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Stereotyping Kids from Childhood

Pink is meant for Girls, Dolls are meant for Girls ,You Don't need to cry at every small things happening! You need to be tough to handle all the situations. These few Things Children are told quite often during their Childhood.Hey Parents Do you Feel we are stereotyping kids from Childhood?What's your Point on this share it in the comments below.

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Shilpi Guardian of 2 children 6 years ago

I don't blv in the so called Society concept of "Pink for gals" & "Blue for boys." How can we differentiate between colours? It's so ridiculous for us to teach our kids that Pink is for gals n Blue for boys. We say that girls n boys r equal n on the other hand we ourselves r teaching that they r not equal. My daughter is 5.5 yrs old but I have never discuss all these with her. She herself decide which is her fav color n m happy that her fav color is not "Pink" but "Red"😊 Small things play a very big role in our life n I think this small differentiation of colors can do the same with kids.

Monkibub Mom of 2 children 6 years ago

children are very impressionable. we should try to never apply our reservations and judgements on them. they should decide them for themselves. if anything, in the very early days around 1915~, blue was actually a girl's colour. who knew!?! let kids be kids!

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Amit Khare Guardian of a 11 yr 6 m old boy 6 years ago

Absolutely, we are putting in wrong directive infront of them which they will carry on and keep the world divided between blue and pink.

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Tanmayee Mom of a 8 yr 3 m old girl 6 years ago

Not only parents but socity is samey responsible for stereotyping things. Socity somewhat influence the market too which causes a lot a blue dresses for boys and a pink ambiance for girls area which is very odd!!. some will be get very less options of blue for their girls in markets compare to pink for boys.. thus today's mumma and me too mostly goes for neutral colour like yellow, Violet, red, white. Today's mummas are somewhat rebellious like me who choose to walk off track than what socity shows us to walk. My girls wears blue since birth as I love blue colours and other colours too obviously and loves to play with her cars collection,football and teddies too. One thing we must remember whatever the babies will see from their childhood with effect their future. So equality in gender starts from home and dice from your childhood.

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Simmi Mom of 2 children 6 years ago

True that... our own mentalities have not evolved, how will that happen in our kids... kids learn most by what they experience and not what is said to them.... when they are invited to bday parties, they look around and pick up themes... which we all know is mostly pinkish for girls and blueish for boys... yes we are stereotyping them cos we are stereotyped ourselves... we need.to first teach ourselves and then probably the kids will learn on their own.. Gender neutrality starts from home with "US" making changes...

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