Playing dress-up is not only enjoyable for children, but it has also been shown to have some advantages for children’s social and emotional development. However, a picture of a involved father confronting his son’s daycare teacher about how she dressed the child might sway some educators before making dress-up a regular occurrence in the classroom.
After discovering that the 2-year-old was “parading about in a dress,” the uncle made a visit to his son’s preschool.
In 2018, Kayla Burton and her girl dropped Burton’s son, Zach, out at Bethany Early Childhood Center in Kansas. After saying their goodbyes for the day, nevertheless, Burton’s girl reportedly turned around to see the 2- year- old immediately wearing a dress.
” She came back into the classroom and took off the dress saying,’ We do n’t do this’ in front of the teacher”, Burton at the time. ” I am a lesbian, but I do n’t push my son in any direction”.
Burton was once again wearing a gown when he arrived at the school to pick up her boy, despite making her feelings clear about the situation.
” I pulled his teacher aside and explained that I do n’t condone my son wearing a dress at school”, Burton explained. ” She only laughed and said,’ He’s simply two!'”
Burton requested a copy call from the boy’s father to the university.
In the movie, the boy’s father, Malcolm, is recording as he asks the teen’s teacher to explain his nephew wearing a gown at school. She advised him to first speak with the school’s producer.
The angry dad inquired to the educator,” Is she the one who presided over the kids while my grandson was in cost?”
The girl interrupted him and told him that she was in charge but that she was able to speak with him because he was not on the roster of children’s official links.
” I’m coming down here because we do n’t do the transgender and everything else.” We do n’t do that”, Bedford stated. Before promising that the situation was not going away and expressing his willingness to go “further” with it, Bedford said,” And I do n’t appreciate you encouraging him to put on no dress for the second day.”
Once more, the professor instructed him to speak with her better, and he responded by saying he wanted to talk to her.
Before the movie ended, he refused to escalate the situation and let her know she was held accountable for her own actions. The couple continued to exchange.
The family stated that she was concerned about her son’s discrimination.
Burton claimed she was most unhappy that Burton let her brother wear the dress a second time because the teacher ignored her fears. She claimed that because she was the only Black student in the class, she was never told why her brother changed into the dress. As a result, she feared that he was being treated unfairly.
Yet, both the mother and grandmother voiced worries about influencing the teen’s gender identity, leading citizens on Reddit to ask,” Why is everyone making this a gay/trans factor”?
When the picture of the conversation was posted,” Seems like a lot of people assumed the instructor put him in a costume and told him he was a girl.”
Although the conditions surrounding the boy’s attire are unknown, it’s possible that the young kids were just playing dress up, which Dr. Karen Aronian, a long-standing teacher, college professor, and the leader of Aronian Education Design, “is an ideal way for young children to work on so many early childhood development knowledge.”
The school stated in a statement to Yahoo Lifestyle that” We encourage our children to play in a Christ-centered atmosphere that we hope will help them gain confidence and learn to interact with others in a positive way.”
Ultimately, however, Yahoo Lifestyle reported that Burton chose to remove her son from the school.
” Whatever he decides to do or wear in the future is his decision”, she told Yahoo Lifestyle, which we can only hope is the case.
NyRee Ausler is a writer from Seattle, Washington, and author of seven books. She covers topics ranging from news and entertainment to navigating the workplace and social issues.