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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m getting really tired of the comments from other moms that ask me if I hate that my daughter likes pink, or if I tried to talk her out of being Elsa for Halloween. My daughter is who she is, and trust me, if you knew her, you’d know you can’t change her mind on anything anyway. My daughter likes to play dinosaurs, ninjas, and Batman with her brother, but she LOVES unicorns, sparkles, baby dolls, and tea parties as well and I’m sorry, but that doesn’t make her any less of a strong young lady. [/quote]
I think this attitude comes from women and is pretty mysonigist.  We have no problems with boys liking sparkly stuff, because that’s open minded (and I agree) but we aren’t as comfortable with girls liking the same things.  I also find the phrase mean girls problematic and I’ve heard girls as young as 2-3 being described that way.[/quote]

Speak for yourself. Some of us definitely would have problems with boys liking sparkly things, especially when it's pushed on them.[/quote]

When are people forcing girly things onto your boys? That's never happened to my 7yo son. [/quote]

I'm the PP with the sparklyloving daughter, and I have absolutely seen sparkly boys cozying up to DD. So in my experience, yes, I can see where it would happen in other circles of school aged friends arond this age, or any really. A pink lunchbox, an elsa backpack, etc. Breaking norms and looking for a reaction. It happens. I say how cool it is, and carry on, since that is all that matters. How cool it is. YMMV[/quote]

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