Boys toys or girls toys really necessary ?

In everyone’s impression, kids toys are really divided into boys and girls. For example, boys like cars, transformers, dinosaurs, skateboards, etc. Girls should be plush toys, Barbie dolls, play house toys, etc. But is toys really so important to gender?

Baby toys before the age of 3 do not have to be male or female

Generally speaking, children more than 1 year old are not gender-conscious, but only find out that the external characteristics of boys and girls are slightly different. When the baby is more than 2 years old, he can tell his gender accurately, and when he is about 3 years old, he starts to have gender awareness. In other words, it’s no big deal that if a one year old little girls likes boys’ toys, she will be interested in anything interesting. If mom and dad put too much emphasis on the boys toys or girls toys, it may prevent babies from knowing the world.

Kids toys after 3 years of age are appropriately divided between boys and girls

Since the age of 3 began to be gender-conscious, has it been strictly divided between boys and girls for toys since then? In fact, it is not necessary. Parents can educate their children as early as possible, which is conducive to the development of physical and mental health, but gender education does not mean education through toys. Toys should be divided according to functions, such as building blocks, balls, cars, and dolls,Action figures etc., different toys have different ways of playing. If parents force boys and girls according to their own judgment, it will undoubtedly deprive children of their fun.

Parents need to pay attention to the excessive emphasis on toy sexization is not good for future development. According to a study in the United States, girls who like to play Barbie (typical female image) think that they have less career opportunities in the future than boys, while girls who are in love with Mrs. Toy (neutral toys) believe that they can engage in careers with Male life is divided.

Both male and female babies can play all toys. Only when the baby has serious inconsistencies in psychological and physical genders, it is necessary to intervene. For example, boys are very resistant to masculine toys. They only like feminine toys, or girls If only like masculine toys but do not like feminine toys, you need reasonable guidance from parents. If you let it go, it will affect your personality and psychology in the future.