My mom made me dress up in dresses when I would have rather been in pants. I was super active as a kid and having to wear a dress or skirt made it harder to for me to do fun things like ride a bike or climb something. And I used to be told it was unladylike to sit a certain way; it was really a hassle at times to be comfortable. I was such a tomboy as a kid. I agree that kids shouldn't be forced into their expected gender roles that girls wear "x" and boys wear "y". She should be accepted for who she is.
My mom is the complete opposite! She never let me wear dresses or wear makeup and always wanted me to be more boyish.
My mom always used to force me to wear polo shirts and khakis on picture day ellis.jpschools.org/.../outfit-khaki.png I looked like I wore a school uniform! I hated it sooo much!
She also had this rule that I wasn't allowed to wear makeup until I turned 16 and yup got in a LOT of trouble before I was 16 lol
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Neither of my parents forced any amount of girliness/tomboyishness on me or my sisters. My oldest sister turned out to be a total girly girl; on the other hand, I've always been a total tomboy, wearing boys' clothes more often than not, etc. I think it should be entirely up to the girl to decide once she's old enough. She should dress as who she is.
As for having kids myself, I wouldn't really know how to handle having a girly-girl daughter, but if she wanted to be a princess then I say go for it! What's most important is that she's strong and confident, regardless of what image she identifies with more.
This never happened to me because I wa always into clothes and fashion (I was never really girly though). But your sister should do what she wants. Your mom won't rip the clothes off her back. So tell your sister to be loud and proud and do what she wants
I'm no mother but I'm literally half tomboy half girly girl. i like this aspect of myself and id love to have a daughter who's the same. she gets to care about her appearance when she feels like it and also doesn't have to be afraid of eating more than an apple a day, playing sports or getting dirty. good life=]
I know her pain when I was little I was a tomboy & my mom was always forcing me into dresses & what I perceived to be ugly outfits when all I wanted to wear was my t-shirts n jeans but after my mom left & I grew up completely surrounded by boys I wanted to differentiate myself from them.. I don't know its hard to explain
Okay my mom didn't really care thats because i can't really be categorized if i spelled that right, anyways thats because at times I'm really girly and at times i play sports and don't really care, It happens to everyone if they are under 16 of course that happened to me when i was 10 but not anymore, moms always want to make girls like a princess don't worry she'll change soon or stay girly if she likes it
i'm sometimes get dressed as a tomboy but i wear dresses too so...
NO. A child has every right to be self expressive. My mom made me wear skirts and dresses when I was little even though I HATED it. I played with boys and liked dirt lol.
She can be whatever she feels comfortable in, because her happiness is my happiness no matter what she's wearing.
When I was younger my mom would force me to wear earrings, skirts, dresses, I hated it. When I was younger I even hated going shopping.
My mom would always force me to dress up especially when going to church
Probably tom boy. I'm a tomboy so I don't relate much to girly girls.
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