These days a Verónica Serrano Twitter thread has gone viral where he tells that his five-year-old nephew likes to paint his nails. There are many children, both girls and boys, who are curious about colored nails and have fun wearing them like this.
The user also says that the mother of the child does not like to have them painted, although the child insists and asks his aunt to paint them again and again. That's when grandfather enters the scene, who also he paints them to support him and show that there is nothing wrong with a child painting his nails.
My nephew loves to paint his nails
The aunt tells what happens when her nephew asks her to paint her nails.
You probably sweat but I need to share it.
- น ย ฆ ฮ (@ vsaasv2) July 22, 2018
My nephew likes to paint his nails and this is what happens:
(Inside thread)
The baby is 5 years old, and as I said before, he loves to paint his nails. Every time I have to take care of him he asks me to paint them (and I obviously do).
- น ย ฆ ฮ (@ vsaasv2) July 22, 2018
The next day my sister (her mother) throws her anger and takes them off running. But when he stays with me again he asks me again.
- น ย ฆ ฮ (@ vsaasv2) July 22, 2018
There is half an hour left for my sister to arrive and yesterday I painted her nails. I just woke up and the first thing I've seen is my father with painted nails too.
- น ย ฆ ฮ (@ vsaasv2) July 22, 2018
I have asked her strangely, to which she has replied that she has also painted them to get the baby and my sister out of the head that painting her nails is not just a girl thing, and that if the child likes it that way, it will go . pic.twitter.com/RoqdIq7MxS
- น ย ฆ ฮ (@ vsaasv2) July 22, 2018
Children play and imitate
What's wrong with a child painting their nails? Any. There are parents who put their hands to their heads as if that defined their sexual identity when it's just a game for them.
Children are not born with gender stereotypes, it is adults who transmit them to them since they were born. They simply mimic what adults do. The boy will see his mother and aunt who paint their nails and he also wants to try.
The little ones play, experience, have fun without thinking about "that's from children" or "that's from girls". Thus, we see children playing with dolls and girls playing with balls without that meaning more than that: a game. We also see girls with short hair, boys with long hair because they like to wear it like that, without necessarily defining their sexual identity.
And if a child persistently demonstrates feeling more comfortable with games that are socially established as belonging to the opposite genre, nothing happens either. The important thing is that you feel the support, understanding and love of your loved ones.
Let's end gender stereotypes and let children be children!
