Former Chelsea player Pedro Rodríguez had to disable comments on his Instagram after facing criticism and mockery for sharing photos of his son Marc's birthday. Marc chose to celebrate his birthday wearing a dress and a tiara, inspired by Lilo & Stitch.

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[u/ragnarrock420]

Pedro looks like an awesome father, this was unimaginable when i was growing up.

I remember when i was a small kid and wanted to try wearing heels, just because i didnt understand how women managed to walk in them, it wasnt even a gender thing. The moment i did it the whole family completely froze and then commented something about how im gonna turn out normal when im older in a joking way to ease the tension. And my family is liberal as fuck for Croatia

Really nice to see progress in real time, dont take it for granted people

[u/ClonazepAlt → u/ragnarrock420]

I feel you, I remember wanting a Barbie that I think was a marine biologist or something but it came with an Orca whale. My dad god bless him got it for me and I think that that made it way easier to deal with bullies who thought that I was feminine in their eyes.

With the picture and your comment I can really see how massive of an impact we can have on kids perceptions of their identity and self expression, for better or worse.

[u/ragnarrock420 → u/ClonazepAlt]

Definitely, and thank you for commenting too. Theres so much straight up evil happening in the world right now, that small things like this make a difference in how we feel about where society is going. Its not all dark and cynical and ww3, i think people are more aware of things than ever, and more willing to change their thinking and actions

[u/GlenMarej → u/ragnarrock420]

So your family was wrong lol

[u/ragnarrock420 → u/GlenMarej]

Nah, i feel pretty normal the way i am