My son will grow up masculine. Period.
My son is a boy, and I’m raising him like one and I’m not letting him be confused for a girl.
I dress him like a boy, style him like a boy, and let him embrace all the messy, adventurous, full-speed boy energy he naturally has.
It’s not complicated. He’s a boy, and I’m raising him in a way that reflects that.
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It's funny because this mentality is the reason I am nonbinary. Instead of letting your child like whatever he likes you're teaching him he has to like certain things or hes doing it wrong. Theres nothing masculine about men forcing women to accept made-up gender roles, like baby dolls are only for women. Theres nothing more masculine than watching a grown man take care of and nurture his baby. Why teach your son that baby dolls are feminine when the hope is that daddy is right there supporting mommy instead of telling him that daddy is too good for parenting? These concepts are arbitrary and idiotic but go ahead and teach your son that immature and toxic view of masculinity. Nobody is trying to force your son to be a girl but teaching him that things are strictly girly or boyish absolutely teaches him that hes not perfect just the way he is. You do you.