I wish my family nourished my more artistic side growing up. I was such an creative child with a crazy imagination,
but I remember how the men in my family would say shit like, "You need to pick up a football instead painting & making storybooks".
They were so caught up on "That's for girls/boys", that after a while you began to think it was wrong to be creative.
I look back on that sometimes and feel so robbed. That's why I try to be extra encouraging to my nephews and their passions.
I'm glad more kids today are free to be themselves and express their creativity.