Things You Should Never Say to Boys
4 Types of Toxic Phrases You Should Never Say to Boys
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It's not often you hear a girl wearing blue be told that "blue is a boy colour," but when it comes to boys and pink, people are quick to point out that it's "a girl colour." However, as Rachel D. Miller, a marriage and family therapist told Fatherly, "The binary view of gender is harmful and restrictive for everyone." And this expands far beyond telling a boy that he shouldn't wear a pink shirt.
The following phrases play into gender close-mindedness, and could communicate to your son that he should be certain things simply because he's a boy (and that he's wrong if he likes a "girl thing"):