Would you take your son to Comic Con dressed like this?

[marylander1940]

 

https://www.yahoo.com/style/liev-schreiber-took-son-comic-con-dressed-harley-quinn-190522926.html

[LaffingBear]

Yes, if the costume was the child's idea

[bigvalboy]

It's good parenting...

[Guy Fawkes]

and my daughter is allowed to dress in one of those skin tight x-men suits.

[+ HornyRetiree]

Absolutely, IF that is what he wanted.

[marylander1940]

Yes, if the costume was the child's idea

 

Absolutely, IF that is what he wanted.

 

Good parenting...

 

and my daughter is allowed to dress in one of those skin tight x-men suits.

 

Comic Con has no rules!

 

http://digitalspyuk.cdnds.net/17/16/980x490/landscape-1492791236-deadpool-comiccon-2015.jpg

[+ purplekow]

I hope I would, but sitting here, I am not sure. Thinking it and doing it are two different things. Think the father is great though and very hot. By the way, the costume is very well done.

[Kevin Slater]

Yes, if the costume was the child's idea

 

and not her pimp's.

 

Kevin Slater

[rvwnsd]

Yeah, probably - it is ComicCon, after all. A few years ago, even the San Diego Trolley got into the act:

 

 

 

[+ sync]

I would try to be supportive, but would not permit it. I would try to somehow explain that society is just too ugly-dangerous towards males who dress as females. It would probably put a chill on parent/child relations for awhile, but so be it.

[jjkrkwood]

I would try to be supportive, but would not permit it. I would try to somehow explain that society is just too ugly-dangerous towards males who dress as females. It would probably put a chill on parent/child relations for awhile, but so be it.

 

You will never change societies narrow views if you give into it's pressure. Change often comes from resistance. And if your child is so inclined to dress that way, you cannot/should not try to change the person they are, whether your intention comes from a place of love and concern or not. I think a decision such as the one you express is more about YOU not wanting to be judged for "bad parenting" than about the childs welfare ?

[+ sync]

You will never change societies narrow views if you give into it's pressure. Change often comes from resistance. And if your child is so inclined to dress that way, you cannot/should not try to change the person they are, whether your intention comes from a place of love and concern or not. I think a decision such as the one you express is more about YOU not wanting to be judged for "bad parenting" than about the childs welfare ?

 

No way I'm putting my child in danger to just make a statement on my behalf. That is a decision for the child to make when he is mature enough to make it.

[jjkrkwood]

No way I'm putting my child in danger to just make a statement on my behalf. That is a decision for the child to make when he is mature enough to make it.

 

It's really more about your acceptance of your child, and who they Really are, parental instincts aside. . Allowing a child to develop into their most authentic selves is the most importnt thing a parent can do for a child. It will then be the childs responsibilty to navigate his way thru the world WITHOUT having identity baggage.

[TruthBTold]

Well, I would dress like that if it meant I would be going with Liev S.

[+ José Soplanucas]

We all may fantasize about what we should do, and wishfully think we would do the right thing, but no one of us knows what he would actually do in the target situation.

[longtime lurker]

I would try to be supportive, but would not permit it. I would try to somehow explain that society is just too ugly-dangerous towards males who dress as females. It would probably put a chill on parent/child relations for awhile, but so be it.

 

You will never change societies narrow views if you give into it's pressure. Change often comes from resistance. And if your child is so inclined to dress that way, you cannot/should not try to change the person they are, whether your intention comes from a place of love and concern or not. I think a decision such as the one you express is more about YOU not wanting to be judged for "bad parenting" than about the childs welfare ?

 

This conversation brought back memories of my deceased mother, who stated many times that she was OK with blacks marrying whites provided they agree not to have children because society was so cruel to them. This was way before Obama became president.

[escortrod]

We all may fantasize about what we should do, and wishfully think we would do the right thing, but no one of us knows what he would actually do in the target situation.

I'm almost certain I would support it. But maybe that's generational.

[+ azdr0710]

I had to google "Harley Quinn"

[+ sync]

It's really more about your acceptance of your child, and who they Really are, parental instincts aside. . Allowing a child to develop into their most authentic selves is the most importnt thing a parent can do for a child. It will then be the childs responsibilty to navigate his way thru the world WITHOUT having identity baggage.

 

If your concept of "allowing a child to develop into their most authentic selves" means knowingly and willfully exposing them to being attacked and beaten, or worse, in the streets, then I enthusiastically agree to disagree.

[escortrod]

If your concept of "allowing a child to develop into their most authentic selves" means knowingly and willfully exposing them to being attacked and beaten, or worse, in the streets, then I enthusiastically agree to disagree.

Do you really think that is likely to happen to a child at Comic Con, especially when accompanied by a parent?

[Mydavid]

I might say "no". Kids need guide from their parents.

[+ sync]

Do you really think that is likely to happen to a child at Comic Con, especially when accompanied by a parent?

 

Not likely in a heavily populated, controlled environment.

[escortrod]

Not likely in a heavily populated, controlled environment.

Then I struggle to understand your logic, unless you think it would be a gateway to other cross dressing.

[+ sync]

Then I struggle to understand your logic, unless you think it would be a gateway to other cross dressing.

 

My logic is I would not want a male child to think he could dress as a female and wonder freely anywhere at any time.

[jjkrkwood]

If your concept of "allowing a child to develop into their most authentic selves" means knowingly and willfully exposing them to being attacked and beaten, or worse, in the streets, then I enthusiastically agree to disagree.

 

I think suppressing who they ARE is a worse punishment and far more damaging to them then the possibility of a potential random attack. It is no less plausible then being attacked for race, color, religion or sexuality that EVERY person is subject too unless they are lily WHITE and heterosexual.... So YES, I agree to disagree with you.