Okay so my husband and I had 3 girls then we finally had a boy. I am seeing a complete different side of him. Not bad but he's having way more input about our son then he did with our daughters like what he wears and watches etc like I said I'm not complaining it's just different lol
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We have a son and my husband is very vocal abt how we raise him and I think a lot of it does have to with his gender or in relation to our sons gender. I would imagine that I would be more vocal or my husband would say they see a different side of me if I or him were raising a girl as a 1st born or if we had girl as a 2nd born after having our son. I think what’s interesting abt this post is when u said we “finally” had a boy that word implicates that a boy was the goal or after 3 tries he finally got the gender he preferred to be raising so maybe he is gender biased bt I voted “interesting” cuz it is interesting for me to see ppl switch up or change or grow when they parent a certain gender. And I don’t think it’s necessarily a good or bad thing, like u said it’s jus different lol 😇🫶🏾

I think it’s normal for a father to want to raise his son to be the type of man he thinks is acceptable/admirable

My husband has a lot to say about how to parent my son and I find it weird. He says things in a way like he’s afraid if he wears pink or plays with a pink toy he’ll be gay. Or that he’s not allowed to do any “girl” things. I freakin hate it, I find it so homophobic. Like what even is a boy thing vs a girl thing? Wtf does it matter what color he wears or what toys he plays with? Someone’s sexuality isn’t shaped because of these things, it’s the way they are born. It’s gross to force all these societal gender stereotypes on a baby. Not say at all that that’s what your husband is doing, it’s just what came to mind for me

My husband always comments on what teenagers wear. He’s way more worried about out our girl dressing nice than our boy. He doesn’t like the idea a revealing outfit attracting creeps. So I think it’s normal especially if he’s picturing what kind of an adult he will be.