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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]About as concerning as girls wearing pants. [/quote]

Can anyone articulate why nail polish is not for boys?[/quote]

It's not inherently wrong for boys. But when boys wear nail polish, other people (adults and kids especially) will make comments that will make the kid feel like it's wrong.That's all it is. I let my son wear it and choose other girly things as a toddler/preschooler. But eventually he learned those things are for girls only. Why? Because societal norms won out, and nail polish or pink rain boots aren't important enough to take a stand for. [/quote]

Once my son wore pink flip flops when he was like 5, and a girl his age said “why are you wearing girl shoes?” And just son just laughed and laughed like it was the funniest joke. And when she laughed again, he said “these aren’t girl shoes. They’re my shoes. My mom bought them for me.” And the girl said “oh” and went on her way. It was no big deal.

When he was in second he wore pink pants to school and came home and was irritated that kids made fun of him for it. I had warned him that people have this weird idea that pink is for girls and they might tease him for it, so he wasn’t surprised. Now he wears his pink pants at home. I love it that he realizes that it’s a weird arbitrary societal rule and the fact that people teased him didn’t mean he did something wrong, just that people have this weird idea about the color pink.  He still wears pink shirts though. [/quote]

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