Monday 17 May 2010

Do we pigeon hole our children early on?

This cartoon makes you think about the toys we get our kids:


7 comments:

  1. You should see Charlie with his sister's Baby Annabel. It's nurture, not nature!

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  2. My son loves being "mummy" to his big sisters' Baby Borns! He gets funny looks pushing the buggy down the road...

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  3. My boys tend to sneer at anything they deem to be 'for girls'. I hate it - it certainly doesn't come from me. I think that even if you manage to steer them away from gender stereotyping at home, they just pick it up when they go to school. Such a shame - it's so limiting for everyone - men and women.

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  4. I just keep telling my 6 y o daughter that she can be what ever she wants to be when she grows up as all jobs are open to men & women!

    She is trying to decide between vet or zoologist and so loves playing with all those pets in my pocket which are so marketed at girls...

    3 y o son will play with dolls & dress up as princess but is also really into cars & trains..

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  5. like my post said BG likes both 'boy' and 'girls' toys. Her new words this week is car, choo choo and brum brum

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  6. Uh... yeah. My son is in engineering camp this week. 20 boys and 1 girl.

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  7. I bet she comes out top as she has to work harder to prove herself!

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