What Do You Think?: Toy Kitchen for Boys

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Another video of Sherri Shepard from the View popped up again... interesting topic it brought up about if it's okay for boys to play with more "feminine" things and further along, trans-gender children.

After watching the video - what do you think/believe?

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About Sherri, I mean - the girl has got her opinions, kudos. I dunno if she doesn't better articulate or express herself - gets lost in translation, something! But whatever it is... it sounds ignorant, very closed minded to me. I get the gist of it all - it is after all, her child and what goes in her home... goes.
I gotta love Whoppi tho - she really did make a point about the whole "Scottish boys wearing kilts" comment.

 
It's absolutely fine for boys to play with what is deemed to be girl's toys. In my opinion a doll, or a doll house just makes them into a better Dad. A kitchen, a love for cooking and so on. I will never stop my sons from playing with whatever they want in toys, even if it is pink.

Also, the kilt thing they mention? Well, if you are in Scotland in a bar, or at a wedding, and you see these gorgeous very masculine guys wearing a kilt and the shirt and gear, they are sexy!!!! The old thinking of a kilt is just that, old thinking. It is considered very sexy with the younger guys now.

 
hum. i remember my brother and i playing with cars then with my barbies (who were special agents in dangerous undercover missions lol) and there's nothing wrong with that. as long as we were playing, my parents didn't care.

that woman seems a bit narrow minded. also, you may want your child to be like this and that, but if he's not, you can't put the chick back in the egg.

 
I may be a bit biased.. But my son loves to cook and my daughter love to play paintball.. Let them play whith what ever they want to play with.. Forcing then to adhear to societies strict gender guidlines is wrong... Hey look at me! I played with guns and tanks and footballs and baseballs and Moms high heels... Lol

 
As a girl geologist I have been surrounded by boys and their toys my whole life and not once has anyone given me grief about being in a "man's" field. (OK, they used to talk behind my back) I'll be honest in that it wasn't always easy and they never made things easier for me because I am a girl.

However, this society seems to have an incredible bias against men being even slightly feminine...they just won't have it. A man can't put on a dress and little boys should not play with toy kitchens, but I can put on pants and work on the car. I love being a girl right now. I can be as "manly" as I want by fixing the car and being in the field AND I can get all girly tonight and go out.

So long answer, yes I would let my son, brother, husband, father play with a toy kitchen (or a real one) any time he wants

 
i totally understand what sherri means. i don't agree, but i do understand. this is the way most of our parents and their parents dealt with the issue of transgendered children. maybe on her next go round she'll think differently. as far as the toy kitchen thing goes, i don't have a problem. as long as boys eat i don't have a problem with them pretending to cook! lol~

 
I agree with monniej in that I understand what Sherri means. My parents are like that, and their parents were like that before them, etc.

But, in all honesty, I'd let my child play with whatever they like to play with.

There's a 4 year old boy at my church (I watch the children during church sometimes) who loves to dress up in necklaces and boas, etc. I don't try to stop him. Honestly, I think at that age, there is nothing behind it other than he wants to have fun. He has an older sister, and he likes to play and dress up like her. Now, adults may look at that and see something deeper than that because they obviously have a different perspective from that of the innocent mind of a child. I honestly don't think it means anything.

And, as far as the kitchen sets...heck, one of these boys could grow up to be the next Chef Gordon Ramsay! lol.

 
I agree with everyone else. It is beyond irritating to me when society tries to separate "boy" things from "girl" things/toys. Who really cares??? A kid likes what they like. Period.

 
I have 6 year old twin boys. They have a play kitchen and dolls and they even have a little people "doll house". My husband and I see nothing wrong with letting them play with what society labels as "girl toys". They love to play pretend. I think all kids do. One of them used to have pink and one purple as a favorite color, now it is green and red. Who cares, let them be kids and play with what they want as long as it is safe.

 
Monnie, I see exactly what you mean. That was the prevalent mindset back in the day, and still many people have those similar notions

Originally Posted by StereoXGirl /img/forum/go_quote.gif And, as far as the kitchen sets...heck, one of these boys could grow up to be the next Chef Gordon Ramsay! lol. ^ Yep. And what about the manly sport of grilling with a spatula in one hand and a beer in the other? A guy has got to have his practice. They don't get those kind of skills overnight.
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I really want to get my nephew a kitchen set, i think he would love it!

Lets see how long Sherri lasts, shes such a moron. lol I dont know how Whoopi takes it.

 
Haha. The thread wasn't really specifying if boys should/shouldn't play with a toy kitchen but if it's alright for boys to play with barbies and dress up as girls and vice versa with girls?

...I never thought about the cook thing tho. That job sounds really cool - wish I had patience to cook.

 
My little brother has a kitchen set he used to play with all the time, but hes discovered the wonder of the big kitchen. He loves mixing up things. I tell ya hes a wiz at scrambled eggs. He cracks them adds salt pepper and milk. Wips it up then puts oil in the pan. Not on the stove of course. Ill cook them on low and he stirs them and everything. I remind you hes only 4, but hes so smart. Always been ahead of everything.

I freaked when his gram got him a pink & purple on. We gave it away and got a green & blue one. Much more for boys. But I think there is nothing wrong with it. If you think about it cooking teaches you alot. He wants to be a chef and some of the best chefs/cooks are men.

He also wants to be a wrestler, football, soccer, baseball & basketball player. A golfer and a guitarist. hes sure going to make the fam rich! LOL.

 
This is my opinion......Just let people be people.

I used to play with Transformers and I even had the reversible Transformer backpack, and I am a girl, and I have never wanted to be a boy nor did I turn out to be a lesbian. Some people are just too closed minded.

 
Funny this topic has come up... I wanted to buy my little boy a toy kitchen for Christmas... he didn't ask for one, but I just thought it would be fun. My bf was kinda against it, but I pointed out how my brother is a cook in a restaurant... and he rocks at it. He's not at all feminine either. I think I'll hold off on the kitchen set though anyway... because I bought my little guy WAY too much already.

I didn't watch the clip from the View yet... so I don't know what was said.

 

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