Sunday, August 22, 2010

Gender differences

How boys and girls are not alike - Observation #2,469:

They both will play with dolls. Just in very different ways. Sydney, for instance, likes to set her "people" at a table where they enjoy a delightful conversation.


That is, when Sydney's not busy climbing on their house. She is 3, after all. But I digress...

The way she plays, her Barbies take care of each other, and she takes care of them.

Contrast that with AJ.
AJ stages jousts and battles between knights and pirates. While his sister is styling Barbie's hair, AJ is feeding a knight to his toy dinosaur.

(Look closely at the feet sticking out of T-rex's teeth.)
Though, in fairness to AJ, as I watched Sydney's attempts with the toy comb, I couldn't help but think Barbie probably would have prefered taking on AJ's dinosaur.

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