Yeah, the one that really bothered me was the one time she declared “I don’t like boys”, totally parroting some kids in the playground who were having a little boys v.s. girls thing going on. I made clear it was NOT okay right there and then. I pointed out that Daddy, her favourite uncles and many of her favourite characters are ‘boys’ and that they rock, so that was absolute nonsense.
Many people seem to think that little boys and girls claiming that each other are gross and vile is quaint or something. I don’t think it’s any more cute or wholesome than letting kids running around saying they don’t like black people or kids with red hair. I’m letting my kid know exactly how stupid and arbitrary that crap is.
