Boys and dolls

Should boys be encouraged to play with dolls or barbies?

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I don't see anything wrong with boys playing with barbies or dolls. My son is 6+ months and is interested in my daughter's toys already. Quite frankly sexual orientation is something that is beyond our control. Sure, you can control and tell them what's right naturally and what's not, but they will grow up eventually and have their own ideas. For me personally, I will allow my son to play with dolls with his sister. His sister loves playing pretend so that might open up his imagination a little. But his sister is also very firm about what little boys should do. So he gets "boys/daddy role" and not the "mummy role". She also incorporates toy trucks, police cars and dinosaurs during their play time so I'm not too worried although at this stage, all my son is interested in whacking everything in sight before slobbering them into his mouth

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