Girls Will Be Boys: Would You Let Your Daughter Go Tomboy?

Would you say “yes” and shake it off as a phase or would you be concerned? When a kid that dresses like the opposite sex does it mean that they are gay or transgendered?

Experts say probably not. “Some boys will be more interested than others in dressing up as feminine characters,” says Dr. Robert Lindeman, a pediatrician in Natick, Massachusetts, to Babble.com. “This does not mean that they suffer from gender confusion…Little boys in the preschool years are starting to learn about gender differences,” he explains. “To them, the differences are merely facts. When children ‘cross-dress,’ they are merely having fun with this new fact they’ve learned. If their parents laugh, it reinforces their sense that they’re being funny.”

I have a very girly girl, but I can honestly say I don’t know how I would react if my daughter preferred a very “boy” style. And I’m not totally convinced about what the doctor is saying, are you?