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  • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    11 months ago

    most of the bad ideas a young boy raised in a non toxic household is going to be exposed to are probably going to come from other boys their age. Shortly followed by the internet and then tv

    providing a space where they can be vulnerable at home is from my childhood experience at least pretty helpful

    • BrezhnevsEyebrows [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      11 months ago

      Very true. I remember when i was a small boy i used to let my mom paint my nails because I thought it was cool. Then at the park one of the other boys sneered “only girls paint their nails” and I never wore nail polish again. But I doubt that behavior like this is innate in children