Boys Will Be Boys? Not in These Families.

[Shana A]

Boys Will Be Boys? Not in These Families.
By JAN HOFFMAN
Published: June 10, 2011

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/12/fashion/new-challenge-for-parents-childrens-gender-roles.html?_r=1

A 3 ½-year-old named Harry was playing at home in Los Angeles recently when his father walked in with a Target shopping bag. Inside was a special gift for the little boy: a sparkly princess Barbie doll.

"You could hear the gasp of excitement," recounted Harry's mother, Lee. "It just made his whole world."

A year ago, Harry found Barbies abandoned by his two older sisters. He makes sure they are properly outfitted and worshipped regularly. The girls' cast-off dress-up clothes have become his go-to outfits. And when he arrives at preschool each morning, he selects a dress from the costume box and wears it through recess, even as he scrambles on the jungle gym.