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I was shopping in Primark at the weekend and I witnessed a boy of about 11 or 12 years standing looking at the tshirts in the "girls section" and specifically at the Arianna Grande tshirts. I mean to you and I, these t shirts can be for anyone... But they are positioned in with the girls clothes, so automatically is assumed they are for girls. I watched as his dad came over. A real man's man type came over and asked his lad what he was doing. I froze, because I was convinced

Halloween is such an amazing time of year, when you can dress up as anything - take to the streets in your costume and no one will turn a blind eye. It's always been the one time of year that my son doesn't worry about who's looking and he will boldly wear his costume with pride. Tonight we descended the streets for trick or treating as a group of witches. The costume was hand chosen by my son in a charity shop, about 10 sizes too big, but he just didn't care. Added lots of a

As part of this page, we believe it is very important to raise discussions and listen to each others opinions. We can disagree. You can have a completely different point of view to me. You may even open my eyes to a different point of view and make me think harder on my views. However we will challenge your point of view, if we feel it oppresses someone or denies them their own right to be themselves. We encourage us all to have discussions, yet we will not tolerate threateni

Let's talk about the men and fathers of boys who challenge their gender stereotype - do they support their child or do they try to make them conform to the stereotype? On our Facebook page, only 20% of our followers are male. Most of our posts are engaged by women, most people taking part in our #Myboycandance campaign are mothers and Most of your posts, comments and messages are from females. Does this mean that men find it hard to join the discussions of our sons who dance,

Why can't we find any boys clothes with Elsa on in our stores? So Elsa is a huge part of our household, from the film, to the soundtrack, to the elsa doll, to the costume - and with Frozen 2 about to come out, I know the new wave of Elsa fandom is about to hit again. What annoys me most with Frozen especially when it was at its height of being the most popular film worldwide - has been the lack of boys clothing featuring Elsa on. Surely they can have some printed tops without

So what is it about nail varnish on a boys nails that freaks people out? Why do so many get annoyed when they see their sons with painted finger nails? Is it the bold colours? The glitter? The fact that it's seen as a form of make up? Is it just for girls? Is it not a safe and fun expression of creativity to have some fun coloured nails? I knew lots of teenage boys growing up, who wore nail varnish as it was fashionable in the grunge era. I also know lots of boys with sisters

A discussion into why our sons feel that ballet is for girls and what needs to change "No mum, I don't want to dance anymore. It's for girls" Boy aged 4 years old. How do I argue with this statement? I personally can until I'm blue in the face, because I believe that dance is for everyone and as an adult, I don't worry so much what others think anymore. But to my small child. A dance lesson for him is a room full of girls in their pink leotards and tutus and pink ballet slipp

Why do we confuse young boys with long hair to be little girls? When did long hair become female? I remember when I first saw a young boy with long hair at my sons rugby lesson. He was a pretty faced boy and instantly I said to my son, go stand next to the little girl. His mum said very quickly, he's a boy - she wasn't offended by my mistake. She corrected me straight away in a really friendly manner. She must have seen how awful I felt in my face, because she then commented

My Boy Can play with dolls and I won't discourage it. To some peoples dismay, I refuse to enforce on to my son that he can't play with dolls. How does that impact on his masculinity? I believe it will make him develop skills in caring and nurturing of other people. It will help him discover empathy and the importance of responsibility for another person. It will show him what it is to feed, change and cuddle another person. His fine motor skills and cognitive development will

Positivity really does empower our sons to be themselves Today while enjoying the sunshine at a public splash park, my son happily played with his barbies as they splashed and had swimming adventures all together. No one around him seemed to care, children liked to discuss which characters he had, parents were just seeing a child playing nicely with his toys and my son was completely lost in the fun of the moment without a care in the world. And then I hear it "why you playin

A parents anxiety into their son starting school. This week I had the pleasure of being invited to my sons first school to meet the teachers and parents and see the school etc..... And it made me nervous... Anxious even. On top of the usual feelings that comes with your first child going to school for the first time and that step into their next challenge. I am feeling an extra anxiety as I don't know how the new school and students think about individuality. How they feel wh

Why are we so scared of our boys playing with dolls? Barbie - Dolls are just toys! What do they teach? Well in my house, they teach my son how to dress and undress with acute hand coordination, they teach role play and story telling as they recreate scenes from the world around them and stories that he knows and explores, they teach a whole new level of creativity when we build and construct houses and cars and food out of materials around the home for the dolls, they teach e