Quote From: atzd123 OK, I'll admit, I'm not exactly sure what the show is about, but I already have to disagree with Dr. Phil. There is obviously one woman on the show who's husband has issues with the fact that she dresses her baby boy "girly". I want to tell her to go ahead and continue, hopefully some others will follow. For some reason we Americans think we have to dress our girls in pink head to toe, and our boys like mini high school dropouts. Take a look at the boys section in most mass retailers. You'll find pants in a choice of: jeans, kakhis, navy and if you're lucky a green one. Then you'll find shirts with trucks, shirts with dinosours, and possibly a camaflouge one. First of all it's boring, second of all he'll be dressing like that when he's 10. A baby should be in cute clothes. I learned after my son was born that if I want him to look pretty I'll have to stick to European clothes for the most part. I dressed him in the most adorable boys clothes I could find. Shshshs: some even had flowers! And you know what? He turned out fine. He's a wonderful well adjusted 8 year old, who likes "cool" clothes. I like sweet, delicate clothes on babies, both boys and girls. (If only the big retailers would carry nicer clothes for boys I wouldn't have had to spend that much money.)
We have a 10 month old baby girl . My husband does not like to have her frilly all the time so we COMPROMISE ! Thats what the couple needs to do . But there is a double standard in this country that applies to not only baby clothes but many other things as well . It is not "socially acceptable" for a male child to wear flowers and frilly things but it is ok for a female child to wear blue ... go figure.
And i agree with you -- the boys section for clothes is horrible!
