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@Fins Mom

6 months ago

Hello Parents.

I have a wonderful sweet, caring and kind 6 year old boy. He is extremely shy and also sensitive. He is not sporty and prefers to play with girls. He likes playing dress up and dolls and likes the colour pink. He also likes to watch shows and movies like 'Frozen'. We love him to bits and coming from a childhood where I was often compared to other siblings and kids in a negative way, I try my best to make sure he knows we support him and love him no matter what.

What breaks my heart is that because he is a boy who is not like other boys I can see him being alienated at school, he has one very special friend who is a girl and they are obsessed with each other. But when she is not at school, he mostly plays alone. I have seen him at school days trying to make friends and walking up to other kids to say hello, but it feels like kids already at this young age are not accepting his uniqueness. I can see this hurts his feelings. Even some girls alienate him. He is not bully, he is always helping others and he is unusually empathetic for his age.

Any advice or shared experiences anyone can share with me? I grew up feeling like I didnt belong and I was lonely and alienated in my own family and have suffered from depression my entire life from it, so I am also worried I may be projecting and need an outsiders point of view.

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