“[Corey would] dress up in my heels and dresses,” Erica says. “All little boys do that, that is a phase usually. As Corey gets to be 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 years old, it didn’t stop.”
I certainly do not remember putting on dresses and heels, nor do I recall any other young boys doing such. But when it does happen there should be a strong male character telling the kid it’s not right. I just cannot imagine a mother in her right mind actually encouraging something like this.
I’m glad you mentioned this because as a person who has not had children, I could not validate her statement that ‘all little boys dress up in their Mom’s shoes’ at some time or other. It just does not seem true to me.
I have observed my nephews when they were little and they all gravitated to trucks, cars, building blocks, etc. Only rarely did they look at a doll and then it was more of a stuffed animal or Muppet character.