@futurebird@tj Our kids come back with these notions at times, but then our boy also likes his fingernails painted, and we totally support that..
It's a constant fight. I've given up trying to explain too deeply, though, and just say things like "they don't understand what they're missing" or "maybe they're jealous and afraid to ask their own parents".
One thing I realized is that the peer pressure doesn't go away, so pressuring in the opposite direction, as it were, doesn't help. Rather,...