her 8 year old son wears dresses he is teased online at school

Annoyed to read hateful comments about her son’s outfits online, actress Megan Fox spoke out to denounce her critics.

When one is small, gender attributes are determined very early on. Whether in the choice of toys, sports activities, hairstyles and especially clothes. By the established standard, little girls should wear dresses, love princesses, and play with dolls. Boys, for their part, must stay away from anything that relates to the feminine, at the risk of being teased. This is currently happening to the son of Megan Fox, a 35-year-old American actress.

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Mom of three boys, Noah Shannon, 8, Bodhi Ransom, 7, and Journey River, 4, the result of her union with ex Brian Austin Green, she spoke on the subject during from a recent interview for Instyle magazine. The mockery in question concerns his oldest child, Noah, who has been harassed online by “mean, horrible and cruel people” because of the outfits he wears. She explains : “I don’t want him to ever have to read these **** sluts because he already hears some from the little kids at his own school. They … they always remind him that ‘boys don’t wear dresses neither of pink ”.

Passionate about fashion

Children should never have to be teased for the things that animate them. In 2019, during an appearance on The Talk, the one who currently shares the life of rapper Machine Gun Kelly, had said about her son Noah that he was “really into fashion”. Therefore, despite the negative comments of his classmates, the little boy often wears whatever he wants to school, including dresses. She continued: “I send him to a very liberal, hippie school, but even there – here in California – he still has little boys making fun of him. We are going through this period today where I try to teach him to have confidence in him, no matter what others say “, declared the actress.

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And indeed, all children (and adults) should be able to wear whatever they want, no matter who they identify with. Lucky for him, Noah, Megan Fox’s son Noah, doesn’t seem to be teased by teasing. At the time of The Talk show, her mother said that after wearing a dress to school, she asked her if her friends had said anything to her. Confident, the little boy replied: “Yeah, all the boys laughed when I got home, but I don’t care, I love dresses too much.” Well done to him!

Barbara ejenguele

A journalism student, Barbara is currently doing a work-study master’s degree and writes on parenthood for the Aufeminin Maman, Parole de Mamans and Avis de Mamans websites. She is also …