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Quote From: dunskygirl

I have great respect for Dr. Phil and I admit that I'm not trained in psychology but I must disagree with the advice he's given to parents about 'retraining' their children. Parents have written to him about their 4- and 5-year-old boys, who like playing with girl toys and dressing up. He tells these parents to buy gender-neutral toys, and toys aimed at boys, and to encourage them to play with these instead of with their dolls. He says, "limit access to [girl toys," and "take the girl things away." It seems to me that our biggest job as parents is to accept our children for who they are; to help them discover who they are from the sidelines, but not to push them to be someone WE want them to be. So your son likes playing with dolls- does that make him worth less as a little person? Is he any less your son? If it is truly just a phase, he will come out of it on his own. if not, he deserves no less than 100% of your love and acceptance. We should want HAPPINESS and FULFILLMENT for our children, whatever form that takes.