.  I think it is just weird.  I am for gay rights and gay marriage so don't incorrectly assume those of us that aren't into it are homophobes.

I can't recall if one of my boys ever asked me to paint their nails---if they did I am sure I said it was somethign girls do and it was left at that.  We don't really need to indulge every single one of our children's requests.  If my kid asked to go to school naked the answer would be 'no' too.[/quote]

Well, lipstick and nail polish aren't necessarily things girls do-- I don't wear them, my mother doesn't, and neither does my daughter (so far). Some girls and women wear them, and some don't. I don't think it makes us any less girls or women, but maybe that's just because I'm from New England.  :wink: In any case, letting or not letting your young boys play "dress-up" of sorts w/ your nail polish or lipstick seems to be one of those parenting decisions that will make absolutely NO difference in the long run but that are somehow fun for privileged moms to debate and somehow pretend to themselves that their choice is so superior that all families should take heed.[/quote]

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