from Ebony:
I was outside playing with my little cousin Noah, the little boy in the picture. Noah asked me to play with him so i said okay. Noah and I went inside the house to grab some toys for us to play with. Noah dumped out his backset of toys. Notice the many of trucks in the picture, there's also a dinosaur and colorful little people. I asked Noah, what toy can I play with, he said any of them. But then I asked him to find a toy for me. Noah began looking around and went in the house to look for a toy for me. So he did find one, Noah told me i could play with that bus, the bus he's holding to the camera. I asked Noah why did he pick that one for me, he told me because it's the only toy he could find for me to play with. I wondered why Noah didn't just grab me one of the trucks that were already outside. I asked Noah and he told me he had to find a toy for a girl. Notice the light and more "girly" colors on the bus he picked out. Later that afternoon i asked Noah to pass me a piece of chalk, he said "Look Eddie there's a pink one in here for you!" Hilarious.
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I understand what you mean. The other day I was playing with my newphews' cars and you wouldn't believe what he said to me. He said "Aunty Shan, go get Sarah's doll, cars are for boys. I looked at him and shook my head. I guess society and the media conditioned children to think a certain way. Although most parents tend to agree because my cousin got mad at me a few years ago because I gave her son a doll to play with. She stated she didn't want her son growing up to be gay.
This reminds me of my friend whose young son had a habit of twirling her long hair around his fingers whenever he was tired and ready to go to sleep. His older sister had two toys that he wanted to take possession of-a Barbie doll with long straight hair and a little pink pony that also had long hair along the mane and tail. He wanted to carry these two toys around with him because they gave him comfort when he needed it most---for example when his mom was working or when he was going to bed at night by himself. This behavior was a divided discussion amongst the sexes. The women who were all sleep deprived from raising little kids, had no problem with this behavior-whatever it took to make him feel comfortable or whatever it took to help him fall asleep made us happy. The men had another completely different view…asking questions like "what's wrong with him?" and telling the father "she is going to make him into a sissy-boy" Believe me it was a heated discussion. Thankfully for my friend and their son--she wouldn't budge--he carried the doll and pony around and was happy and my friend got her much needed sleep.
PS their son is now an 18 year old 180 pound football player and I don't ask about the Barbie doll anymore
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