She is definately not a girly girl. She hates wearing dresses and playing with dolls. She had a little girl over one day to play with her and the little girl just wanted to play with baby dolls. Olivia asked her if she wanted to play in her kitchen and cook or to pretend to be animals, but the little girl said no. Olivia came to me and said, "Mommy. I can't play with this little girl. She just want to play dolls. That is for girls." I reminded her that she IS a girl, but she said, "I know I am a girl but this is different. I don't want to play dolls."
She is pretty funny when she and Isaac are playing dress up at home. She thinks it is ok for her to put on girl stuff like bracelets and necklaces on the rare occation she is in the mood for it or boy stuff like a Batman or Spiderman mask, but if she sees Isaac put on a bracelet, she goes balistic. I asked her why she wouldn't let him wear a bracelet and she said, "Because that's girl stuff. I don't like him wearing girl stuff." I told her that boys wear necklaces and bracelets sometimes too, but she didn't believe me. I also asked her why it was ok for her to play with boy stuff but he couldn't play with what she called girl stuff. She said because it was different for her. Oh well. I understand her not wanting Isaac to look "girly", but I don't think we are in any danger of that. HE IS ALL BOY!
In my opinion there is too much stereotype for what boys should play with and what girls should play with. I think it is ok for girls to play with cars and it is ok for boys to play with dolls. Maybe if little boys played with dolls a little more when they were little, they would be better at being a dad and more willing to help their wives with the children. If girls played with cars more when they were little, maybe car dealers would think twice about trying to trick a woman when selling her a car.
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