Teacher????

Question

ok so my I have a younger brother and sister. my parents let him play with typical girl things if he wants and her play with typical boy things. know my younger brother is in kindergarten and the play dress up so he went to pick a costume and he choose a princess costume and his teacher made him take it off and told him that he is not allowed to wear it because it's a girl's costume and that boys aren't suppost to wear dress. he went home crying and my parent are oppset and so am I. what do you think about this? what do you think should happen?

Answer 1

why would mother allow the son dress like a girl and go to school to only get ridicule from others. she should have swayed his decision to something more appropriate. i would blame mom for this disturbence.

Answer 2

did your parents ask the teacher why she told him it was a girls costume?

most kindergarten teachers are aware that switching roles in childhood is completely developmentally appropriate. if i had to guess, your brother put on the dress to be silly and get laughs from his friends. if it was a huge class disruption, then she probably said, take that off, it is a girls costume. she wanted him to find something that he seriously wanted to play, not just to be the center of attention.

if i was your parents, i wouldn't take a five year olds opinion of what went down, i would definitely set up a conference.

take care. sd

Answer 3

you need to learn to spell

Answer 4

Talk to the teacher! She stepped out of line, he's just playing! What's her problem? Does she think he's going to be g*y if he does dressup?

I am g*y and I NEVER played dolls. I took my sister's and disfigured them! I only did "dressup" with cops and firemen, nothing girly...

Answer 5

My son and his friends all went through the pink dress stage.  They only stopped when they started school and got teased.  I think it's a shame.  It's definitely bad to ban them because that's how closet cross-dressing starts.  Talk to the nursery school and mention cross-dressing and also equal opportunities.  I'd change nursery schools if necessary.  (What else are they teaching by accident?)

Answer 6

I say talk to the principal about it.

it's not the teachers buisness what he dresses in.

Answer 7

It's kindergarten, and it's dress up time, he should be able to "dress up" as anything he wants.  Does the teacher also not let the girls play with tools or wear the fireman costume?

It's not really the teacher's place to make rules about gender appropriateness in the classroom.  I think a simple phone call from the parents saying "we have no problem if our son wants to dress up, why do you?" would probably take care of it.

Answer 8

ok when he gets older he wont want to but now he just wants to eploore so talk tot the teacher the teacher just may think YOU dont want him to wear dreesses there fore in fear or getting sued or somthin he said that to your son

Answer 9

Your parents should make a complaint to the teacher about the incident.

If they get no where there then they should go to the principle.

Answer 10

I think it is not the teachers problem to worry about and if she has a problem about it your parents should go down there and talk to her/him.

Answer 11

I don't think its the teachers place to tell him that he can't dress up as a princess just because its for girls and if she has a problem with I think she should call your mom or dad and disgust with them not with him I mean hes five hes not gonna understand

Answer 12

I don't think anything should happen but I do think that parents have the right to raise their children as they choose to. If they feel really strongly they should go and talk to the teacher.