tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post1403760208080323902..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: Development by Sandra HornKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-22174406358312185772017-09-21T00:06:51.545+01:002017-09-21T00:06:51.545+01:00Absolutely agree with Sandra. My son spent several...Absolutely agree with Sandra. My son spent several years as Buzz Lightyear. He insisted that various teachers called him Buzz and told people he had changed his name. I went with it and remember it as an amusing time in his then very young life. My daughter is one of the only girls in her 1500 strong senior school to wear trousers. She has had flack for it, which I told her she would. I also told her to be true to herself, which she is and I back her totally in her choice of dress. Boys should be allowed a skirt (which might be classed as a kilt of course) if they wish. Children should be encouraged to be themselves and not be crammed in to boxes they don't fit.<br />Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16816926769684219119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-55874861284917035502017-09-20T14:22:51.563+01:002017-09-20T14:22:51.563+01:00Beautiful, moving and provocative post, Sandra. Th...Beautiful, moving and provocative post, Sandra. Thanks.glitter noirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-49255169433785924722017-09-20T12:37:09.341+01:002017-09-20T12:37:09.341+01:00Good common sense in your post, Sandra. Adults so ...Good common sense in your post, Sandra. Adults so often project their own ideas, fears and prejudices on to children and assume the children are having the same ideas, etc. It's always good to count to ten - or even a hundred - and wait and see what happens next. And the phases thing: oh, yes! I spent most of my under-10 years wishing I was a boy and trying to dress as boyishly as was possible in the 50s (not so easy then as the whole unisex look was decades away). Behold, I grew up to be a heterosexual mother of three! I still quite like the Unisex look, though).Fran Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13497526684591168192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-83085834363688261192017-09-20T10:35:37.012+01:002017-09-20T10:35:37.012+01:00Splendid post. Thanks Sandra. PS - why did my mum ...Splendid post. Thanks Sandra. PS - why did my mum decide to call me Jan, I wonder...Jan Needlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15823078224282953782noreply@blogger.com