Quote Originally Posted by aubreymcfate View Post
I'm not sure I understand the Napoleon point you're making, all I meant was that she identified with male role models for reasons that are typically masculine - leadership, dominance, etc.

I think it is incumbent upon parents to nurture their children as individuals first and foremost. Walk around the toy store with them. Watch different movies, TV programs. Variety. Don't limit them. But don't try to force them to not be "traditional" either out of some sense of moral righteousness.

I don't disagree about the workings and rules of nature, and honestly, even if you did defy nature, whatever that means at this point, wouldn't that ultimately be nature defying itself? :P
I think you're conflating Nature and society/culture.

I think she wasn't and knew she was being foolish when she said she was a Romantic.

But yeah, give your kids all the opportunity to figure out who they are, just don't be surprised when base-rates hold across a population.