Did I wake up in 1953 by mistake?

[perennialanna]

I've just had an email from the local Children's Centre with their summer programme. There are two themed weeks.

One is Pirates and Princesses, the other Fairies/Wizards.

Oh goodness will I be feeding back my thoughts on that, once I've taken the swearing out because the only contact I have is some poor bloody admin who doesn't deserve to get my full and frank opinion on the subject.

And they ask me why I don't go to mother-and-child groups much...

Comments

[clanwilliam]

1953 would have been less gender stereotyped, I suspect.

[caulkhead]

I would be tempted to go as a pirate princess, but suspect your version is better.

What reaction do you think Small Child would get if she turned up as a pirate and declared she was Anne Bonny?

[antisoppist]

Arggh. When Small Daughter was at our Children's Centre, I was impressed to hear a member of staff saying to a shocked father at pick-up time "Fred picked that dress from the dressing-up rail. He likes the red frills." In other words it isn't all of them. Not that that helps you in the current situation. I suspect they will be perfectly happy to accommodate a female pirate but discouraging of male fairies.

Son, who was told "elves are for girls" by his little friends when in year 3 is finding the argument easier now they have reached the Lord of the Rings stage.

[perennialanna]

Missee Lee!

We'll have legionseagle telling us off for forgetting her. Pirate and Latinist too.