Do you think they were right to ban him?

Bags my grandsons love playmobile knights. So I bought them loads off of eBay. This kid likes dresses.....

I think he should do ballet. He could turn out to be a Billy Elliott.

I think the church having banned him is more to do with them than him, or the other children. Sad attitude for a church.

And does he dress up as anything else, or is the beautiful fairy princess his only fantasy?

Is he competing with his two sisters for attention in a feminity-dominated household? (NB - not a female one, but one where being very feminine is the norm)

I should say the number of dresses his mum has bought/given him is the odd thing because if she hadn't provided them he wouldn't have them.

Quite, roseq. It's the number of dresses he has that is odd. In my view that's what the story is all about – excess. The fact that a small boy likes dressing up is a non-story really.

Or perhaps she would be very envious of the sheer amount of dresses he has

Now I still think that is a bit OTT, for a girl or a boy.

Whilst I think my DGD2 aged 2 would not take any notice, I think DGD1 aged 5 would ask relentlessly WHY?? And may not be satisfied with the answer that he just likes wearing dresses. But WHY?

He is a very sweet little boy. Reminds me of Simon on Coronation Street.

That might not sound quite right.

I meant they would be happy to allow him to join in with their girly games.

I think the little girls at the club would be quite happy to play girly games with him.

everyone on here seems to [thankfully] have the little boy's interests at heart and that's why we say it's a bad idea to go to after school club dressed up like a fairytale princess. Even the little girls there may well gawp, let alone the boys.If we lived in a perfect world then we could all dress up as we liked, but common sense prevents most of us from going out dressed to be stared at or worse.It's probably all a storm in a teacup,
but at the same time, we all do have to learn at some point to dress in an appropriate way, simply because we need to live in the world and be an accepted part of it.To think any other way is rather a 'I'd like to teach the world to sing' la-lala kind of wishful thinking.That is not being negative, mean, or small minded before somebody jumps in eagerly to say that, it's just a realistic view of the world. This little boy enjoys dressing in sparkly dresses and high heels , at home is fine for that, but not out anywhere, unless you want to make him look a spectacle for others amusement.The Mothers view is 'I'm fine with that, you should be fine with that' but [perhaps sadly] the world will not be fine with it, and it's naive to expect it to be.

thatbags (now we will get told off for laughing). Not laughing at the innocent child, just thatbags' s comment I hasten to add.

Gives a whole new meaning to "drag" queen.

the light has dawned

I agree that the trailing net and high heels are not suitable for an after school club for boys or girls.

Perhaps the trailing net and high heels were considered unwise for health and safety reasons. Just wondering ...

I do remember when DD1 and her BF campaigned for girls to be allowed to wear trousers in the 6th form at their school, a campaign which was successful. Now, of course, many schools allow girls of all ages to wear trousers.
And I also remember when little boys always had to wear shorts, even in very freezing cold winters, until they were about 11 or 12. Girls had to wear gymslips or short skirts with knee-length woollen socks and garters to hold the socks up which were either too loose and the socks fell down or too tight and cut into your legs.

I think the child is being used as a pawn in all this, and he is a complete innocent. I find that rather sad and quite disturbing.

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Maybe something we could start another thread on

Go back to AGUS post of 12.00 , Hon.

Agus and Nonu ashamed to admit you have both lost me but feel sure I would have preferred Peggy Lee's version

Now she is one amazing lady, we take her on holiday to play in car and have a good old sing-along.

Crazy or what!

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Peggy Lee version for me Nonu

But a kilt is not a skirt Elegran worn only by females.

The after school play organisers could just have suggested a kilt.

DEB