Gender norms be damned.
These 7+ celebs are supporting how their kids express themselves no matter what — even if it means going against the grain of societal gender norms.
Gender norms be damned.
These 7+ celebs are supporting how their kids express themselves no matter what — even if it means going against the grain of societal gender norms.
"Yes, I thought she was a boy, too," she told the Daily Mail back in April when there was a ton of speculation over the Mad Max actress raising her adopted son Jackson as a girl.
Since then, the mom of two adopted children has done everything she can to support Jackson — even if it means sometimes taking heat on social media.
"My job as a parent is to celebrate them and to love them and to make sure that they have everything they need in order to be what they want to be," she said.
Her "co-parent" Greta, AKA her mom, agrees with this way of parenting.
The singer and The Voice judge is fine with her girly side rubbing off on her sons, Zuma and Kingston.
"It's one of those things where, it's not like I don't think about it, but they're used to being around me, and I'm always doing my hair, makeup, nails. It's just normal for them," she told ParadeSource.
Another time her kids took after her fashion sense was when Kingston made headlines for wearing a tutu to a birthday party in 2013.
When Shiloh, the biological child she shares with Brad Pitt, asked to be called "John," at eight years old, Jolie didn't hesitate to support her child's request.
"Shiloh, we feel has Montenegro style," she told Vanity Fair."
"She likes to dress like a boy. She wants to be a boy. So we had to cut her hair. She likes to wear boys' everything. She thinks she's one of the brothers."
The former basketball player will always take shots against those who try to knock his family down.
Wade took to Instagram to defend Zion against the trolls.
Back in October, Wade uploaded an image of his wife, their 11-month-old daughter Kaavia, and Zion with the caption "My Girls."
“I don’t really talk about it much because it’s Zion’s story to tell. I think as a family, we should support each other. That’s our job,” he said.
“And my job as a father is to facilitate their lives and to support them and be behind them in whatever they want to do. My role is to support my kids and love my kids.”
When Megan shared an image of her son wearing a Frozen-themed dress in 2017, she faced a ton of mommy-shaming.
"He designs. He draws outfits. He's very talented, but he's still 6. He's really into fashion. Sometimes, he'll dress himself and he likes to wear dresses sometimes..."
"He came home and I was like, 'How was it? Did any of the friends at school have anything to say?' And he was like, 'Well, all the boys laughed when I came in,' but he's like, 'I don't care, I love dresses too much.'"
The basketball star had the perfect response to his son E.G. coming out and wearing gender-bending fashion.
"And when my son came out, I was so happy for him, and happy for us as parents — and we love him, and E.J. is amazing," he told Ellen.
The singer is raising her children in a label-free household.
"I took a picture of it and I wrote: 'Progress.' I thought that was awesome. I love that kids are having this conversation," she said.
King was fully on board with giving her son full reign of what to wear to the Incredibles 2 premiere — even if that meant him wearing a dress.
They looked fab!
When Kai, the son of Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber wanted to dress as Harley Quinn in 2018, mom and didn't stand in his way.
And look how well he pulled it off!
When Sebastian wanted to get festive for Halloween, his parents didn't squash his creativity!
"[Expletive] society standards and gender roles! Let your children be great!"
The superstar has a closet full of amazing heels and she's not afraid to let her sons wear them.
In 2013, she even told Katie Couric that her son, Nelson, looks better in heels than she does.
The singer also let her son, Rene-Charles, grow his hair out long when he was 12.
The family only cut it because of school regulations.
“I said that there’s a rule in school that you have to cut your hair short,” Dion told Access Hollywood.
She is one amazing mom!