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Princess Dress Up for Boys? Why not!

by melantng on May 9, 2011

Many mothers of toddler or pre-school boys often face the time of when their little guys try on that little frilly tutu or pink princess dress and love it. There're hooked. From that moment on, you cringe every time to you attend a play date where he spends more time with his friend's sister's princess dress up clothes than playing with trucks and dinosaurs. Or when he passes up on play dates with boys and prefers those princess dress up clothes parties with girls.

Should you be concerned? Is he finding his inner self? Is this just a phase that he will outgrow?

Rest assured. In the vast majority of boys, this is just a brief stage that they go through in their development. They don't understand (or care) that society says that they should like the color blue, trucks and dinosaurs. They instead buck the norms and go for frilly and pink princess dresses. As they grow and mature most will move their interests to that of their boyhood peers.

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