Isles weren‘t color coded when I was a kid, but I do remember getting Legos, RC cars and planes, matchbox cars, etc and seeing only boys in the isle. Some would even say I couldn‘t be in that isle because it was a boys isle. It‘s worse now. I think I first noticed it in high school. Even baby and toddler toys seem to be divided by gender. It‘s ridiculous. I loved baby dolls and air planes (and books of course).
GingerAntics #NancyCarlssonPaige #TakingBackChildhood #Education #ChildDevelopment #toys #genderinclusivity I‘ve always thought what made a toy a “boy” toy was that a boy was playing with it, and what made a toy a “girl” toy was that a girl was playing with it. (edited) 6y
Weaponxgirl Hell yeah! It‘s weird to assign certain life skill toys to only one gender. Let them play with what they wanna play. One of the boys I work with wanted his nails done and lipstick and then proceeded to play pirates whilst calling himself Blackbeard. I loved every moment of that game! 6y
GingerAntics @Weaponxgirl horrible things have been done to boys (by their parents) who do that sort of thing around here. Sadly, a lot of parents have jumped on this gender divided toy store/section thing. They‘ll yell at and smack kids who are found looking at toys from the wrong isle. It‘s ridiculous. 6y
Weaponxgirl @GingerAntics I once saw a man tell a small kid he didn‘t want the umbrella because it was for girls. I was hoping it was because of the design which would be bad enough but seriously a umbrella? 6y
GingerAntics @Weaponxgirl that‘s ridiculous. I hope the guy got soaked. That‘s just ridiculous. 🤦🏼♀️ 6y
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