I'm probably opening a huge can of worms. But I don't agree with anything in this article! Which is fine, that's my opinion, and as we all know, we are all entitled to our own and they are bound to be different.

Boys acting like they are nursing!? Ok, I think that is a bit extreme. Even though they know they cannot. I don't mind holding a doll or role playing house, as long as the boy is a male figure (father, uncle, son, etc). I don't mind boys learning how to cook or how to clean (one of Chance's favorite things is to grab a toy vacuum and clean the floor with me). I think little boys' hair needs to be cut short or at least in a cute boyish do (I saw a little kid the other day with hair short on top and long just at the nape of the neck. Think late 80's boys). Boys don't need to look like girls.

Not sure what else I might could say, except that this whole article just rubbed me the wrong way. Maybe I'm too old fashioned and I'm trying to bring up my children different than is expected today, or different than in different parts of the country or world. I think that kids today are turning out really bad and look like slobs, and some of it's because we aren't being parents, we are trying to be friends, and letting them make too many decisions themselves. Good old fashioned parenting needs to be brought back. My brother and stepbrother were raised somewhat like this article suggests, and boy, they are a couple of losers (druggies, slobs, quitters (can't hold a job, stay in school, or relationships) 25 and still at home). And I supposed I should add I was not raised by the same parents they were. Boys need to be raised like boys, and girls like girls. There needs to be gender identity, not everyone thrown in a raised exactly the same way as far as gender is concerned.

I guess I'm just trying to preserve a way of parenting and way of life that is dying. I feel like that a lot lately, especially the way of life part. It's all just slipping away....