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I would say that the traditional roles of male and female are really blurred in our household. I always have thought of myself as a "tom boy" and having more "male" characteristics; liking car chase movies, agressive at work, fishing... while my husband has "female" characteristics; home decorator, color consultant, buys the pots and pans. So I am really concenious when raising our son to not say things like, 'that is a girl color', 'trucks not dolls', and being open to having his toes painted like mommy (he loves painted toe nails). But I think when he starts school the peer pressure of what is "acceptible" for a boy is going to be difficult. He was even going to be the stay at home dad (five years of planning) until he got a better/more stable job offer than me.

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