Like maybe they really wanted to have a girl and they were disappointed when they had a boy, so they decided to dress him as a girl to satisfy, at least partially, what they wanted?
Do you think that may be the reason why some parents really do this, when they do it from birth?
And what about the parents that give in to an older child wanting to dress like a girl... what's that all about?
A. YES! It is wrong and a form of child abuse! They are going against nature and will confuse, embarrass or pervert the boy in the long run
B. It's OK to dress a boy like a girl when they are very young, but once they are old enough to know what's going on, they should be able to make up their own mind as to whether they want to do that or not
C. It's ok once they are old enough to say they want to do it, but not before
D. For Halloween or Dress Up Day at school, it would be ok but not for every day
E. I don't even like the premise of the question, parents who do that should be forced to go to psychiatric counseling
F. There is nothing at all wrong with it at all. The parents can dress their child however they want.
G. OTHER, see my comments below, or just open the "Parent/Child Crossdressing" survey
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Are parents that dress their son as a girl from birth, or after, for their own personal reasons, wrong for doing that?
It's wrong in my opinion. I wouldn't say that it's child abuse but it's certainly an attempt to push the child to be something that he's not, influencing the way he perceives himself. Why not let a child be who he/she is? (iykwim) Why dress a boy as a girl or vice versa? I mean sure you can boast about abolishing gender roles but you don't have to resort to such extreme ways to do that. Also, how will the child feel when he sees his male friends and female friends dressing up conventionally? Will such a parenting style give him the impression of being trans or induce dysphoria later in his life? How will he/ she feel when he/she will walk down memory lane as a teen or an adult?
I'm very skeptical of that parenting style. It doesn't take into consideration the psychology of the child. Parenting is waaaayyy more about the child than the parents. That's what those parents should understand.
I'm against gender roles too but I'm also all about giving a child the freedom of being who he/she wants to be.
As for parents who do that because they're not satisfied with the kid's gender, are they worthy of having kids?
Children are not born knowing the social/cultural norms. It's up to parents to teach them. Some cultures have dresses for men and that's OK. It's doing children a disservice to teach them something against the norms. So dressing your son in a dress in a society where men don't wear dresses is unkind and nonsensical. If he grows up and wants to do this it's still your job to explain why that is not right. If he insists even after understanding the issue then it's up to you to decide if you want to let him or not depending on your parenting style. Some kids will be OK being different and own it. Maybe you can let those have their eccentricities. Others just need the guidance on what they should do and why. The way we're going, I'm sure in the future it will be the norm for all genders to wear whatever in which case this question will cease to matter in the US at least.
I wouldn't call it 'going against nature' cause dresses don't grow on trees. Clothes don't 'naturally' have a gender. We as a society just think dresses are not for men. There are cultures ore time Periodes where this is different and I'm sure it will Change againin the Future. I'd let my Kid wear whatever it want's as long as it's appropiate for the wheater. My niece often goes out dressed as a whitch or princess. I don't see anything wrong with that. But I wouldn't dress my son im a dress If He doesn't ask to wear one That being said,
They are forever damaging their child's emotions because all the kids they know at school will always consider them as "the sissy". Yeah, you know them - the rejects that needed to be home schooled or going to Military School. The ones that everyone made fun of or talked about. Is that what you want for your child just because you were unable to have the girl you wanted? I think the parents are more brain damaged than their kid will be. I was made fun of for being fat, but it would have been worse to be called a sissy prissy.
I feel that with you really want to dress like the opposite sex, then you should be able to do it after you're old enough to make that decision. I believe that a parent that forces their opinion on their kids aren't allowing their kid to grow and become there own person. Some people are angry that people assume a kids gender based off their sex at a young age, but it angers me that some of them assume the same thing in the opposite direction. Dress them up as a girl, because we want our kid to "have the option." So instead of pushing your kid in the direction that the majority of the population prefers, they push their kids in the direction that a small portion of the population leans. Once again, I am not against people be transgender or transsexual; I just don't think we should force our kids to be the gender we want them to be before they know what gender, sex, or 1+2 is. Just a simple thought from a simple mind, please respond if anybody wants to disagree, commit, or question. Thanks, :)
Interesting fact, it wasn't too uncommon in the late 1800's for parents to dress their boy's in dresses up until the age of 6. Here is a surprising image of President FDR from the late 1800's wearing a dress.
