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<\/a>\nSome of you may already know that Robert, our now-six-year-old, has been a little, well, confused, gender-wise, for some time. He likes girly toys, like mermaid dolls, he likes girly images, like unicorns, and he frequently pretends to be a girl, namely Vanessa the Fembot.
\nIn an effort to be hip, modern, with-it parents, we have tried to be accommodating – we even got Santa to bring Robert a Barbie for Christmas (along with her beach buggy and a Ken doll (who now has real hair, by the way)). We have watched unicorn movies with him (although I draw the line at Angelina Ballerina, the cartoon about the white mouse who whines and cries incessantly).
\nHaving said that, we were nonetheless thrilled that Robert expressed a strong desire for the scary Darth Vader voice-changing helmet. So last weekend, for Robert’s 6th birthday, we gave him the helmet.
\nLater that evening, a tiny yet terrifying heavy breather stomped up to Dr. T and said “Muahaha! Do you know who I am?” Dr. T, who’s not just a pretty face, said “You must be Darth Vader!”
\nTo which the helmeted figure replied “No – I am Darth Vader’s wife!! Muahaha!”
\nSigh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Some of you may already know that Robert, our now-six-year-old, has been a little, well, confused, gender-wise, for some time. He likes girly toys, like mermaid dolls, he likes girly images, like unicorns, and he frequently pretends to be a girl, namely Vanessa the Fembot. In an effort to be hip, modern, with-it parents, we … <\/p>\n