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a triumph
5yo: Mom, today [best friend L] said rainbows are only for girls. But I told him they're not only for girls, because I like rainbows too.
me: Good for you. What did L say?
5: He said "oh, I didn't know that."
me: Oh, good. Do you think there are things that are only for girls?
5: No. Because flowers aren't only for girls, for example.
me: I think that's right. But are there things that are only for boys?
5: No. Everyone can like what they want.
me: Yes they can.
5: Tomorrow I'm going to tell L that everyone can like what they want.
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(I try to ask open-ended questions rather than yes/no questions in this kind of situation, but I can't always think of the phrasing in the moment, hence "do you think . . .", which I try not to load with any tone or anything. I also tried to mask my relief that L's response was "oh, I didn't know that" rather than any type of doubling down.)