Comments on: “Children should be allowed to express themselves in whatever way they wish without anybody judging them.”

By: Blaize

Blaize — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:41:37 +0000

I have a little friend who is a boy who wears dresses. His dad is a little uncomfortable about it, but he sees it as his duty to NEVER let the kid know that he, the dad, has issues. The dad knows they are HIS OWN issues, and the kid will get enough crap for wearing dresses from his peers, he doesn’t need any crap from his parents.

By: VanillaKinks

VanillaKinks — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 02:56:46 +0000

My 6 year old recently announced to me and his father that he plans to grow his hair out, put on make up, and wear dresses this summer, and my husband and I celebrated his decision!

We told him that he can do anything he wants to do, and we’ll support him 100%. I’ll admit, I was a bit surprised that my husband was so at ease awith his son wanting to dress as a girl, but hubby also made me very proud of him.

My son hasn’t started wearing dresses just yet, and maybe he never will, but at least he knows his parents will support him either way.

By: Meg

Meg — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 04:12:22 +0000

Bravo, Angelina (and Brad!) for allowing Shiloh to just be…Shiloh. And if being Shiloh means dressing in boy clothes and having short hair, well, go Shiloh. I still think she’s a beautiful child.

By: nenasadije

nenasadije — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:51:12 +0000

LOVE!

also, re: “Montenegro style” – she might as well have said “Old Man style” ’cause that’s the only group who wears “track suits and regular suits” in that part of the world. though i did see a few douchey 20-somethings sporting knock off Dolce & Gabbana track suits. maybe Montenegro = Jersey Shore?

By: Janie

Janie — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:47:05 +0000

My sister was exactly the same when she was younger – had her hair cut short and wore clothes only from the boys section. She even got the rules changed at school so she could wear shorts instead of a summer dress. Now she’s hit puberty she is dressing in a more conventionally feminine way, whether that’s because of peer pressure I don’t know but it seems to be a willing choice and it’s still fairly tomboy-ish. She would have just hated my parents if they’d forced her to wear skirts etc. and then nobody would have been happy. I have to say I admire Angelina Jolie for this – I hope it inspires more parents too.

xoxox

By: Sa

Sa — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:30:38 +0000

I completely agree with you on all counts. It’s horrible that Internet people can judge a little girl who is growing up and learning and experimenting. Also I’ve always liked Angelina for some reason and this comforts me in my opinion