A 12 Year Old Drag Queen – Resilience and Fun
By Yvette Vignando – 23rd August 2011
A 12 year old boy in UK entertains his village with a “Naughty Nora” character during a Drag Queen competition. He does it for fun and his friends think it’s cool. Is there really any harm in this? I don’t think so as long as it is entertainment and satire and he is not being dressed up seriously in an overly provocative way. I discuss this with Suzanne Mostyn on The Morning Show, Channel 7.
Not everyone finds a drag queen entertaining but as long as this young man is a resilient character and has the support of his parents, I suspect there’s no potential for harm at all – and he’s a lucky young man to have the acceptance of his parents. I shared some ideas for raising a resilient child – resilience is important for all children but is especially required by children who are seen as ‘different’ by their peers.
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