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user-inactivated · 3854 days ago · link · · parent · post: Guys and Dolls: Veteran Toy Designer Wrestles With the Industry's Gender Divide
Definitely. But the temptation is to instead shield him/her from as many sources of external criticism as is within my grasp. Letting my son play with dolls etc. is akin to intentionally setting him up for failure in grade school, which though it may be for his longterm benefit is almost impossible to do.Anyway, if you don't want your child to have a stigma, there are any number of other things kids get stigmatized for and they're impossible to avoid since in many cases both choices result in stigma from somewhere, so better just to teach your son to let it roll off his back and be who he is.