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I don't think clothes are the issue at all. It's whether the child is happy and has a healthy self-image. I certainly don't see boys wanting to dress in girl's clothing (or vice versa) as necessarily telling as to a lack of either of those things.
While, in my opinion, straitjacketing young people to the tired, old roles most of us end up having to assume for the greater part of our lives could be indicative of them. Or, at the very least, indicative of the fear of being different (ie, embarrassment).
I don't know about you, but I find that be much more sad and depressing than a 10-year-old-boy who delights in wearing his sister's Barbie t-shirts to the grocery store.
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