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I have no idea how M.’s beautiful hair is styled. But at her home in another state, she imagines blond tresses long enough to touch the ground and a smile that fills her whole face. I know that’s how she sees herself from the self-portrait her mom submitted to hang in the Art of Becoming Gallery here.

M.’s masterpiece is the first to join my son Harry’s early works of art displayed in the Gallery. Other new junior artists’ works are in queue, and we’ll debut those one at a time on the My Son Wears Heels Facebook page. I love every new piece of young creative expression. And it’s so satisfying to send each of the Gallery artists a copy of this fabulous gender-myth-busting poster.

So find a favorite in the art your child brought home at the end of the school year and use your phone to snap a picture of it. Or maybe there’s something hanging on the fridge or in your child’s room you want to send in. Whichever piece(s) you choose, you’ll find the quick-and-easy submission guidelines here. And you don’t have to be a parent to submit a child’s masterpiece(s). If you’re an aunt, uncle and grandparent, you, too, can submit that special work of art that was made with exuberant energy just for you.

Whatever their age or identity, kids remind us that making art makes us happy.

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