I'm sorry, but I just stumbled on this website and I was floored by this article. I am a father of 2 and I happen to find the notion of a young boy NOT being raised differently than a young girl naive and borderline irresponsible. It is your right as a parent to do as you choose, but the fact of the matter is that Boys and Girls are different. Why shelter your son in some make believe world where gender lines don't exist? If you don't draw the gender line in a motherly fashion, society will carve it into them. If they are not guided to what a boy is and what a man is, where will they get this notion from? From being a boy once, and raising one now, I know that boys need strong examples and firm guidance. Males naturally have a propensity for curiosity, competition, and a desire to challenge the world. Why not foster that? Of course a child acts out nursing. Because he saw you do it. He's testing you to see your response. If you don't guide them, and teach them, they will grow up as an animal in captivity and will be very sad when they hit the "real world" and probably ill-equipped to cope. As mean as this may sound, it's true: Mommy's rules won't always apply. He WILL have to make a place for himself one day. Children raised in fake utopias like this can not relate to other children in a healthy manner, their peers, and future neighbors, associates, business partners, and firends. Kids, especially boys, need rules. I've gone one way too long here, sorry.