Positive Deviance

As an act of positive deviance, i offered to take one of my neighbors home from school that i normally don't drive. I have known her since i was little, and she is a Junior, so she doesn't get the privilege to drive to school.
At first i felt a little nervous to ask her because we don't very much anymore, but i knew it was the right thing to do. She was a little in shock that i asked her but she still said yes. It was a little weird at first but then we started talking, we ended up talking the whole way home. We got to her house and she offered me gas money but i refused it. I could tell she really appreciated the ride home and she thanked me a bunch. It made me feel good to know that i did something that i normally wouldn't do.

Gender Boxes

When kids are growing up, they have certain toys they play with and usually boys play with masculine toys such as cars, trains, and action figures and girls usually play with girly toys such as barbies, dolls, and makeup. When she showed us the video of the little boy who loved to wear dresses and the adult who was "making fun" of the little boy, it made me pretty mad because who is he to tell the mom what she should dress her son in? Kids are taught to express themselves and then they do and they get made fun of. If i were a parent and my son wanted to dress up in a dress i would let him, but to a certain extent. If he asked me to wear a dress everyday i w9ould say no, but every once in awhile, that's acceptable.  I think its acceptable for kids to explore the other genders toys but there is a certain age where the kids should be aware of their decisions.