I already know that this post will offend some people out there and i haven’t even starting writing about the main topic! I say, TOO BAD!  While doing research for an upcoming project I ran across so many articles about gender rules and how little boys and/or little girls should behave, dress etc….and the comments that I read were disturbing. Disturbing because I can’t believe  we have so many close minded people still out there. I say close minded to be nice…but let’s be honest. These people are not just close minded, they are {close minded } assholes. I feel so much better having said that!

But let’s get serious. I was really disheartened to read through the comments and realized how many of “these” people we still have out there. They are not a part of my everyday life because I choose to not befriend “these” people, but they are out there nonetheless. I am trying to teach my son to be his own person. Be unique, be different, like what he likes, wear what he wants and just be him. I tell him that as long as who he is doesn’t hurt anyone else, then don’t feel bad for being you! Knowing that ignorance & intolerance is still out there makes me realize my son will come into contact with “these” people someday in the future (actually already has).

It all started with some articles about young boys and their choice to have long hair. I am sure you knew that this whole thing started with the topic of boys with long hair, didn’t you? Well, it is kinda personal to me ( love my long haired red headed boy).  People were commenting a plethora of things. Some varied from simple posts like boys should look like boys and girls should look like girls. Other comments were a bit more harsh. One comment was that these boys were looking for a reason to get picked on and that they were “fairies”.   While other comments were so disrespectful to the children I still can’t believe there are people out there who would pick on a child ( even if it’s only over cyber space).

Who picks on children? Who? Who makes up the rules that boys need to have short hair and girls need to have long flowy locks? Who? Who says boys play with trucks and girls play with dolls? Who?  Who says the color Pink is for girls and Blue is for boys. Who the (bleep) is this person? I would love to meet them and give them a piece of my mind- for serious.

Landon beats to his own drummer. Loves the color purple, has a stuffed dinosaur that he says is his daughter, loves stories about magical creatures like fairies & princesses. Does this make him too girly? No! He also loves to play video games, read books about dinosaurs, plays with trucks and loves to get messy. Does this make him to boyish? No!  It makes (him)  LANDON! I want him to continue to follow his passions freely- no matter how society tells him a “Boy” should act.

Colors are for everyone to enjoy. Toys are just that- toys for everyone to play with. Hair is hair- no matter the color, texture or length, it is for anyone. Screw the Labels- they are for fucking Jars!