What would you do if.....?

I'd obviously just let them have what they wanted. The classifications "for men" and "for women" shouldn't exist, because all they do is make people feel bad for liking something society says isn't for them, which is absolutely ridiculous.

I hope my answer was interesting. Have a lovely day!

I'm going to be the mean mom here...I wouldn't buy either of my sons a sparkly tiara and wand costume. I was bullied, for one reason or another, my entire childhood and then some. I'm not going to be a participating contributor to it. If my daughter wants to play with her brothers' toys while we're at home and vice versa, that's fine but I'm not going to allow it in public. I also don't let my kids wear Halloween costumes or pajamas to go grocery shopping.

I live your hypothetical. My daughter is a total and utter tomboy, though she likes skateboards and bikes (and sports and Nerf guns/swords) a lot better than action figures. So you buy her soccer balls and sign her up for volleyball and ziplines and whatever else she has an interest in.

Son isn't rough-and-tumble nor girly, just a young engineering nerd.

If he wanted to go drag for Halloween, I'd let him.

Nothing. My son can have whatever toy he wants. He loves playing with my purple fluffy make-up bag. The texture is fun to him. But then he gets tired of that and drives cars around the house (complete with sound effects). At that age, it doesn't really matter; they will play with anything.

There isn't any need to justify an answer, you give the child the toy that they will play with. That is the one they want.

I would not be the kind of person to take my children to such gender-specific stores. What a terrible idea. Children should be encouraged to play with all kidns of toys - dolls, soft toys, cars, trucks, Lego, K'nex, blocks... and so on. Most children will choose things that tend to be associated with their gender, but there's no reason they should. I have known boys who like playing with dolls and prams, and girls who like playing with trucks and fire engines. We should encourage this, not try to force them into traditional patriarchal models when they are small!

Kids should be able to play with what they want. They should not be expected to play only with things that people think one gender should play with. Kids should be able to feel free to like what they like and to express themselves.

I'm fine either way. I don't have anything against boys being boys and girls going crazy for pink, but I see no reason to force it.

Get them what they want, you shouldn't stop anybody from being who they are.

I would tell him/her that this is not for him/her. "You're a boy/girl and must act and love things that boys/girls do...