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post #1 of 11
6/19/05 at 11:04am
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My dd really likes playing with little boys over little girls. She loves all the rough housing and running around. She likes playing the pretend games they do instead of the girls games. Are there are a lot of tom boys out there? Does this mean she'll have problems forming friendships with girls because she rather run around growling and playing "bear" (didn't know this was a game, but recently found out it's popular for boys around here to pretend they are bears) instead of dolls?
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post #2 of 11
6/19/05 at 11:06am
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Her dad and I have always played very physically with her from the time she was a baby.
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post #3 of 11
6/19/05 at 11:11am
i don't think it will make much of a difference, at this age kids are kids
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post #4 of 11
6/19/05 at 11:14am
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I'm not super concerned. I've just notice given the choice between boys and girls, she prefers to play with boys.
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post #5 of 11
6/19/05 at 11:16am
Former tomboy here ! Since I grew up with only brothers, roughhousing was the only way I knew. I've not had any problems ever making girl friends
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post #6 of 11
6/19/05 at 12:10pm
My daughter is a tomboy. Most of her cousins are boys, and she grew up running around and playing ball with all of them. She doesn't have any problems relating to girls and has plenty of girl friends, but if giving the choice between standing around on the playground and talking to the girls or playing basketball or football with the boys, she'll choose the boys. I think it's good for girls to have friendships with boys rather than just seeing them as "love" objects.
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post #7 of 11
6/19/05 at 12:53pm
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That's very true. I hope she doesn't have any love objects at her age.
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post #8 of 11
6/19/05 at 1:08pm
Since Kaylee has three brothers she does roughhouse alot but she also likes being very girly too and also has several little girl friends.
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post #9 of 11
6/19/05 at 6:02pm
I was a tomboy, and although I still prefer to hang out or talk with guys I do have some girl friends.
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post #10 of 11
6/20/05 at 12:52am
I was a tomboy and I have neverhad any problems making female friends. In fact, I am lucky enough to have several very closeones. But that doesn't mean I don't enjoy doing some girly things too. I don't think there is any need for concern.
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post #11 of 11
6/21/05 at 3:27pm
I was a tomboy because I only had brothers and boy cousins to play with until I started school, but I didn't have any problem making friends with girls. And I loved playing with my dolls and playing house and other "girl" activities almost as much as I loved playing in the mud, climbing trees, and other "boy" activities.

Elizabeth is very much a tomboy right now and I have no concern over it because she plays with her dolls and dollhouse and is very tender with them. She also plays well with her girl cousin who is six weeks older than her but she is a lot more physical than my niece. I think a lot of it has to do with their in-born nature.
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