Seattle's 'Princess Boy,' 5, focus of gender-role debate

There is a difference between ethnic clothing and dressing up as the opposite gender. I don't have a problem with families letting their small children dress how they want....you have to choose your battles. However, you really need to prepare your child for the consequences of going out of the norm and let them know that some people are going to laugh and giggle at them.

I have no doubt that that same child would laugh and giggle at a grown man dressed in a woman's dress and high heels. It is human nature to laugh or stare at people dressing odd or strange....meaning out of the norm of society.

Can you honestly tell me that you never did a double take on somebody dressed strange? How do you explain to your 5 year old that the man in front of you dressed in drag at the grocery store is nothing to stare at or question?

When people do things out of the norm of their society....others are going to stare and question. This is human nature.