I’m visiting my parents with baby. We went to some store and there were bikes and there was a small pink one Jack’s size and I pointed to it and asked if he wanted to ride it. and he said, “no, that’s a girls bike”.
AUGH!
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It’s not a failure. You can prevent exposure to a lot of attitudes but some just crop up anyway. THere was a mother that kept her children away from all images of violence, toy weapons and the like. One day when visiting friends, her friend’s son pulled a finger gun on her little boy. To her surprise and horror, her little boy clutched his chest, groaned and fell down “dead”.
I never wanted pink bikes either.
January 20th, 2010 at 6:52 pm
It’s not a failure! I know I read somewhere that kids go through stages where they start identifying things as “for girls” or “for boys” as a part of playing with identifying themselves. And even though it may seem like they are just falling into stereotypes, it really is an important stage in their development. We’ve bought (and made) my son all kinds of dolls and stuffed animals and he will have nothing to do with them (other than for throwing). He just loves cars and airplanes.
January 20th, 2010 at 8:19 pm