A controversy has bubbled up over a photo spread in the most recent J. Crew catalogue. Under the caption "Saturday with Jenna" the company's president and creative director Jenna Lyons is pictured laughing with her 5-year-old son Beckett, holding his little feet in her hand. A bottle of hot pink Essie nail polish is pictured below them.“Lucky for me I ended up with a boy whose favorite color is pink,” reads the caption. “Toenail painting is so much more fun in neon.”
To some the photo depicts a sweet moment between a stylish mom and her equally stylish son. To others, however, it reads as a questionable endorsement of parental support of transgendered or gender-neutral children.
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I really enjoyed the ride in this morning to work. I find myself in agreement with Coop and Cricket . We teach our children the norm, then they choose later on life what they want. You don't force kids to play on ways they don't want to, but it is fine to redirect them
ReplyDeleteI don't think it is deliberate on teacher's parts, but there is a natural laziness in people that says 'Take the easy road' The easy road is to punish boys for boylike behavior until they learn. Some kids rebel, but most conform. It's effectively enforcing and rewarding passive behavior. Our children are supposed to have the energy to change the world, I can't I am old and tired. Instead we control every aspect of their lives , a disagreement on the playground with childish namecalling can be escalated to an offense requiring suspension if the right teacher witnesses it. This teaches our kida that even the slightest infraction will be punished.