Commercials are about promoting and selling to one kind of audience, children. Their product must be appealing and often lie about the product but it gets it sold and children continue to want them. Article 4 (miller) Qualitative Differences among Gender Stereotyped Toys: Implications for Cognitive and Social Development in Girls and Boys According to what the article stated it was suggested that the early play experiences of girls and boys may contribute to gender differences in cognitive and social development, empirical support for this hypothesis is limited. (Miller, 1987) Such as girls or boys knowing the gender differences of toys and classifying them in a
Girls will be encouraged to step out of their gender roles and play with a toy usually marketed to boys . There is nothing wrong with pushing children away from toys traditionally associated with their gender. Gender specific toys like vehicles for boys and dolls for girls should have nothing to do with one’s identity and sexuality. In early childhood, the toys girls and boys play with do not make a significant difference and is not going to send their child into a state of gender confusion. Presenting a wide range of toys for both male and female to engage in and play with illustrates to society that all options are open to both sexes.
As for the toys that were directed toward young girls were mostly toys that didn't involve much movement it was more on the creative side. Toys like barbies, easy bake ovens, make up and jewelry toys, or baby dolls that needed to be taken care of. All of these that wouldn’t involve much movement for the young girl. These types of messages that many people may not notice at first glace is another way of our society creating gender. It is creating gender in the way that we are teaching young boys
Professor Solorzano English 50 2 November 2011 Weapons of No Destruction Many people disagree whether children should play with toy weapons. Some people believe that they do more harm than good. “Why I Bought My Son a Toy Gun” by author Michael Golden is an article which is in favor of young children playing with toy weapons. “Why I Won’t Buy My Sons Toy Guns” by author Robert Shaffer is an article that is one hundred percent against young children playing with toy weapons. In opposing articles by Michael Golden and Robert Shaffer, the authors have views on toy weapons which are compatible in regards to violence, death, and television, but are contradictory in toy accessibility.
ABC Analysis Chart and Behavior Change Chart Unit 6 CE300-Observation and Assessment in Early Childhood Part I ABC Analysis Child:__Emily___________________ Observer:___________________ Date Time Antecedent Behavior Consequence Possible Function November 25, 2013 Early morning Emily is playing with a doll and Janesta takes it from her. When Janesta takes the doll Emily bites her. Emily is corrected and told that biting is not allowed and she is held for a few minutes. I believe Emily bit Janesta because Janesta took the doll and Emily did not know how to tell her she had it first. I also believe that Emily is used to playing alone.
Look for and heed age recommendations, such as "Not recommended for children under three." Look for other safety labels including: "Flame retardant/Flame resistant" on fabric products and "Washable/hygienic materials" on stuffed toys and dolls. Play teaches children how to interact with others and learn about the world. The toys you select for your young child affect his development. Your child's current developmental stage plays a major role in toy selection.
In the essay “Why Boys Don’t Play With Dolls’ by Katha Pollit she takes a dismissive attitude towards any kind of study or theory which suggests that there are innate differences in behavior between boys and girls. The blame for children’s gender differences and their personalities is put on their upbringing and the culture in which they grew up. There is no doubt that our society encourages and exaggerates gender stereotypes through things like the messages put out by the media and the toys we play with as kids, but boys and girls would probably still act differently if they were brought up in a neutral environment. In the article “The Gender Blurr” by Deborah Blum she says “Do the ways we amplify physical and behavioral differences in childhood shape who we become as adults?’ The answer is yes it does influence the way children are raised and the way they deal with their lives as they grow older. Gender roles vary.
Doctor Money believed that social factors override biological factors in gender identity. When you are born you are identified by your gender (genitalia), from this children are exposed to different labels, e.g. boys being associated with the colour blue and girls being associated with the colour pink and different treatments, e.g. rewarding appropriate behaviour (girls playing with dolls) and punishing inappropriate behaviour (girls playing with cars). Money predicted that if you are mislabelled at birth and subjected to inappropriate labels and treatment before the age of three, then the infant would then acquire the identity of the gender that they were labelled.
The subjects don’t have a choice in this type of research and any parent who would be willing to do this type of research on their children is unethical. I would not let my own children be subject to this type of research. I feel that there are a lot of problems with this type of research design. As I keep saying it is unethical because these are innocent babies who do not have a choice in this type of research. I just hope that any parent would deny their children to this type of research.
Gender, a social construct, is predominant from the moment a child is born, whether it is from parental influence, the media, clothing, or even children’s toys. These influences can affect the way a child learns how to “do gender”. The various toys, such as Barbie dolls and G.I. Joe action figures, My Little Pony, Strawberry Shortcake, Bratz Dolls, Power Rangers and most action figures that companies market to children of different genders reinforce stereotypical gender norms and perpetuate conventional gender roles. Parents should be conscientious when choosing their children’s toys because some toys can shape the overall learned gender norms of those children.