Would you let your 11DS...

[okeydokey]

I think it's sweet. At our last Relay for Life we had a Miss relay contest and we had teenage boys dressed as women for a fashion show. They were terrific and it was for a good cause.

 

[Mama Mouse]

It wouldn't bother me in the slightest.

It probably earned him major points with those girls, too.

 

[Hannathy]

no problem, his nails.
My only rule with kids hair, nails, etc. is nothing permanent like tattoos, piercings till they are 18 (don't mean ears here) anything else is fair game.
My DD has had some very interesting hair colors!

 

[golfgal]

No problems what so ever. Look at the NFL players wearing pink. Does that bother your DH?

 

[PrincessBelle09]

I think it is super cool that you DS wanted to do that for Breast Cancer Awareness. And, so many males paint their nails these days, it's no biggie imo. =)

 

[tasha99]

Yes, I would. And btw, your son rocks.

 

[xanphylus]

I have no issues with it at all! In fact my DS likes to paint his nails too- he is 2 currently, but even if her were 11 or whatever, I wouldn't care. His daddy on the other hand has a few issues..... but he will get over them. My son is who he wants to be and I love him either way- and even more so when he supports a great cause!

 

[kimblebee]

If I had a son, I'd let him. I'd let him do it anytime he wanted to, not just for Breast Cancer Awareness. It's only nailpolish.

 

[bumbershoot]

I wouldn't care, though I don't generally get into such causes b/c they sure aren't researching the things I think they should be researching.

2 little girls came over and did it for him.

Were they actually "little" girls, or were they fellow 11 year olds? If they were his classmates, your husband needs to think back to being that age, and imagining the goofy grin he would have gotten, if two girls from his class had touched his hands... My hubby was really slow on the uptake with girls, but he'd have been THRILLED to have two female classmates painting his nails.

Of course, if they actually were "little" girls, ignore all that. Only if they were his age.

 

[Cindy B]

Good for him


You all know that Justin Beiber has a nail polish line

http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2010/10/26/justin-biebers-nail-polish-company-hits-the-auction-block/

No big deal. gUYS have been doing this (cause and not) ever since I went to high school in the 80s

 

[nerdylightbulb]

I don't see anything wrong with boys wearing nailpolish

 

[locolala]

I absolutely would. If my son wanted to paint his nails for any reason.. why not? My brother paints his on a regular basis, I've helped him do it in fact. You gotta let them be the person they want to be.

 

[NHdisneylover]

Well my 11 year old son wears nail polish almost as often as not and in a wide range of colors including red and pinks--so obviously I can't see ANY issue with another 11 year old boy wearing pink to support a specific and widely recognized cause like breast cancer during October.

I am with another poster he does not try to control temporary things to hair and nails. If they are clean, nothing obscene (which has never been anything they asked about anyway thus far thank goodness) and it is temporary (no tattoos, piercing other than one in the ears, etc) then they have free reign over how they chose to look.

 

[ManMythLegend]

Only if he plans on wearing a pink dress as well.

In all seriousness, why can't he just wear a pink shirt or pink watch?? Why painting of the nails? I would never allow that.

 

[Sparx]

I don't have children, but I do study gender. And I have serious, serious issues with humor surrounding gendered roles. At my hometown's relay for life where masculine people would dress in feminine attire (dresses and high heels with chest hair showing and beards) because hahahaha transgendered people are just hilarious and "cross dressing" is a great past time to giggle over.

I would have no problem with a masculine child/preteen/teenager choosing to paint their fingernails however, I would strongly caution against doing so if it was done in a mocking manner. (I.E. its so funny to paint your finernails a girl color when boys don't paint their fingernails!)

If my child habitually chose to practice fashion norms outside of the gender binary, I would have no problems with their behavior but I have major issues when its done by a gender-normative person because its funny.

I believe gender is fluid and the binary is a fallacy, but transgendered people face a lot of obstacles that our society sets up to prevent behavior that happens outside of the norm. I am definitely not okay with joking about gender differences or doing gender for amusement of others.

I have issues with the way that breast cancer awareness (in particularly) does this. BCA also pink washes and excludes by sexualizing.

 

[PaulaSB12]

Don't forget men can also die of breast cancer

http://www.ktsm.com/male-breast-cancer-john-w-nick-foundation/men-get-breast-cancer-too

 

[quasar4legs]

Wouldn't worry me or my hubby but we bought Barbie's motor home for our son (at his request) when he was three.

 

[pyrxtc]

painting nails is fine, no matter the color or cause.

 

[kamik86]

I would have no problem with this at all. Nail polish comes off really easily if he decides he doesn't want it on anymore. He is 11 so I'm guessing this is either something he knows his friends won't ridicule him for or his friends are doing it too (in college we had full frats do things like this together, normally the sororities had to paint them for them so they didn't make a mess though)

 

[Tinijocaro]

Paint his finger nails pink?

I did and Dh is not thrilled. DS11 (6th grade) wanted to paint his nails pink for Breast Cancer awareness tomorrow and I didn't think it was a big deal. Actually, 2 little girls came over and did it for him.

I just don't stress over something like this. WWYD?

My ds 11 and his whole hockey team taped their hockey sticks pink for Breast Cancer awareness week. Not the same as nails, but I'm assuming your ds isn't the only boy doing this.