A Man And His Son

FATHER FIGURE

World’s Best Dad Dons Skirt To Support Dress-Wearing Son

By: Dan Avery
On: Aug 29, 2012

We’re not sure if they celebrate Father’s Day in Germany, but if they do Nils Pickert deserves more than lumpy pancakes and a loud tie.

Pickert’s five-year-old son enjoyed wearing dresses when their family lived in West Berlin, but was nervous about doing so when they moved in to a quiet South German village.

“I didn’t want to talk my son into not wearing dresses and skirts,” Pickert told the feminist magazine Emma. “He didn’t make friends in doing that in Berlin already and after a lot of contemplation I had only one option left: To broaden my shoulders for my little buddy and dress in a skirt myself.”

Dad says he’s trying to raise his son to believe he doesn’t have to conform to social expectations just because of his sex. “I’m not one of those pseudo-intellectual daddies that rambles on about studying gender justice, and then, as soon as the child is born, falls back into the comfortable and clichéd gender roles.”

Having his dad show such strong support gave Pickert’s kinder the security he needed to start wearing a frock in public. Once, a judgmental neighbor stared so intently, she slammed face-first into a streetlight. “My son was roaring with laughter,” says Pickert.

Now the little tiger has started painting his nails. When classmates give him the stinkeye, he simple says “You only don’t dare to wear skirts and dresses because your dads don’t dare to either.” “That’s how broad his own shoulders have become by now,” says Pickert “All thanks to daddy in a skirt.”

Werk, little buddy!

Source: Emma via Gawker, Photo: Emma

---

Anderson could have worn Gloria Vanderbilt Jeans!