Comments on: THE PRINCESS BOY

By: Truthiz

Truthiz — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:03:09 +0000

He remebers doing it…lol and he doesn't mind me telling the story at all. He grew up comfortable in his own skin and confident about himself as a heterosexual man. I should mention, his dsughter, nieces and nephew think it's hilarious especially with him being such a big muscular Black guy now 🙂 !

By: BD

BD — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:08:59 +0000

Thats a interesting story Truth. What does your brother feel about that now?

By: BD

BD — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:06:36 +0000

This is really distubing. I had to think on this before posting. I'm all for parents letting kids find their identity. But kids don't always make good choices. Thats what parents are for. These parents should be spending time teaching him what its like to be a male child instead of letting him become not just a girl, but a princess. I hate to judge but thats just bad parenting to me. And if this child doesn't grow up to be gay, he might look back on these years and be embarrased or really resent his parents for letting this happen. This is bad.

By: Truthiz

Truthiz — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 13:54:09 +0000

Wow. I heard about this story the other day and I have to admit I'm very uncomfortable with the Parent's decision to allow thier son to go overboard (IMO) in identifying as a princess. And I say this as someone whose little brother would periodically put on MY Sunday dress when we were kids AFTER her had put on every Sunday suit he had in his closet…lol.When we were kids, my brother LOVED to play dress-up. He would model (if you will) every Sunday suit he had_and then he would put one of my dresses. To the best of my recollection he engaged in that behavior from about age 4 to age 6 or 7. My father and granfather nearly lost it…lol But fortunately, my mom and grandmother DIDN'T panic. They recognized the danger in over-reacting OR feeding into it either way and decided to strike a balance. My brother was encouraged to continue being a BOY doing "BOY" things, while also given the freedom to express himself by putting on a dress NOW AND THEN. And everyone agreed to NOT freak out when he did it.However, NO ONE would have agreed to allow him to identify as a "princess"..! By age 7, the faze was over ……but this is an interesting issue to be handled with a great deal of forethought and consideration for the child's psychosocial health and overall wellbeing, as he/she goes through life.