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prefers playing with girls

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i have a kind of strange question. adam will not play with boys. he has nothing to do with boys. he will not even acknowledge them if they approach him at school or at buddyball. girls, he is all over them! meaning attention and if the older ones let him, physically, hugging and stroking and he will even grab their hands and arms and stim on them! which does kind of throw them off until i explain and i always, always make him stop telling him he can not do that. his dad lets him do it to him. even with adults, if he can choose he will always choose female over male. anyways, as some of you know, he was never treated like a little boy is typically treated. he had very few 'boy toys' when i got here. i dont understand it. i really hate to use this phrase, but it is not normal behavior. most kids at 6 yrs old if they are going to play with other kids it usually doesnt matter if its a boy or girl OR they tend to stick with their own gender. i dont know if this is something that should be addressed or not.
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