Let boys wear tutus and tiaras, says Church of England

New guidance for CofE schools says play is ‘sacred space’ for imagination

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Boys should be allowed to dress up in tiaras and heels, and girls to wear tool belts and superhero capes, without being judged, according to new Church of England guidance for schools.

Children are “in a ‘trying on’ stage of life”, the updated advice tells teachers, and childhood should be a “sacred space for creative self-imagining”, particularly in primary school.

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