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4 of the best kids toys made for boys & girls
Boys and girls should be allowed to play with any toys they want, and sometimes the pinks of the "girl aisle" and the blues of the "boys aisle" in stores everywhere is keeping children from playing with what they want. Here are som suggestions of toys that should be loved by all (though any toy should be given a chance to have a boy or girl play with it).
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Meet the mom crossing the pink/blue divide
Tamara Olsen and her husband may have just had their first child, but they are already thinking about the problems that can come with a deep pink/blue divide with childrens' things and why it's important for them to be educated, no matter if they have boys or girls.
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Kids, toys and jobs
Many parents and others may not realize the importance of toys and how they have an impact on children. But many are also not seeing the good changes being made so that children feel they can play with whatever they want and be whatever they want.
* Watch a video about kids who don't see much difference between what boys and girls can do.
The ideas about gender roles embedded in toys and marketing reflect how little our beliefs have changed over time, even though they contradict modern reality: over 70 percent of mothers are in the labor force, and in most families domestic responsibilities are shared more equitably than ever before. In an era of increasingly diverse family structures, these ideas push us back toward a more unequal past. ~Elizabeth Sweet, UC Davis
We invite all readers to start looking around them to see where they can make changes, see with more open minds and choose to raise children as who they are.
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