everyone else has made. Respect, dignity, the right to privacy, the right to respecting others privacy. the right to be in public spaces with decorum, respect, good manners and kindness.



Happy for you and your daughter, ism

I'm kinda glad she got annoyed early-- she won't give in later to the bulllshit.

hopefully this election season will be for and about Women. Women being taken seriously on the World Level and National Stage.

This will raise awareness like nothing else can, I think.

Women enacting Law.

or girly stuff growing up. But my daughter? Loves to dress up and do girly stuff. It's difficult. I want her to be a strong woman, a proud feminist, but don't want to spoil her love of girly things. It's so true, the things kids are indoctrinated into right away from birth. Starts right there at the baby shower!
Once told another mother I didn't want to buy my daughter a doll house. And she was horrified. Until I told her I was building my daughter a doll house with her out of legos. That house has been growing and expanding for years

it skips a generation. However, my frilly little girl has a head for business and a body for sin, and she'll walk all over you in her Steve Madden red heels if you mess with her. She takes no crap from anyone. Traditional GrandMom and liberated Mom always get a chuckle out of her adventures.

like all the women who are giving her these items as gifts.

on edit: And 'hottie' on a onesie?

What could be more American?

-- Mal

My daughter was an weapons expert. They are very familiar with weapons, and have them. I don't know what all.

However, my SIL is a bow and arrow dude-- very involved with the archery association of my state. I might have him teach me on a recurve because I'm left handed, and I'm not spending that much money on a damn crossbow.


ANYway---At one time-- my daughter wanted a pink cross-bow. Wonder if she'll change her mind now?

Can't imagine where she got it from.

-- Mal

I was a 'tom boy', hated lace and dress up. Loved science and 'gross stuff'.

I was totally bumfuzzled when my daughter loved pink and Barbies. And as a girl under 9, there is no such thing as too much glitter. Mom use to joke that her grand daughter was the girl she always wanted.

Apparently sakes are dropping off because little girls are tired of passive toys and are starting to want toys that are more interesting. Anything is better than those BRATZ doll though.

But liking pretty and glitter and soft while still gendered isn't strictly speaking a gendered thing.

Boys just don't get to let out their inner multicolored sparkly unicorn

That's funny about your mom

who is as male as they come, insisted that Mom painted his nails for a while. When Mom asked him why, he said he thought they looked so pretty. Dad had conniption fits about it. I still remember us playing in the sand box and him taking his Tonka road grader up his little hill with that bright red nail polish on his fingers.

Now my other brother was very attractive-so much so that Mom always had him in obviously 'boy' colored clothes because the most common comment was 'what an adorable girl'. He had long curly hair until his first hair cut. However, I do remember that before his hair cut, Mom took one of my baby dresses on him and snapped a Polaroid of him. Yes, he would have made a beautiful girl but again, he turned out to be a nice sensitive man.

I don't know what is worse, stepping on Barbie's shoes or Legos. Trust me, my daughter's Barbies saw plenty of action. My fav was when she took my foot massager and turned it into a spa and hot tub. She made a spa membership for me and she and her friend 'treated' me to a spa day with Barbie. You haven't lived until you have the Barbie spa treatment.

My mom was thrilled when I asked for an ORANGE bedroom when I was five. Yep! Bright orange!

She hated the 'pink persuasion' that went on.

Your daughter is aware - and that's a very very good thing.