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3 Yr Old boy that loves to dress up.

3 Yr Old boy that loves to dress up.

I have a 3 year old son who has an incredible imagination.  As part of his imagination, he loves to dress up in "dresses" and pretend to be a princess or Cinderella or Mommy or etc....  Although every time he puts on a "dress", he always pretends to be some female character...  My husband and I just want to know if this is normal behavior.  It doesn't bother me as much as my husband, but I think that is more of a mother/female vs. father(son)/male thing...  To give you a little more information about his imagination, he also likes to pretend that he is Batman or Spiderman or other "manly/boyish" characters.  Even if this is normal behavior, I don't think it will help my husband... but I just want to make sure.  Thank you!!!!
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I have a nephew that also like to play dress up. He, like your son, also does the superhero dress up too. I'm sure it's all just part of play for kids. I know with my nephew he has an older sister that supplies him with the items to dress up. Maybe your son is just copying the women he loves in his life. Totally normal. =)
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Yes all Normal, maybe got a budding actor there I have known many boys who dress up girls too. enjoy it its great....
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Thank you both for your reassuring comments.  I think it is ok, but it has become more of a battle between me and my husband - we hardly ever fight, but he just can't take it and I don't know how to make him feel ok about our son playing dress up...  I really appreciate both of your comments!  I hope you have a wonderful day!
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