This E2 situation makes me remember when my 19 year old daughter started preschool at age 2 and instantly became besties with a boy, with whom they were born a day apart.
They were inseparable and I have a million photos of them playing, always dressed up and he would unashamedly wear frilly bikinis, evening gowns, feminine jewellery, makeup, this very confident boy would wear whatever the hell he felt like (no one blinked an eye at my place or his) with no shame or issues whatsoever, even in front of my older boys who are 5 and 7 years older than their sister and this boy was obsessed with!
Then they hit the age of 7, and it was almost over night, he ghosted my daughter after 5 years of being inseparable, because in the world of 7 year old boys it was uncool to play with girls. He became the most alpha male kid, a total 180° turnaround! Right through to adulthood.
If I pulled out those pics and started posting them online he would be absofuckinglutely mortified!
Which basically anyone in the world could do to E2 now. Forever more.
Kids can and do change their opinions, identities, and sense of self as they evolve and grow and I really hope for E2s sake this is really who he is for the long haul because this could easily blow up and destroy that kid for the rest of his life.
What disgusting excuses for parents these arseholes are, thinking they can ruin these kids lives then deal with the fallout when it happens. They truly believe their kids are assets, rather than human beings in their own right.
And no kid should EVER have to earn their own school fees!!!!