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Our community, 573 want it Our community, 521 want it Our community, 621 want it Our community, 506 want it Our community, 535 want it Our community, 642 want it Many little girls spend hours playing with dolls, while boys spend their days with blocks and Legos. The building-type activities marketed toward boys are great for young brains, so why leave your little princess in the dark ages? Read on for some toys that will get your daughter excited about building, engineering and math. When we found out our next child would be a girl, I felt a little lost. Growing up a daddy's girl, I was into classic cars, football and playing in the dirt. All things "girly" were foreign to me. So as I was staring at the ultrasound monitor, I wondered what the future might hold for our little girl. What if she loved Barbies and nail polish? Would we have no chance at connecting? Those "girly" pastimes are important, and I would never deny them my daughter. But I've wondered why Legos aren't seen as girl toys.
Any toy that develops the left side of the brain seems to be labeled "masculine." Maybe it's time we start giving our girls the chance to develop a love for math and engineering through play. Sounds better than playing Barbie again, am I right? Here are some alternatives if you're tired of being Ken. The creators of Roominate (two women), are helping to get girls interested in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) by offering toys that combine science and creativity. This combination stimulates both sides of the brain and makes science and engineering fun. Some things girls can do with Roominate toys include: build a house (complete with working windmill, elevator, merry-go-round, light up Bunsen burner, refrigerator or desk lamp), build an airplane with working propeller and build an amusement park with working Ferris wheel. See what your little girl can build on Roominate's website. Similar to Roominate, Goldie Blox is in existence because the creators want to "get girls building."
Their site states that 89 percent of engineers today are male, and that is because games that make engineering interesting are largely considered "boy toys." Goldie Blox is all about changing that equation. With the Spinning Machine, girls can assemble a working belt drive. The Parade Float enables them to create all types of other whirling, spinning designs, teaching the concept of a wheel and axel. Goldie Blox started as a Kickstarter project, which was fully funded in just four days, and soon thereafter picked up by Toys 'R' Us. Check out the story and product catalog here. Lego Friends is essentially Barbie-meets-Legos and is a line that would be right up a girly girl's alley. These sets feature scenes from everyday life, so instead of playing with a doll house, she gets to build the doll house and then play with it! Some scenes are: Heartlake High (a high school scene), Dolphin Cruiser (a cruise ship) and Adventure Camper, among many others. Visit Lego to see the entire line.
Now these are the types of "girly" toys that I would really enjoy introducing to my little princess. I'm all for her ruling the kingdom, as long as she builds it first! More on empowering girlsLet's make girls unstoppable Tips for empowering girlsPlaying is an integral part of child development and allows socialization, creativity, and identity to flourish. But this is precisely why we should raise a wary eyebrow at the new Legos: Friends collection for girls. Legos has tried to market their product to young women in the past, though without much luck. However we should ask ourselves whether that’s a result of a cultural affirmation that toys like Legos are traditionally for boys, or whether building-by-numbers is simply uninteresting to girls (spoiler alert: it’s the former). In the commercial, a small girl plays with her Lego: Friends sets. As the video plays through set to the tune of an emotive piano refrain, the viewer catches glimpses of helicopters, castles, and vacation homes as the child constructs her imaginary building block kingdom.
"I'm about to make something that I know will make you proud," says the voiceover, intended to tug at the heartstrings of parents about to embark on their holiday shopping pilgrimage. And all of this certainly seems inspiring, until you notice that nearly all of her toys are noticeably, er, pinker. When examining the collection as a whole, it's made immediately clear that the interests of the female Lego characters include shopping, cooking, and vacationing. Lego managed to tap into Barbie's feigned "empowerment" campaigns by creating a line with just the right amount of adventure, while still managing to perpetuate traditional sexist narratives. The Friends collection includes a (pink) shopping mall, (pink) pet salon, and (pink) downtown bakery. There's also a camper, a cruise ship, and a safari jungle, the latter of which miraculously manages to reign in the pastels to maintain some level of authenticity. Femininity and masculinity are learned behaviors, so when we apply those behaviors to young boys and girls, we systematically apply undue pressure to adhere to the cultural restrictions outlined by those gender binaries.
Additionally, research has found that gendered toys can stunt emotional development in children, complicate sexual identity, and even lead to bullying. "Gendered toy marketing divides a child’s ability to learn about the world based on gender constructions that are culturally determined," says Melissa Atkins Wardy, author of Redefining Girly, a book aimed at educating parents about sexualization and stereotypes faced by young girls. "When all of the marketing consistently revolves around gender, it teaches our kids to look at the opposite sex as a different species, because in order to market gendered toys, you have to point out the difference and not the similarities." Far from suggesting that children shouldn’t be allowed to play with gendered toys if they enjoy them, many people are simply suggesting that parents not encourage their children to move one way or another on the gender spectrum. Rather, encouraging children to pursue their own identities may encourage healthier and happier senses of self.