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mercredi 22 août 2018

Day Care Told Parents to Dress Daughter More "Girlie" - Their Response Was Pitch-Perfect

When Jessica Rold picked up her infant daughter from day care, she wasn't surprised that the childcare workers wanted to speak to her - they often had updates, whether it was about a fussy mealtime or a new milestone she'd hit. But according to Jessica's husband, Steve, the day care had something more unexpected to discuss.

"The teachers at daycare told her we should really be dressing her more like a girl," he wrote on Reddit. He told POPSUGAR that some of the older teachers also "made suggestions" that the baby should wear dresses and have bows in her hair "so that other kids would know that she was a girl."

Still, Steve said he wasn't offended.

"Maybe they just didn't want to answer a million questions from the other kids at day care as to why our baby wasn't dressed in pink."

"Perhaps they thought that it hadn't crossed our minds to dress our daughter any differently, or maybe they just didn't want to answer a million questions from the other kids at day care as to why our baby wasn't dressed in pink," he said, noting that most of his daughter's clothes are hand-me-downs from their 2-year-old son. "The suggestion was actually pretty mild, but it was piled onto a hundred other similar ones from other people, so my wife felt the need to push back a bit."

And that she did. Although she wasn't overtly offended, she was determined to show the "humor inherent in the situation."

The next day, she brought her daughter back to day care in her usual clothes - which happened to include a blue button-up hoodie - along with a unique accessory. Jessica, an artist, drew a bow onto a Post-it note and affixed it to her baby's forehead.

They maintain that their day care is "amazing" but are happy that their statement is getting exposure in terms of gender norms.

"For whatever reason, it seems people feel more comfortable making suggestions for girls," Steve noted. "Perhaps this is because they are trying to be protective, or maybe it's because of some unfortunate societal tenet that makes people feel they have a bit more dominion over girls."

Whatever it is, the Rolds certainly did their part to remind others that their baby is dressed fine, sticky-paper bow or not.

mercredi 22 août 2018