Best Dad Ever: 'My Son Wears A Dress; Get Over It'

Posted by Aphrodite Bellus on 10 Sep 2013

http://www.beautyexists.net/humanity/best-dad-ever-my-son-wears-a-dress-get-over-it/

I wish more fathers thought the way this dad does.  This article was sent to me by one of  the fans from our facebook page.  It's about a dad-a self-proclaimed "guy's guy," who educates parents that have children with varying sexual and gender identities, how to be a conscious parent.

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My Son Wears Dresses; Get Over It
A lot of marriages don't survive raising a gender-creative son who is, statistically speaking, most likely going to be gay or transgender as an adult. I wish I could to talk to those men. I wish I could be there for their kids.
Matt Duron Sep 5 2013, 8:20 AM ET

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/09/my-son-wears-dresses-get-over-it/279333/

I've been a police officer for more than 15 years. I've been a detective and now I'm a senior officer who trains the new recruits out on the street. Before that I was a firefighter. Before that I played football in college after playing baseball and football in high school, and lettering my sophomore year. I like beer, classic trucks, punk music, riding my motorcycle and catching the game with my buddies. I'm a stereotypical "guy's guy" and hyper-masculine to a lot of people, I guess. Which may be why it surprises them when they find out that my son wears dresses. And heels, and makeup. It surprises them even more when they learn that I'm cool with it. And at this point, I wouldn't want him to change. Because, if my son liked boy stuff and dressed like a boy, he wouldn't be my boy, he'd be like a stranger.

That's cool, hope to see more parents like that.

That's a very cool story!! 

How very refreshing to know that there is at least one dad on the face of this earth who doesn't think it's the end of the world if his son isn't a manly-man like he is! He is showing the world what "unconditional love" really entails, which is total acceptance and refusing to accept the slightest feeling of disappointment to creep in and spoil his relationship with his child in spite of everything the world will have to throw at them. They're in it together!