The boy is three-and-a-half-years-old. He wants to be Wonder Woman. He wants to fly and deflect bullets and capture villains with a truth-extracting lasso. He wants to own an invisible jet, be super strong, and rock an armored swimsuit. This is far from his only fantasy, but its his most persistent and recurring. He tells his papa, "I'm Wonder Woman, and you're Batman, and Mama is Superman, and Theo [his baby brother] is Flash!" Together they chase bad guys, and sometimes become bad guys themselves, depending on the boy's whims. The boy's parents don't dissuade him from his fantasies. It's imagination. It's unlimited. Even when he insists on using the female pronoun during play. It's all part of the fantasy. And anyway, what would they say? A boy can't wish to be a girl, even in his imagination? How horrible would those words feel coming out of their mouths? When the boy was 2 years old he asked for a Little Mermaid doll. I...
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