What do you think of a preschool boy playing dress up in a dress?
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Well, it's too early to conclude anything. It will probably and hopefully be harmless. Sometimes little boys grow up looking at their sisters and the want to be like them. Mostly that is a temparary feeling that would fade away as time progresses. How much time it will take? can't say. May be just a month, may be a couple of years. This situation can't simply be overlooked.
The responsibility of the parents here increases a lot here. infact in multiples. What they need to do is just speak with the children. This can solve a number of problems. If the parents can't do that they need to find some responsible person who can talk to the child. It need not be a psychologist, it can be anyone from the family, friends, relatives who can make the child speak. Following are a few things that need to be discovered
1) Does the child feel that his brothers and or sisters are being treated differently by the parents?
2) Does he feel that his parents don't spare enough time for him?
3) Does he like a boy or girl ( though children are primarily assexual, movies and tv programs make them feel so)
4) Does he feel that there is any kind of unjustice made with him? ( mostly this reason makes children to act bizzare- mostly u will find absolutly stupid reasons, e.g. my niece was very upset because her friend had a bigger waterbag than her. She told the parents that she wants a bigger one and they refused. That made her hate her parents.)
5) Does the child feels that his sex and gender differ from each other? (sex= related with body: gender= related with brain)- This is the worst of the conditions if it lasts for another year or two. This may have transsexual roots. It is important to know that most of the transsexuals know that they are so right from the early childhood.- In this case the child needs counselling, and treatement as per requirement.
There can be some more reasons, or may be there are just no reasons for the children to dress up. But the parents must discover the reason for the future of the child. I would like to sugest u to tell this all to the parents of those children. Another thing is although your son's behaviour is absolutely normal, u should always be open to him for any sort of discussions.
Take good care and all the best
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its harmless but should be veered away from it and encouraged to play with something else
I see no problem. If it continues in a few yeasr, you need to do something on it. At this point, children are more asexual then sexual. At preschool, it probably means little at all. If the behavior worries you, ignore it completely.
i would never EVER EVER let my son put on a dress....thats for girls!
Great! At that age it is not an indication of a future crossdresser or homosexual, just an indicator that the little boys have really good imaginations and are enjoying exploring their world.Children need to find who they are. I wouldn't worry about it. This kind of play is normal. Even I played with some of my mothers clothes and shoes when I was that little. I'm fine. NO, REALLY, I am FINE
I'M FINE. I'M FINE, I'M FINE, I'M FINE, I'M FINE, I'M FINE, I'M FINE, I'M FINE, I'M FINE, I'M FINE, I'M FINE.
ewww not a good example...I think the teacher should get knight costumes....girl I've seen mother painting thier son's toe nails blue. harmless -- they will tire of it and move on top something else in about 10 minutes
At that young age, it's harmless. But kids are merciless sometimes, so those boys might take some abuse from other kids especially older ones.
its normal at that age, they're just having fun.if they still do it around age 7-8, they may have gender issues.
Its normal. My son used to dress up in his sisters play clothes. So we bought him "boy" dress-up clothes. Now we see Batman zooming down the hallway on an almost daily basis. Its just play, its not an early indicator of their sexual preference. It should be perfectly fine, my cousin dressed up in dresses, and he has a steady girlfriend now.
Our preschool has a dress-up center and my son loves the high heels. I think it's just something different than he has at home; doesn't worry me a bit.
that means that they will be fans of Elton john and may even have him perform at their commitment ceremony.There shouldn't be a problem if the children are spoken to prior to the rehearsals and event about why they're dresses like that. It is really harmless at this age but I would not encourage it. Also if you through a fit they will want to do it more just to get a reaction.
I have absolutely no problem with it. Gender identity is not fixed at that age. Children should be encouraged to explore various roles, through dress-up, board games, action figures, etc. It will have zero effect on their eventual sexual orientation.
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Decent knowledge of child psychology - through reading and my family of shrinks.
There is nothing wrong with that at all. I have 2 cousins that did the exact same thing. One of my cousins had curly hair so people would walk by and say, " What a cute little girl!!". He continued to act like this until he was 5 so they cut his hair. He now acts like a 7 year old boy. Just make sure it doesn't last as long as my cousins did. there is nothing wrong with that. you should let them be themselves as much as possible. in time they will find on their own what is acceptable and what is not.
It's probable that he is imitating you, It doesn't mean anything but a little information on the difference between a girl and a boy can be good at this time
My son tried on my make-up, shoes, etc., he's about as manly as you can get. Children are somewhat asexual at a young age and they just want to pretend. Let them enjoy. Likewise if your son didn't want to dress up, he has that right.There is nothing wrong with it, my 8 year old son used to play dress up in girls clothes and now he is every bit a boy and at this moment my 3 year old son has on blue nail polish!! LOL I think it is perfectly normal at that age. My little brother used to dress up and wear our play lipsticks and wear our purses. I wouldn't get upset if my son did that and he's 3.
There is nothing wrong with it. I was in the same place you were. When my son was 4 he used to dress up in his older sister play dresses. There are several pictures of this. He used to play barbies with his older sister, even so much as one time he got more excited about a barbie commercial then my daughter did. My son will be 7 in Aug and he is 100% boy. He is into cars, baseball, monster trucks, fishing, bugs, and all the other little boy things. Dressing up in dresses is nothing more the imaginitive play which is good for any child's development, much less a boy's.
There is nothing wrong with that. When my oldest son was 3 he wanted a Little Mermaid doll and my middle son used to get into my make up and put it on. Now that they are older they are definiltey not at all feminine..lol, I think its fine.aaaaawwww how cute, theres nothing wrong with a little boy playing dress up with dresses, they are just haveing fun, it's not like their 16 or 25 and wearing dresses and make-up, then i would say...gay or what?? I think it's precious! I used to teach preschool and would always keep a disposable camera in my cabinets just for such an occasion! The parents always thought it was hilarious when I would give them the photo later. It's great that they can do that and not feel bad about it, they are just having fun and using their imagination. Parents that shame their children when they want to do things that are not "appropriate" for their gender have issues and don't need to dump all their insecurities onto their children.
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