Comments on: Is it a boy-toy or a girl-toy? http://mbeans.com/spillingthebeans/toys/is-it-a-boy-toy-or-a-girl-toy/ An Insider's Guide to Baby Gear & Toys Thu, 24 May 2012 10:56:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Sajbat http://mbeans.com/spillingthebeans/toys/is-it-a-boy-toy-or-a-girl-toy/comment-page-1/#comment-5860 Sajbat Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:38:46 +0000 http://mbeans.com/spillingthebeans/?p=1943#comment-5860 Completely agree! I was musing about this on my blog a little while ago, when I bought my son a dollhouse for his birthday. It's interesting that it's okay now for girls to play with boy things, but not for boys to play with girl things. It's as if feminism obtained some objectives (at least for the toddler set), but what's the male equivalent? Completely agree! I was musing about this on my blog a little while ago, when I bought my son a dollhouse for his birthday. It’s interesting that it’s okay now for girls to play with boy things, but not for boys to play with girl things. It’s as if feminism obtained some objectives (at least for the toddler set), but what’s the male equivalent?

]]> By: Sarah http://mbeans.com/spillingthebeans/toys/is-it-a-boy-toy-or-a-girl-toy/comment-page-1/#comment-5702 Sarah Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:47:31 +0000 http://mbeans.com/spillingthebeans/?p=1943#comment-5702 Great post to read as my 17 month old son is vacuuming the kitchen. As someone very sensitive to society's reinforcement of gender roles and negative body image, it is always a pleasure to hear from moms who have the same concerns. (Just did my Xmas shopping at Magic Beans in Wellesley and gladly bought my 9 year old nephew a journal kit and bit my tongue (HARD) as I bought my 8 year old niece the Project Runway Fashion Design Projector. Well, I try :) Great post to read as my 17 month old son is vacuuming the kitchen. As someone very sensitive to society’s reinforcement of gender roles and negative body image, it is always a pleasure to hear from moms who have the same concerns.

(Just did my Xmas shopping at Magic Beans in Wellesley and gladly bought my 9 year old nephew a journal kit and bit my tongue (HARD) as I bought my 8 year old niece the Project Runway Fashion Design Projector. Well, I try :)

]]> By: momtothree http://mbeans.com/spillingthebeans/toys/is-it-a-boy-toy-or-a-girl-toy/comment-page-1/#comment-5697 momtothree Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:35:03 +0000 http://mbeans.com/spillingthebeans/?p=1943#comment-5697 i do believe there is something that makes boys like trucks and girls like dolls. i had my daughter after my son and she had no "girl" toys at first but would take his action fugures or his stuffed animals and hug them and call them baby as young as a yeatr. this was without any outside influence. Now at 3 she is a very girly girl who love s to be rough and play sports with her brother. And her 7 year old brother who love sports is jealous of the american girl dolls. So who knows what is the case. iT IS A VERY INTERSTING TOPIC TO DISCUSS!!! i do believe there is something that makes boys like trucks and girls like dolls. i had my daughter after my son and she had no “girl” toys at first but would take his action fugures or his stuffed animals and hug them and call them baby as young as a yeatr. this was without any outside influence. Now at 3 she is a very girly girl who love s to be rough and play sports with her brother. And her 7 year old brother who love sports is jealous of the american girl dolls. So who knows what is the case. iT IS A VERY INTERSTING TOPIC TO DISCUSS!!!

]]> By: Sarah http://mbeans.com/spillingthebeans/toys/is-it-a-boy-toy-or-a-girl-toy/comment-page-1/#comment-5681 Sarah Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:20:14 +0000 http://mbeans.com/spillingthebeans/?p=1943#comment-5681 Sheri - I think you would really like the new book Pink Brain Blue Brain, I'm reading it now and there's really great info on what play patterns are innate, what are not, why AND (most importantly) what you can do to compensate. She also really looks at all the studies and gives you more info than any article does (for example - the girl monkeys that liked cooking pots? may have just liked the color red.) Sheri – I think you would really like the new book Pink Brain Blue Brain, I’m reading it now and there’s really great info on what play patterns are innate, what are not, why AND (most importantly) what you can do to compensate. She also really looks at all the studies and gives you more info than any article does (for example – the girl monkeys that liked cooking pots? may have just liked the color red.)

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