Love it!

The scene:
Cubby area in Q’s lovely kindergarten.
The players: Q, boy 2, boy 3
All three boys are huddled together looking at a book about weather. They get up to get on their things to leave.
Boy 2: Q, I really like your necklace.
Q: Yeah (he doesn’t really know how to respond to a compliment). It has dragonflies.
Boy [...]

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“The Look.”

Yesterday Q wore a skirt to school for the first time this year. I admit that I was glad he held off until after the first week…for many reasons. There are lots of new kids in his class, and I guess I wanted them to know he’s a boy before he wore “non-boy” clothes. I [...]

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World Changers

Recently in the land of the internet, both on blogs and a message board or two, I’ve read (and sometimes been a part of) conversations about boys who cross the boundaries of social norms. Often, parents are hesitant about what to do.
Do I let my son wear purple to school? Will he be ostracized or [...]

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