My son figures out gender equality

Today mother's of daughters are having a tough time, raising their princesses to face the world like warriors and feel equal in the gender war. While mother's of sons, who have been warrior princesses (or feminist, as popularly described) all their life, now have a new task in hand. How to nurture a man who thinks that, the warrior princesses are normal human being and he doesn't question equality of sexes in any stage of life. I consciously teach my son about gender equality, giving examples how men and women are achievers in all walks of life, be it in sports, be it in science, be it in the kitchen. So how to figure out if you are doing the right thing and not over doing it. It shouldn't be so that my little man starts feeling confused in the upcoming world of equality. I am walking on a slippery thin rope here.

But recently,an incident  made me smile. My son, Ayan after being 5.5yrs old came across the Home Alone DVD series. He watched them all and repeated it few more times. To have some respite from little kids fighting the world of thugs, I hid the DVDs and pretended to look for them once in a while. One day,  Ayan came back with a question. When will Home Alone 5 come to the theaters. I told him, I didn't hear about it and don't know if they are making such a movie. He thought for a while and said, " Mom I think this time it will be a girl, she will be the kid who gets to stay home alone and fight the bad guys"

I was so proud, so happy at his innocence and his thought.So somewhere in my subtle feminist oriented rambling, there was a life long lesson embedded.....that I hope stays with him forever.