3 year old boy dressing up as a girl. Good or bad?

Question

Parents are concern

Answer 1

GACK! You look just like me!!

I think it's fine. I mean, I wouldn't be jumping for joy but I certainly wouldn't dissuade, either. Let the little guy play. If he's going ot be gay later, his ddressing up now will have no effect on that either way.

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Answer 2

My nephew did this, and everyone in the family was afraid, more like terrified, he would end up gay. Ridiculous. However, they didn't notice that any time any boy was around, he wanted to do boyish things. Also, his father was only home every couple of weekends because he works away from home, and the only other people he was around were his mom and sister (mom stayed home, so no boys at a babysitter or anything, and no boy cousins to play with). At that age, it's just mimicking other people, they don't understand, "this is what boys do, this is waht girls do", not that that matters anyway. His family also didn't bat an eye if the little girl wanted to do boy stuff (play in the mud, ride a four-wheeler, spit, wrestle, etc.).

Answer 3

Brilliant. Why are the parents concerned? They've no need to be. It's much safer than dressing as a caveman and hitting everyone in sight with his club. Their lad obviously has some imagination and he's having fun. Years ago parents used to dress their boys as girls ... they may have had more girls than boys in the family and every child wore "hand me downs" whether they belonged to their brother or sister.

Answer 4

neither good nor bad - just normal

who's to say he's dressing up 'as a girl' - it's just dressing up and playing - and then again, so what if he is.

kids will be kids.

i had a role play area in my classroom when i taught 5 year olds and the boys loved having a turn at being Goldilocks. i used to take photos for display boards around the classroom and the dads' reactions were always amusing on Parents Consultation evening... hehe

Answer 5

I think it is normal at that age. My son is 2.5 and he plays with his little sister's tea set and kitchen. He will also try to put on my shoes. I am not concerned because he is 2. If he was 12 I would be concerned.

Answer 6

Is he just playing dress up, or is he seriously wearing girls clothing, and if so why does he have girl's clothing? Maybe he just likes clothes in general, my 4 yr old son doesn't care if the clothes he grabs to put on are his or his sister's, he just likes clothes. I just tell him, no, those aren't your clothes and take him to his own dresser to pick out his own clothes. If it's just dress up and the parents don't like it, then why don't they go get him some boy dress up stuff, like superhero costumes, or pirate stuff or something boyish?

Answer 7

It's a phase and totally normal. My son (4yr old) wore my heels from work around the house yesterday. It's just something different. At this age they are learning about the differences between girls and boys. Clothes is just that, clothes to them.

Answer 8

Don't stress over it. Its just a fun activity and NOT a prediction of the future.

Whip out the camera and take some funny pictures that you can embarrass him with later (which is what most parents do with this sort of thing.) =)

Answer 9

don't worry about it. he will grow out of it and when he is older he will feel really silly about it. i used to dress my brother up all the time and pretend he was my sister. we have lots of pictures in our family album and he gets so embarrased when we show people. we all thought it was cute.

dressing up is no indication of whether or not he is going to be gay or feminine, if that is what you are wondering.

Answer 10

bad!! the parents should be the ones to decide how the kid dresses not the child. It's halarious how amost little girls want to look like those slutty BRATZ dolls. I'm having a little gurl in October and i'd be damned if she wore a strapless shirt at least not until she's like 18 or unless we're going to the beach. Funny how most parents nowadays don't care about how their kids dress.