I’m so glad Sarah is now happy in herself.

It makes me wonder though how early in life she could associate things like tea sets and dresses with “girlhood”. When I was a kid I was into both masculine and feminine things, and there’s nothing inherently less feminine about playing with toy knights than there is about playing with a dollhouse (both things I did with my brothers).

Goes to show how gender norms are inherent in society and subliminally messaging us. I probably wasn’t as affected because I didn’t watch TV and was homeschooled for most of my primary school years. But I was a total tomboy, until I was a teenager, then I embraced femininity.

Either way, I’m glad Sarah isn’t feeling so tortured now. It must be so scary and confusing for a kid to experience that kind of gender dysphoria. You’re a good mum.