Is it cruel to put a 5-year-old boy in pink bib tops?

[Allamakee]

Is it cruel to put a 5-year-old boy in pink bib tops?
San Francisco Chronicle
by Amy Graff
December 30, 2009

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfmoms/detail?entry_id=54313#ixzz0bG3MnfMv

We haven't been to the snow in over two years, so the children's ski clothes were small. My 5-year-old son had outgrown the bib tops he wore when he was 2. But when I came across the powder-puff pink snowsuit our 4-year-old daughter had worn, my eyes lit up.

Our son is a small 5-year-old who can definitely fit into these, I thought.

My husband read my mind, and sternly said, "Our son is NOT wearing those."

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I have this pie-in-the-sky progressive attitude that we shouldn't force gender stereotypes on our children. I don't want to lock them into a gender cage, telling them that blue is only for boys and pink only for girls.

[tekla]

What good are kids if everyone else can't have a good laugh at their expense.  You can have all the 'different' notions you want.  The rest of the world keeps those they like.  Jesus H Christ, if you can afford like the $90 bucks most of the Tahoe resorts charge for a lift ticket in the holiday season you can buy the kid something new.