Mother Publishes Book of Son’s Love of Wearing Pink Dresses

January 07, 2011

Who says pink’s only for girls? Not one American mother who has published a book of her five-year-old son wearing pink and purple dresses.

The son is Dyson Kilodavis, the self-proclaimed “princess boy” and his mother Cheryl of the western city of Seattle said she was at first opposed to her son’s choice of attire but changed her mind after her oldest son convinced her to let Dyson be who he wants to be.

With the aim of allowing parents to let their children dress how they wish, Cheryl has published a paperback titled ‘My Princess Boy.’

The book, said Cheryl, is “designed to start and continue a dialogue about unconditional friendship and teaches children – and adults – how to accept and support children for who they are and how they wish to look.”

Appearing on the US morning program the Today Show, she said: “I understand that we all want life to be easy for our children. I want that, too. But I don’t think bullying will stop if my son wears traditional boy clothes.

“We need a wake-up call. America needs one. The world needs one. We need to start asking ourselves why we are condemning people and things just because they are different and make us feel uncomfortable.

“Bullying is taking lives. It is unacceptable. Period. We must stop standing by while others are being harmed for expressing themselves.

“Our children are teaching us how to accept them every day. We all want our children to live in a world where they can express themselves without harming anyone else or being harmed.”

Dyson’s father was also supportive of his son.

“It’s not contagious. He’s just like any other kid. He plays checkers, he plays in the trees. He just likes to do it in a dress. Big deal,” he said.