Ugh, it is so sad to see a small child so deeply entrenched in stereotypical gender rolls. I've actually watched a child having to have to make a choice based on the parents illusions. It was so unfair to the small boy.

YOU ROCK SO HARD for unleashing your superpower on the unsuspecting public. Might I suggest, however, that you protect your true identity as a fantastic parent and advanced human being, by donning a non-gender specific costume of some sort.

HA!! You're a cool mom. I bet you would let your daughter get Tonka trucks, basketballs and green chuck taylors like mine did.

A friend of mine's 4 year old daughter named their new cat Mrs. Norris, and she didn't know why either.

Isn't mrs norris the name of the cat in the harry potter books?

Hey, thanks, MonkeyButter. (I always read your name as Monkey Butler and think "I sure could use one of those.") Unfortunately, the look didn't work a few years ago on the dad who wouldn't buy his son a Dora playset because "Dora is for girls."

And she's got that stuff, too, chewie. Only she's moved from black chucks to pink this year (her choice). I think Mrs. Norris is a lovely name.

I might just be making that up

ANYWAY! jrossi4r, you are superbly awesome. And I'm glad the kiddo got the monster face. And that your one got Harshville. Heh.

Good for you jrossi. My oldest son's favorite colors at the moment are green and pink. My youngest son likes unicorns and My Little Ponies. I never discourage anything, and we never say, "that's for girls".

Once an acquaintance commented that the girls clothing is cute, but the boy's clothing in the Hannah Anderson catalog looked a "little gay." I said, "Maybe the people that buy those clothes aren't terrified that their boys will become homosexuals if they wear a striped romper and a matching hat."

I love the non-gender specific costume idea MB. I read an article in Sassy in the doctor's office this past winter. The author's stance was: Down with the sexy maid costumes and the like for women. I couldn't agree more.

Mrs. Norris is a cat from the Harry Potter books.

Excellent job, jrossi.

When I worked at McDonald's, we would give out Hot Wheels and Barbies at the same time. I always made a point of asking people whether they wanted "hot wheels or barbies" for the Happy Meal toys.

Most people wouldn't notice, but some would thank me for not asking "boys or girls toy."

Go rossi go! Turn the gaze of doom upon the infidels! Make them squirm with the knowledge of their transgressions!

drezdn, and the boys' toys are infinitely better, which bites. I went through a happy meal phase this spring when my son was on a major Mickey D's jag and I soon learned I had to ask for the boy's meal, which came with a wind up robot, as opposed to the girls' meal, which came with some horrible lame pink pony that didn't even move. I was mad about that. I even contemplated a letter to the editor.

Huh. Well maybe the kid saw the movies. Pretty funny name regardless!

I always specify "Boys toy", if they even ask because Perle is more often than not dressed like one so they assume. Until the week they had Helly Kitty stuff for girls and I didn't notice until after we got the meal... because I'm a sucker for Helly Kitty.

Good on ya jrossi4r for releasing that look - it bugs me that things are gender specified in an age where gender means nothing. Leave it alone people! One xmas I spent it with my ex and his family, his sisters inlaws were showering their three year-old granddaughter with gifts suchs as a wee ironing board and a cash register and a mini washing up set with brush and towel an drying stand called "Duktig" (good, as in "good girl") from Ikea. Ugh! See why he's an X?

I think "helly kitty" was a freudian slip. I've always imagined that cat to grow enourmous fangs and devour us all one day.

Awesome. Can I borrow that look, jrossi? I need it for my 11th graders this year. Helly juniors...

(help)

Oh thank you, thank you, thank you for doing that drezdn. That really sticks in my craw. MGL's right, the boy toys are way funner.

And Pips, you just call me in and I will stare down those ornery teens!

"Duktig" (good, as in "good girl")
Oh good lord.

Good for you!

My response senior year to the junior class boy who told me "you can't dress up as Alex (A Clockwork Orange). You're a girl."--he wanted to, too-- was "SO?" He did get it though, and dressed up as something else. I had everything but the codpiece.

Hello Cthulhu!

The boys are still fans of Dora, and occasionally wear rainbow girly shirts. I've gotten lots of comments on my beautiful girls. :D

They've also occasionally drawn red marker on their lips, and a black goatee on their faces.

Girly mom can go to heck. Good for you!