Dollhouses or Video Games? Nature or Nurture?
So lately I’ve been thinking a lot about how we raise our little boys and little girls, probably more so because I had two girls and my daughter has a boy with another boy on the way. Since my grandson was born, it was important to his parents that he be viewed as a boy, so early on there’s the blue clothes, and with it, the dinosaurs and the trucks. Girls are often photographed in their early birth pictures with bows around their head, usually pinkish bows. My friend’s precious granddaughter celebrated her 2-year-old birthday with a wildflower themed party. Wow. I love wildflowers and would love a wildflower themed birthday party. Do I love wildflowers because I’m a girl? Is this out of the question for a boy? The answer seems obvious. I gave my grandson a large yellow bus with lots of little people who can board it if he chooses to put them in. My daughter views this as a boy toy. What’s masculine about a yellow bus, I ask you? I think back to the days I was a young mother...
