Amber Rose is a pretty free-spirited mom. The 33-year-old star recently took her 3-year-old son Sebastian to the nail salon for some mani-pedi fun. The toddler got his nails painted and the mom-shamers and trolls were just not having it. Would you allow your son to get his nails done along with you? I have my own thoughts.
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Little Sebastian seems to be loving the experience. Rose is heard asking her toddler, "Hey, Pumpkin, are you excited to get a manicure and pedicure?" Her son happily says, "Yeah." He also shared that he picked out an orange nail polish.
The bullies on her page felt that Sebastian's trip to the nail salon would make him gay. Even typing out their opinion is laughable to me. "No, no, no these people try to encourage [their] kids into homosexuality," wrote one follower.
First, no one is made to be gay. You're born gay. Secondly, there's nothing about getting your nails done that defines your sexuality. It has zero influence. What Rose is simply doing is bonding with her child, who has probably expressed some interest in nail art.
As Amber wrote:
"We encourage our children to paint, draw and be creative so why block them from their creativity when it comes to self expression? Fuck society standards and gender roles! Let your children be great!"
I come from a family of very macho men. The old-school mentality is that little boys shouldn't be feminine, which covers everything from playing with a doll to wearing a tutu or expressing his feelings. That's just too girlie. To be honest, that mentality does more damage than good and leaves psychological scars that may never heal.
We need to teach our sons to be open-minded. Embracing their feminine spirit will only make them respect us more and treat the future women in their lives like queens.
That said, with all of the nail salon visits I've seen in my lifetime, I've never once seen a little boy getting a mani-pedi. I have seen men, though. If my son ever asked me to take him to the nail salon, I gladly would.
Sure, a part of me would have my family's judgemental comments playing in the back of my mind, but it's time to start new norms. Some patterns and traditions deserve to be broken for us to raise a smarter and more tolerant generation of gentlemen.
It starts with us.
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