If your 2 yr old son really wanted a Barbie?
would you buy it for him?
or steer him toward the GI Joe dolls?
I only ask this because I watched the 60 minutes special on gay or no or whatever it is called. They show a pair of fraternal twin boys. One of them is just like any other boy, the other boys room looks like a girls, he paints his fingernails too, but dresses like a boy. They say he wanted a Barbie as a little boy. But me, I’m thinking, if my 2 year old wanted a Barbie, I just straight out wouldn’t buy it and refuse any requests for girl toys.
What would you do?
This is a hypothetical question, only regarding your opinions on a subject raised by the show. My son hasn’t asked for a Barbie. I’m just asking if.
A Barbie is an inappropriate toy for a 2-year old, so no, I wouldn’t buy it.
That said, you can refuse to buy the kid girl toys, but that isn’t going to have any impact whatsoever on whether or not he turns out to be gay. So if that is your rationale, then you are wasting your time.
On the other hand, in your defense, a boy playing with girl toys is likely going to have a difficult time getting on in a world where all the other boys are going to be playing with boy toys. The teasing would likely make his childhood rather miserable. Steering him toward the boy toys would help remedy that situation.
Then again, one more thing: if you buy him boy toys, and he wants girl toys, what if he simply takes the boy toys and plays with them in ways that are not… how should I say this… are not how those toys were intended?
Ultimately, it is your call. Either way is a difficult situation. That said, if your kid is two, likely you have little to worry about. He doesn’t even know the difference between a Barbie and a GI Joe anyway.
