Funny enough, we started out trying to let Rowan find her own image to see if she would "choose" what she liked. She wore her brother's used Spiderman tees for years and always fondled the pink items in the girls department. When she was in Kindergarten she wanted dresses and tights. When she was in second grade she wanted a Barbie which made us realize we needed to try to buy Barbies which looked more like real people. We settled on buying Brunettes since there weren't alternative Barbies. She played with the blondes anyways.
In fourth and fifth grade she only wore dresses and sandals. She started to put her hair up and wanted lip gloss. We told her she was pretty in anything and let her wear pink and dresses to school, even though every girl was sporty and wearing jeans!
Now she is the girliest person I know. She adores having jewelry on and her nails done. She isn't allowed to buy skimpy things just because women on magazines wear them...we still have many rules. She also cannot wear full makeup or date. She is only 12 after all.
But allowing her to express who she is, a girly-girl at heart makes her happy. And her fave books are about heroines. She admires famous writers, teachers, singers and actors, and history makers. She has her own mind (as you have read about in my LJ) and her own thoughts about religion. She knows about girls and image because we talk about it all the time.
I like my strong, independent girlie girl and I also liked her when she was a tomboy.
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Date: 2007-03-10 02:46 am (UTC)In fourth and fifth grade she only wore dresses and sandals. She started to put her hair up and wanted lip gloss. We told her she was pretty in anything and let her wear pink and dresses to school, even though every girl was sporty and wearing jeans!
Now she is the girliest person I know. She adores having jewelry on and her nails done. She isn't allowed to buy skimpy things just because women on magazines wear them...we still have many rules. She also cannot wear full makeup or date. She is only 12 after all.
But allowing her to express who she is, a girly-girl at heart makes her happy.
And her fave books are about heroines. She admires famous writers, teachers, singers and actors, and history makers. She has her own mind (as you have read about in my LJ) and her own thoughts about religion. She knows about girls and image because we talk about it all the time.
I like my strong, independent girlie girl and I also liked her when she was a tomboy.