The dance secret

My friend's son, S., who is 7 years old, started tap dancing about a month ago. He got into it because his mother had been taking tap lessons and he had been trying some of the steps and was pretty good. So the mom called up and asked me about our dance studio and off he went to tap lessons.  This is interesting because they're the kind of family who make a big distinction between "boy" things and "girl" things. (They have two boys). And the Dad is into sports and not very interested in music or dance. But the dad supported his son's desire to dance. 

The mom said that S. had asked that she not tell his friends he was taking dance lessons.  The only one she could tell would be my son W. because obviously he's a dancer already. So she never told his good friends until she overheard S. and one of his good friends talking about it.  "I thought it was a big secret?" she asked. "No, all my friends know about it," he told her. It turns out he was basically tap dancing down the halls and so everyone knew he was dancing anyway. But I suspect he thought he would be teased if he was taking dance lessons and then found out it was absolutely fine.  It's a little sad that it had to be a secret to begin with.  Would basketball lessons ever be a secret? But it's heartening that he learned it didn't have to be that way.