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“It’s Okay to be Neither,” By Melissa Bollow Tempel

Alie arrived at our 1st-grade classroom wearing a sweatshirt with a hood. I asked her to take off her hood, and she refused. I thought she was just being difficult and ignored it. After breakfast we got…

If I ever teach I would teach like this.

Everyone should read this

Aw this is awesome!

I do worry with this sort of thing though about over-correction. When I was a kid I could have not been more of a tomboy. I wanted to do everything boys did. I wore boy clothes and resented dresses. I wanted a boy name. I even insisted that people on the internet refer to me as a boy. But all that said, I did not feel like I was a boy in gender. I actually preferred the idea that a girl could be all these things. And it would have been horrible if people had tried to pressure me in any way to believe I was a boy in gender. The times people have mistaken me for a boy were never something I enjoyed.

I love that this article focuses on breaking down gender stereotypes. It will be cool when things are no longer “for” girls or boys. :)