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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel as though there are two different issues here.

One is that I happen to think it's fine for a little boy to wear toenail polish, or to try on the princess gowns in the dress up corner, or whatever.  The message that something is just for boys or just for girls has been really hurtful to kids who are gender nonconforming, whether it's for a few minutes (e.g. football player who takes ballet stereotype) or more persistently.

But the other is that as a parent, when I leave my kid in someone's care to go to work, I expect that person to reinforce my place as parent, not to undermine it.  I had an issue where I was sending watered down juice to school with my kid, on the recommendation of my pediatrician, because of a specific medical issue.  The preschool teacher took the juice away and told my kid it was "junk food" and "not for school" and that I was "wrong".  I was livid, partially because he actually needed the juice, but mostly because, unless I'm doing something abusive or unsafe, or I made a mistake on an indisputable fact, you don't tell him I'm wrong, or that the care I provide is wrong.  What my kid brings in his lunch box is my choice.  What this OP's kid wears to school on his body is his choice.  The school's job is to hold up the parent, not tear them down.  [/quote]
You live in la-la land.[/quote]

You live in the 1950s.[/quote]

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