He wants to be a princess...or Super Girl

If it was jus for trick or treating I would say let him. But he's in preschool and we all know that kids can be cruel. You might be doing him more harm than good by letting him be that. The kids at school are gonna be brutal on him about it. saying it;s a girly costume and such. I have a 6 year old son and if it was me in this position what i would do would be take your son to the costume store and try to show him the boy costumes. Explain to him that there is no princess costumes in the boy section. Point out other costumes that might catch his eye. I'm not saying let him follow the crowd, but you also don;t want your little boy coming home in tears for the rest of the school year because all the other kids are teasing him about a one day halloween costume.

I think the color pink is becoming big with all boys I have a 10 yr. old and a 13 yr. old and both boys like the color pink. He is only 4 let him be what he wants to be it won't hurt him at all. My son at the age of 2 dressed up in a girls dress for Halloween and everyone said he looked so cute and my other son dressed up like a girl just last year at the age of 9 and had so much fun with it. My 13 yr. old just told me he wants to dress up like a hooker this yr. you are only a child once in a life let them enjoy!

You could let him have two costumes one for school and one for tricker treating? -Amber

what i difficult issue. you mentioned that for school it would be more difficult to show up in a princess costume. i've made a comprimise with my daughter. i made her holloween costume that she wanted and it's a little fragile so i told her if you want this one nice for trick or treating then you have to wear one of your dress up outfits for school and keep this one nice for trick or treating. so you could try to get him to wear something different for school and then let him be what he wants to be for trick or treating.
i just wanted to mention how great of a mother you are for listning to him, and being understanding that he likes pink and princesses. most parents would say your are a boy and not allooed to even like that. good for you.

I would allow him to pick his costume to trick-or-treat, and then you pick the one that he will wear to school. That way he gets his way, but he doesn't have to be subjected to mean-spirited comments from friends at school. You could make one of the costumes from things you have at home, that way you don't have to buy two new costumes..Or go look at a consingment shop for some ideas, or many times they have costumes.. (I just sold my son's old costumes there last week).
EIther way, he's still young. I overheard a disagreement between my son (3 yrs) and his two older boy friends (5 and 6 years old) they were arguing over who got to be the princess in the resuce the princess game they were playing.... My son showed them how to twirl like a princess.. it was cute and very funny, one of those things i'll never forget, and will remind him of when he is older.
Good luck!

I think since he has a black and pink backpack and a hello kitty lunch box at school. The kids in his class already knows that he loves pink, I don't see the harm in it. Instead of getting a boy costume for school, what about him going as something that a boy or a girl can be. He has a wonderful imagination to come up with a pink Super girl, good luck with finding a pink cape and if you do let me know where. I have a 5 yr old little girl that's been into pink since she was 2, lol, she calls it the new black.

If anything, you can sit him down and somehow go through with him about what the other boys in his class would think if he went to school in a dress or a pink supergirl costume. Get his opinion, honestly, he knows his classmates better than you.

Good Luck, and I can't wait to see pics of his costume either way.

While, his request may seem hard for you to understand...it apparently means quite a bit to him...society would just have to get over it if this was my son...it is just a costume...so what is the harm???

I would not be hung up on what others thought of it...if he wanted to be a "boyish" costume then would there still be a question?? Probably not....

It is a costume...not a real-life admission of anything long term...I know that many people will disagree with me, my friend, but I really do not see the harm in letting him have his way on this costume.....

I know that you will do whatever you think is best...I hope that you and him can reach an acceptable decision that is right for all concerned....

Maybe you can look up a picture of supergirl...she wears the same kind of outfit, colors and all, as superman. No pink.:) That way although he can proudly state he is supergirl..at least he will look like superboy. lol

Lol,my daughter wants to be:
Spider Man
Skeleton
Zombie
Super Man
I just laugh,shes 4 1/2 years old and i dont care if shes the man from the moom,haha.As long as shes happy,im happy.Their too young at this age to know any better,plus i dress up as a man,super hero or anything manly at haloween anyway and im a woman,haha.Raggedy andy is nice or a clown.I think its cute this time of year at halloween when you see little boys dress up like that.Alot do here and it does not mean that when they get older that they will go a different way.Their young and little,whats the difference if girls play with trucks,pirates and such,mine does and shes still girly.I hope you find an answer to the costume dilemna:)

Peanut

Well I don't know about supergirl but super woman has the same colors as super man. Maybe you can get him to wear that. Then at trick or treat time he can be a princess