Is it normal for boy to act like a girl

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Is it normal for a 5 year old boy to play with girls ,barbies,dress ups,he keeps asking for a pony ,not interested in group plays,acts completely like a girl iam worried about his furture,he walks infact prances like a girl and sometimes stands like a girl.recently he saw a teenage boy in a store next to him and said i love that boy. he likes mommy baby games he has this girlish type of behaviour i don't understand what to do.. is there anyone i same situation

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  • Isabella80s
    10 years ago | pl

    I believe kids are too conditioned into 'what's for girls and what's for boys' and when you really think about it... why?! Many boys are interested in traditionally girly things and many girls are interested in traditionally boyish things. The child is exploring the world and he's only been in it for five years, so he's still so little really. As long as he's having fun, learning etc. then I wouldn't make any attempt to discourage him. You could always ENcourage him to be interested in a wider range of things as well as what he likes already. But only if he enjoys them rather than for any kind of social conformity reasons. Childhood is such a fleeting time of innocence in the grand scheme of things and if he's a happy kid, then great. If he has freedom as a child now to do what he enjoys, I think it will contribute to him growing up to be a well rounded human being. IF any small minded people or the children of small minded people ever take the mickey, then there are ways to reaffirm his confidence and ensure that his self esteem doesn't take a battering for it.

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    • [Old Memory]
      10 years ago

      "I believe kids are too conditioned into 'what's for girls and what's for boys' and when you really think about it... why?!"

      In a perfect world there would be no reason to do such a thing. But because of the way society is orientated, the dangers sexual confusion has posed to the individual and others, bullies, self esteem, ect, ect, there is much reason to curb a childs behaviour in this area. At a young age you begin to sexually develop, well before you ever think about sex. So it is important to set boundaries on such behaviours.

      Gender and sexual identity confusion has created monsters, think Buffalo Bill in silence of the lambs.

      It's important to encourage what's considered "normalcy" in children, this world could (and does) very easily skew what one might believe to be harmless curiosity in children.

      So you're right in saying there is nothing "wrong" with it, but all the "wrong" external forces in the world will have input too. And it isn't worth the risk.

      There's no such thing as a kid who's just left to be who he wants to be, all of the users saying to do that fail to realise that their parents greatly influenced them in childhood. They were certainly not letting them do as they please, they just cannot remember the influence as all cannot remember what they could not comprehend. Your parents brainwash you from birth to adulthood, and rightfully so.

      There's what we WANT to be truth, and what IS truth.

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      • Isabella80s
        10 years ago

        People are scared and you seem to be one of those people. Just an observation. People make associations and then act as if there will definitely be negative consequences if those associations are ignored. We have become so much more liberated than we once were and with that comes letting go of those associations. Clearly, there are many things that will have a positive influence on a child in their developmental years and a parent may be doing all that good stuff - so what if their children aren't gender stereotyped? Also, how will the 'external forces' ever be challenged if we keep heavily gender stereotyping children etc.? Maybe I'm just a big hippie! Please can you explain the forces you are referring to?

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        • [Old Memory]
          10 years ago

          If it wasn't an issue, it wouldn't be an issue.

          Logic 101.

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          • Isabella80s
            10 years ago

            Riiiiiiight.

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            • [Old Memory]
              10 years ago

              *true

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  • Dot123
    10 years ago | pl

    Yeah, that is pretty common for young children. They're still growing up and don't really care about the gender of things. Let him go with it. If he turns out to be feminine, gay, or whatever. He will still be your son.

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  • KatieLiz
    10 years ago | pl

    Don't try to box your kid into restricting gender stereotypes. Just let him be who he is.

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  • Maya05
    10 years ago

    Let your son be who he wants to be. Trying to force someone into a gender role that they do not want can have negative outcomes in the future. Also, who cares if he acts like a girl?

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  • KatieLiz
    10 years ago

    Don't listen to davesumba. He's an idiot. You're born gay or you're not, you can't turn gay. Besides, there are macho gay men and feminine gay men and everything in between, just like everybody bloody else.
    If your kid wants to play with dolls, let him. It improves social skills and is much better for early development than the aggressiveness of the majority of typically 'boy games'.

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  • 3rdXsTheCharm
    10 years ago

    Completely normal. I wouldn't worry about it and if he is feminine, let it be, he is who he is.
    But if your really worried about it, perhaps you could try to get him some 'boy things' and see how he likes it but at his age, it's really no biggy.

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  • theaverageatheist
    10 years ago

    i think it's realy cute. totaly normal. my baby cousin is similar.

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  • highrider
    10 years ago

    Lol

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  • braintrip
    10 years ago

    Lulz? Is this you?

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  • davesumba
    10 years ago

    You are turning your son gay. It's not something you are born with, it's something you develop based on how you grew up. If he's only hanging out with girls and playing girly stuff, he's going to turn gay, you must stahp this behavior before it's too late!!!

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    • wow9
      10 years ago

      someone can't turn gay, they are born gay.

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    • GreyWulfen
      10 years ago

      It's already too late for you...
      Go get some education.

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  • Crypsis
    10 years ago

    Some people are just born with more Estrogen but it Could be Gender Identity Disorder

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    • GreyWulfen
      10 years ago

      Gender Identity Disorders don't happen at such young ages.

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      • theaverageatheist
        10 years ago

        actualy they usualy do, gender identety is something that kids are awear of well before puberty.
        i'm pretty sure you where awear you where a boy or girl befor the age of five.
        so an opposite gender identety occures around the same time.

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        • GreyWulfen
          10 years ago

          You are aware of your biological sex, yes.
          But gender identity problems usually occur while puberty.

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