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| Feb 17, 2022 at 14:42 | comment | added | user21820 | @MichaelBorgwardt: You are absolutely right. In fact, I think social cues are by far the most significant factor in shaping children's beliefs. For example, even 6-year-olds acquire gender-stereotyping beliefs from others. | |
| Nov 10, 2017 at 11:34 | comment | added | Michael Borgwardt | It is very questionable how much of the "left to their own devices" behaviour is really due to innate preferences and how much is conforming with observed preferences in others and social cues. Which I don't see much point in trying to shield your child from such social biases, I also think it's good as a parent not to be the one to reinforce them. | |
| Aug 22, 2017 at 11:57 | history | edited | pojo-guy | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Elaborated on personal experience, and added pertinent details based on comments.
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| Aug 22, 2017 at 11:49 | comment | added | pojo-guy | Keep in mind that the statement started with "the range of enjoyment varies more within the sexes than across the sexes", then elaborated with the findings of a toy marketing giant. I have edited the answer to elaborate a little on my personal experience | |
| Aug 22, 2017 at 3:46 | comment | added | threetimes | I can also attest my 3yr old daughter will spend hours sometimes playing with the wooden train set and I am sure that wouldn't be seen as a girly thing to do. | |
| Aug 22, 2017 at 3:36 | comment | added | Catija | As a female who spent much more time playing with Lego and K'nex than with dolls, I dispute the content presented here. Even if this is generally true and I'm an exception, there are definitely boys who love playing with actual dolls (not action figures) and girls who love playing with cars, trains, and building toys. If someone reads this answer and decides to never buy a doll for their son or Legos for their daughter, they may miss out on something they truly love. | |
| Aug 22, 2017 at 3:29 | comment | added | threetimes | My one son spent about 18 months almost constantly in a spiderman costume. He was in it so much I thought I might need a therapist to get him past it. He did eventually stop living as "spidey" though. My boys love dress up, but not Disney, Star Wars and Marvel are the ones that pulled them in the most, or things like random "pirate" or "sheriff". They played dress up more than my girls so far. I still have one that is 3 though, so she is just coming into dress up age, so maybe she will be more into that. | |
| Aug 22, 2017 at 3:00 | history | answered | pojo-guy | CC BY-SA 3.0 |