4 year old boy wanting to act like a girl

[anagh]

My 4 year old son likes color of pink and prefers anything that is pink.  He puts a blanket on his head pretending to have long hair. He also acts out having nail polish on his fingers etc. we keep reminding him that he is a boy not a girl. Today he told my wife that he is half boy and half girl.  We do not know what to do and say anymore and our concern is about him acting feminine at times. Will this go away or continue to expand...


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[jd1419]

It is okay for him to like girl things at this age...he is trying to find his true self--and it is probably a stage that he is going through...My boys love to do boys things but they were given a doll to take care of for a few days and they wer very gentle and very caring just like a girl would be...I found nothing wrong with them taking on some female characteristics toward the doll.  Just try and balance his life with what he likes doing--he will find his perfect nitch.  Also is he around a lot of little girls or girls in the house....for if he is he is just imitating what he sees.

[LRM1021]

Agreed -- he is most likely just role playing. This is nothing to be concerned about. By the time he is 7, he will be most likely be into an "anti-girl" stage.

The time to be concerned is if he is 8 and he talks about how much he HATES being boy, and WISHES he was a girl, or insists that he is a girl-- then you need to take him for evaluation.

But for now-- sounds like he is having a good time:)