All you have to do is dress up a turd and call it an orientation or a right and everyone rallys to defend it under that thing guise.
Let me be clear, the whole idea of drag kids or trans kids is the destroy masculinity and sexualized children.
the pedophiles are already lobbying to join th lgbtq.
When my kid is 18 he can choose what he does. Yes they are wrong for allowing this, your don't have to give in to social pressure as a parent you can have standards.
Of course. I have no issues with someone expressing themselves, as long as it is not in a harmful or hurtful manner to others. If a boy grows up, decides that he prefers the aesthetic of designs aimed towards the females, I'll support him all the way. What I don't support is families trying to force values onto a child, they should develop on their own. I feel similarly about deadbeat parents that dress their kids on political getup and MAGA hats. You know damn well that your kid doesn't know what any of that means.
It's one thing if the CHILD wants to try on a dress or some other opposite-gender piece of clothing, but to purposely cross-dress a child is not only cruel to the point of being abusive, but in my opinion it's a sign of mental illness in the parent.
They're gonna confuse the f of that child and he's gonna grow up with all kinds of mental distrubances. He probably would end up getting treated badly by others and discriminated. It's wrong to even force a girl to constantly wear a dress, but a boy? These parents need to be locked up
There's something wrong with a parent who crossdresses their child on purpose. There are gender neutral outfits that aren't male/female that are appropriate for either sex child until they are older. There's no need to confuse gender norms with a young child.
Why would any parent in there right mind do that? lets fuck the kid up some more. thats we have so many screwed up people that can't figure out oh i have a dick i go in the mens restroom and i stand while peeing. thats why this generation is so pussified and screwed up. anyone that supports it needs to get there head examined and move to cali.
Just let the kid be a kid. They can decide whether they want to dress like the opposite gender if they're old enough. Just because the parents wanted a girl / boy doesn't justify this behaviour
The parents are abusing their kids. Less than 1% of people are transgender. Even if we assume all of T people are mentally balanced & not deluded: this means that if you change the gender of your kid there’s a 99% chance that you’re wrong.
It's horrible. I once saw a parent walk into the restaurant I worked in with 2 boys. One was your typical boy, shorts Jersey and game boy (through me off) and the other was wearing a pink dress and playing with a Barbie doll. Both were around 7-10 years old and I honestly wanted to hit the guy. Kids need structure, if they want to do that later when they're around 14+ then that's on them but allowing your kid to make that decision or forcing them to is wrong. Period
I voted C if I had children I would be supportive of them no matter their sexual orientation or their hender identity but I woumd not force any against their will
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It really is child abuse. It's going against biology to assuage your own feelings. Using your child as an experiment and putting your feelings before their well-being.
I'm not into transvestitism for children nor adults. I am not even comfortable, even in this laid back day and age where women proudly flaunt pants wearing, so you know I wouldn't be okay with it.
I think males should present themselves is masculine attire and females should wear delicate dresses and skirts. I'm not on the pants wearing for women bandwagon that 99.95% of the world seems to be on.
Back in the day young boys and baby boys could or would wear dresses. It used to not be exclusively female. There is a photo of a young President Roosevelt wearing a pink dress.
Yes, 2 members mentioned that and one sent a picture of him in a dress.
The other member said that they did that until they were potty trained since it was a custom that made it easier to change diapers, so that makes a lot of sense.
Any time someone makes any decisions for someone else on behalf of "personal reasons," that is greed by definition. And yes, it is wrong. Greed is probably the only "wrong thing," actually.
yes it is wrong to dress your son like a girl for he is a boy ! what is next? cutting of his penis to make him a girl and let him bleed to death? cruel and child abuse
I believe that’s very unhealthy and am totally against my kid picking their own gender. All this does is confuse and negatively influence someone at a young age. That can create a lot of self doubt and set someone up for failure later on in life.
I think it's disgusting that women are trying so hard to feminized boys.. It's like this guy in Texas that's trying to stop his ex wife from transitioning his son at age 7.. Wtf..
It's wrong. Boys should be boys and girls should be girls, and all should dress accordingly. It should be a crime to force someone to be a transvestite.
In today's world it's a fucked up way to treat your child. But back in the 40s and 50s that's how families dressed kids until the were potty trained, yes boys in dresses, easier to change diapers. But once they were potty trained they got pants.
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