May 4

Written by: Rachel Heidenreich
Friday, May 04, 2007

This morning I read in Parent's Magazine that we often unwittingly assign gender roles to our children.  I must admit to being a culprit in this, but what I do teach him is not done consciously because we live in a day and age of so much gender confusion that I think it is OK to help kids out where we can.  The other day we were walking in Target searching for a Rubber Duckie for George and we went isle by isle.  When we arrived at a very pink isle filled with Disney Princess toys, Samuel pointed his little finger and said "Oooh look Mommy.  This is girls toys!"  I smiled and concurred.  We then turned a corner and there were two lovely play kitchen stove sets.  Samuel jumped up to where they were and said, "Oooh look Mommy.  This is boy toys!"  I smiled.  Samuel and Daddy have spent many enjoyable hours together baking yummy cookies and making a mess for Mommy to clean up.

 

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