When we first caught wind of Lean In author Sheryl Sandberg's Ban Bossy campaign a few weeks ago, it got us asking: What do little girls think of the word bossy?
How boys feel about the word bossy
And once we heard their answers — and that most of them didn't really have a problem with the word — the #BossyIs campaign was born. So what did we do next? Ask our boys what they thought bossy meant, of course.
Hear what they have to say in their own words.
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The point is, get your kids talking, keep the conversation going and hear them out. That way, we go from banning words to redefining them.
Here's what we asked our kids:
- What does bossy mean to you?
- What would you do if someone called you bossy?
- How is being a leader different from being bossy?
- Can both boys and girls be bossy?
- What do you want to be when you grow up?
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