(i.e. boys playing with "girl toys", and girls playing with "boy toys")
I occasionally did as a boy. I liked to collect girl toys such as dolls and plushies if they interested me.
Yes, and I'm still annoyed today about the school festival where it wasn't allowed to choose the diving mask with snorkel and flippers because they were assigned to the boys' table. ๐กโ
shareThat sucks! Gender stereotyping can be bad.
shareA few years ago a TV-show showed me how much I'm still stuck myself in sometimes stupid role models (clothes, toys).
In this TV show they also sent other 'role models' to a primary school class (e.g. real male florist, real female pilot). It was amazing how the children changed their desired careers.
My cousin had an awesome kitchen set. I didn't want one myself, but I didn't mind it when I went over.
shareSounds cool!
shareI would have loved one of those as a kid, was my favorite toy at Playschool
Never thought of kitchen sets as particularly girly though.
Every time I opened a catalogue there was always a girl playing with it. When I saw other kids play with it at birthday parties, it was always girls. I guess society was telling girls they should be in the kitchen.
shareI had a neighbor girl who was close to my age. I'd sometimes play with her.
On my own, I never really did though.
No, and I'd advise all parents of boys to NEVER allow their sons to play with dolls because many serial killers played with dolls as children, and enjoyed the control they exerted over these playthings, hurting them, undressing them, etc. Be warned.
shareACTION FIGURES ARE DOLLS FOR BOYS...WE ALL HAD THOSE...YOUR THEORY IS SHIT...CHILDISH TOO.
shareNo, but my daughter has an interest in cars, which is completely my fault.
shareMy daughter still has a huge interest in cars which was partially my fault. She's always liked cars and I encouraged her. We built her a pretty respectable drift car and she's getting pretty good.
P.S. I now want a drift car and if you go to a drift event and do a ride along, you'll want one too. So fun!
LIKE TOKYO DRIFT?...SIDEWAYS DRIVING LIKE BOW WOW?
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Probably. I have an older sister, so will have had some hand-me-downs as she grew out of stuff. I don't remember anything that was stereotypically 'girly' -- I do remember getting all her Lego though, oh happy day -- but I'm sure some of it will have been in the mix.