Is it normal for a boy to play with girls toys
My son is a brilliantly intelligent boy. He is popular with his friends and his grades are top notch without even trying.He doesn't play sports and can't ride a bike. He's nine years old and has no interest in those. He loves Star Wars, especially the female characters. He loves Twilight, again the female characters. He played with babies as an infant and has a "padme" barbie. He is always brushing her hair. I have even caught him wearing my clothing, the frilly stuff. He knows society thinks it wrong, because he hides his doll in public, like under my car seat. Sometimes he comes home crying that some of they boys are making fun of the way he looks and when I ask why he says because he stands like a girl. I tell him its ok to be you. That I am proud of the young man he is. My son is extremely smart for his age and sensitive. He has amazing empathy for people and cares like no other boy I know. He has many friends that are girls and yes, one "girlfriend". They are going out you know. My problem is how do I protect him from getting made fun of in school? I've tried to get him to do boy things, try new things, but he doesn't like them. People take one look at my child and they say he's going to be gay. It makes me angry. If he is, he is. This behavior and personality has been with him from the beginning. He was born this way. I have a younger son, who in no way, shape, or form would ever touch a doll. He's a boys boy who wants to be the strongest, fastest, superhero (he's six) in the world. I know my son is going to get hurt eventually by people who don't understand. I just wish there was a way to protect him and allow him to be what even my dad said to me, Yourself.