Patch today will be attending his first "girl" birthday party. It took some convincing to go, since he says he doesn't like girls. After (1) Wm pointed out all the girls Patch plays with at the park and (2) I confirmed that Patch's friend Lui would be there, Patch finally agreed. Score for me - Saturday afternoon activity out of the house confirmed!
Off we headed to Target to get a toy. I'm sure many of you read some of the various articles over the holidays about the bifurcation of "girl" and "boy" toys. Here is our family's version of that experience:
Me: OK, shopping for house done. Let's go to the toy section and get something.
Wm: Patch, here's the pink area. Come, let's get a princess or doll thing.
Patch: NO. I don't like girl toys.
Wm: But Emily is a girl!
Patch: But I don't like all that pink around me.
Me: OK, let's get Oliver's present first
(note: oliver's birthday party is in two weeks)
(debate about benefits of Hot Wheels vs. Cars figurines vs. Legos vs. Imaginext ensues. Imaginext wins)
Me: Time to get Emily's now.
Patch: Hey, this game looks fun! (pointing at Let's Go Fish-- the game where the fish mouths open and close and you have to dangle a magnet fishing line in to get them out) Can we get it for Emily?
Wm: But it's not a girl toy.
Patch: It's an everyone toy. We can play it together!
So, there you go. My four year old wants more "everyone" toys so that he can play with his friends who are girls without a crushing amount of pink. Do you think retailers and toy makers will listen? Looks like someone has even started a blog to "Let Toys be Toys."
Off we headed to Target to get a toy. I'm sure many of you read some of the various articles over the holidays about the bifurcation of "girl" and "boy" toys. Here is our family's version of that experience:
Me: OK, shopping for house done. Let's go to the toy section and get something.
Wm: Patch, here's the pink area. Come, let's get a princess or doll thing.
Patch: NO. I don't like girl toys.
Wm: But Emily is a girl!
Patch: But I don't like all that pink around me.
Me: OK, let's get Oliver's present first
(note: oliver's birthday party is in two weeks)
(debate about benefits of Hot Wheels vs. Cars figurines vs. Legos vs. Imaginext ensues. Imaginext wins)
Me: Time to get Emily's now.
Patch: Hey, this game looks fun! (pointing at Let's Go Fish-- the game where the fish mouths open and close and you have to dangle a magnet fishing line in to get them out) Can we get it for Emily?
Wm: But it's not a girl toy.
Patch: It's an everyone toy. We can play it together!
So, there you go. My four year old wants more "everyone" toys so that he can play with his friends who are girls without a crushing amount of pink. Do you think retailers and toy makers will listen? Looks like someone has even started a blog to "Let Toys be Toys."
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