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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 5 year old DD says she IS a boy all the time! I think in her case it is that she likes more stereotypically "boy" toys and characters. I really don't think that it's a gender identity issue in my DD's case.

Have you asked your daughter WHY she wants to be a boy? [/quote]

Yes and I don't know that I have heard an answer or maybe haven't figured out how to ask well enough.  This post has been the one on my mind Saturday,  thanks.[/quote]

PP here. I don't get good answers to that question either. I thought it was just me.  :D

My DD does many of the things you say yours does - she is always a male character and I'm the female in her pretend play. She wants to be called a boy and will correct me if I call her a girl. She prefers blue clothes and tends toward non-frilly items and rarely wears dresses. She does all of this in public and around friends and family. I expected to hear comments about it but most people play along and/or ignore.

Maybe I am underreacting, but I don't see a need to do anything about it right now other than accept and love her as is and let her be who she is. In my gut I really don't think it's a gender identity issue in my daughter's case. But if it is we will educate ourselves and see what help and support she needs.

You know your kid best. Good luck to you. 
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