I have two kids a daughter who's a senior in high school and a son who is a sophomore. My daughter has a part time job in a small office and only wears a skirt because they won't let her wear jeans. She refuses to wear pantyhose and always wears flats and no makeup. Recently the school had switch day where boys dressed as girls and girls as boys. My daughter didn't wear anything special just jeans and a sweater while my son made me go to PayLess shoes and buy him heels because his sister's and mine would not fit him. That morning he made me put makeup on him and fix his hair before I went to work. He was in one of his sister's skirts wearing pantyhose and a pretty blouse. How can I get my son to be more manly and my daughter to be more feminine or is this the way the world is heading?

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Anonymous

by Anonymous on Apr 25, 2007 at 7:01 AM

Sounds like he was just playing his part for switch day; unless he does that on normal days too. Teens will be teens; let them find their place; the more you try to push them, the more they will resist you so let this go and save your battles for serious stuff; life will be a lot smoother with them.

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Anonymous

by Anonymous on Apr 26, 2007 at 12:32 AM

Amen.

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Anonymous

by Anonymous on Apr 26, 2007 at 7:33 PM

From what you've written, there's no problem so far.
Your daughter doesn't like girlie stuff.
So what?

Your son got into the role he was expected to play.
So what?

If they start acting like homosexuals - no dates with the opposite sex, looking at homosexual porn, etc. - then you can get worried.

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Anonymous

by Anonymous on May 1, 2007 at 8:02 AM

Your son sounds like he was only getting in touch with his feminine side for the event and sounds pretty normal to me.
As for your daughter, well she is probably just another clone schoolgirl who think that they look nice in trousers.
I see schoolgirls pass my house everyday on their way to and from school and more than 50% look dreadful in their Maroon trousers, unlike the remainder who look delightful in skirts.
When she realises that only a very small number of males like girls in trousers she will take to wearing girls clothes, unless of course (and I hope not) nature has messed up and she does not like males.

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