What would you do if you had this conversation with your 5 year old boy?
My son just started kindergarten and has been coming home saying some odd things here and there that I assume he’s gotten from other kids. None of it has been overly concerning but yesterday this conversation went down:
“Mommy, can I wear a dress to school tomorrow?”
“Um well I don’t have a dress for you. Why do you want to wear a dress?”
“The girls wear them and I think they’re so pretty.”
“They are so pretty, aren’t they?”
“Can you buy me a dress?”
“What kind of dress do you want?”
“One with strawberries on it!” (He loves strawberries)
That was kind of the end of the convo for a while, he went to go play with his brother for a bit. However then he came back and said this:
“Mommy I think I want to be a girl. What is a good girl name for me?”
I said “you don’t like your name anymore?”
He said “yes but it’s a boy name and I don’t want to be a boy.”
“Why not?”
“Ms. ____ (his teacher) says we can be boys or girls or whatever we want. I don’t have to be a boy if I don’t want to be.”
So… I am not transphobic or homophobic. I am myself bisexual. But am I wrong to be a little upset that this convo apparently went down in my child’s kindergarten class? They are 5 years old. What would you do? Would you bring it up with the teacher?
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