Would you buy a male toddler a little tykes kitchen?
 

Heard something funny about that over the weekend.
Was telling a male coworker about it and they said they bought their nephew one for Xmas last year.

Am I the only one that think it's ghey?
NTTAWWT.

its only teh ghey if you fail to recognize that most successful chefs are male.

that said... id' take giada delaurentiis any day over mario batali.

chefs make good money. Most I've seen are straight. Start 'em early!

Not the ghey.

We are buying little man one for Xmas. Here is the deal...the kid absolutely loves to help mommy cook, he currently sits on the floor while she cooks with his own pots and pans....so we figured he needed his own kitchen.

Now if you would have said little tykes makeup studio...that would be the ghey.

I don't know. I do a lot of cooking around the house; my chili, soups, steaks, chops, pork shoulder, and stew are better than my wife's.

Thinking this and typing it 'ghey' makes you the gay one. ;)

Chicks dig guys who can cook.

Would you buy a male toddler a little tykes kitchen?
 

Probably not. I'm not completely against the idea but it wouldn't occur to me as a gender-appropriate gift and I would probably be at least a little reluctant. I'll estimate a less than 5% chance that I would buy that gift for a boy.

bundle of sticks alert.

I think the way they're marketed makes people think that cooking is still just for women. They make the thing pink and always show girls using it on commercials. Just like they always show little boys playing on the workshop one.

So, the sentiment of this thread is that a little tykes kitchen will teach the toddler to cook?

as much as it would teach the toddler to bite pillows.

guys who can cook live longer

I have no problem with a young boy learning to cook. I learned at an early age to cook from both mom and dad. My Dad was a good cook. I try to teach my boys the same thing. If they like it and will use it, there's no problem in my opinion.

Call me what you want... That's just funny as hell to me.

Good answer.

There's wisdom here Grasshopper.

We had one because my daughter asked for it, and my son has played with it some. It's funny, we give them every opportunity to pick toys that aren't gender-traditional and my daughter plays with My Little Pony and coloring and my son picks Matchbox Cars and Thomas the Train. My daughter wants to cuddle on the couch and watch Dirty Jobs or Mythbusters and my son wants to be pinned to the floor and tickled.

:shrug:

It's a freaking play toy not a recipe book.
It aint going to teach him to cook.

It's the same as buying a little girl a little tykes lawn mower.

Yeah, good point. But I still don't see it as a problem.

Not all that big of a deal to me. I think that if they learn the "girly" toys are for girls things on their own it is a little better for them then if they are pigeon holed into it before they understand it.

I would probably gently advise them not to take thier polly pocket (not that they have one, just an example) to kindergarden with them, and will probably try to help keep them from being ridiculed by preparing them with knowing that other boys would probably tease them about it. My son is 5 and he liked playing with littlest pet shop, mostly because it wasn't lik anyhing he had already. We had kitchen type stuff for a long time so he has lost interest in that kind of stuff long ago. We gave him littlest pet shop stuff and he played a lot with it at first, but he played with it like a boy...treated them like pets and made them fall from imginary cliffs, rescued by a power ranger, etc.

He understands the idea of girl toys, but still sees some stuff that he says he thing looks cool, but also follows up with "but I know that is a girl toy".

If he expressed an interest in it, yes.

I always suspected Phobia was a little swishy.

I guess we won't know until his first word is Faabb-yoooo-lussss!!!!!

BAM! You heard of that millionaire chef, named Emeril, with his own food program?

Or how 'bout Bobby Flay? He owns several restaurants. One is the very succesful Mesa Grill in NYC.

You call that ghey?

you muista missed posts 2 and 3. :p

My daughter like Barbies, Princesses and Power Rangers. She likes to watch football with daddy and wear her Chiefs jersey and she knows all the NFL logos. She likes to play tea party with her mom. She has a play tool set and a play kitchen. She is four, it's all good.

Look at it this way.. if he gets a little tykes kitchen he can tell his toddler girlfriend to get into the kitchen and make him a sandwich!

Well for that matter... would you buy your male a Barbie doll? There's no difference.

Toys ARE mostly gender specific.
If you want to buy your kid a kitchen set. Do it, it's just funny to me.

Actually, there's a massive difference.

No way in He11

No.

Emeril is off the air now.
Also... it doesn't teach him to be a freaking cook.
It's a freaking toy.

Using that logic that's like saying, a freaking Hot Wheels car is going to teach them how to drive. I can see an easy bake oven or something but a freaking replica kitchen?

No way

I think there is a big difference a kitchen set and a Barbie.

I'M A RACING CAR

Apples and oranges man!

Agreed it doesn't teach a child to cook. But what does it do that threatens a child's masculinity?

How so? They're both toys.
Something the kid could be interested in.

Seriously? ROFL

FTR: If my kid plays with one. I have no problem with that.
If I bought my daughters one and he played with their toy I'm all for it.

I'm not going to specifically get one for HIM.
Hell to the NO!

Let's see...

Pretending to cook.

Dressing up dolls and talking in girl voices.

They make toy BBQ grills. I would teach him how to grill the stuffed cat

So letting him play with one would not be gay, but buying him one is?

Pretending to cook.
Dressing up dolls w/out the girl voices is the same thing.
It's playing.

Besides... what's wrong with male kids playing with barbies... I'm serious on that one. Someone please educate me.

FTR No I wouldn't buy my son a barbie either.

Hell yeah. Now you're getting it.

MiniMe already has one. It serves double duty, has a kitchenette on one side and a workbench with pegboard on the other.
He typically has the hard hat and goggles on playing with the workbench side, but occasionally he plays with the kitchen part.

You're the one who identified something as gay. I was pointing out how Barbies would support your theory. You asked for the difference. You didn't make your action figures talk? You don't play with dolls without making voices.

So, this has more to do with you?

You know how I know wutamess is gay?

Here's one. I don't think I would buy it for a boy.

Don't they have a toy barbecue grill or something?!

Oh my. It comes with a phone and ironing board too? Now I see your point. Men, or little boys, should not do any of those things.

I don't get it. Does that mean you would be unhappy if your son were interested in cooking?

I'd be unhappy if I had a son whose favorite activity was dressing up his Barbies and playing tea party. Pretending to fry eggs wouldn't bother me at all. I don't know how else to answer your question.

Boys would enjoy it.

For the most part, a toddler will enjoy just about any toy you buy them. Only adults get caught up in moronic shit like this.

I reck it's okay then to get the young lady a toy gun so she can play army

We're thinking the same.
Buying my son the picture above is a PERSONAL no no.
So I guess it's just for my convenience as suggested above I guess.

I wouldn't care if my son cooked. I'd support anything he believed in. even if he decided to be gay. Having said that, buying my son the picture above is just wrong.

It's your choice. They are probably expensive, and not worth the $$$. He won't develop any skills beyond small motor skills, and that can be achieved for much cheaper. Plus when he is tired of it, you'll have to get rid of the thing in a yard sale, kind of a PITA.

It won't turn him gay, or teach him how to cook, iron, or answer the phone. The main reason you don't want to buy it it is because of what your peers would think.

I wouldn't, either. Just look at how that yellow cell phone clashes with his trousers. That boy needs to learn how to accessorize.

Hell you would probably do better developmentally buying them a Wii or something.

yes, I would. I'm so tired of gender barriers and roles.

I think the v-tech and Leap Frog type of things are absolutely great! Everything in moderation. Children start playing video games in order to learn, in order to have fun, in order not to be bored, etc. And they get in the habit of doing that and not going outside to play.

When we were younger, my brother and I spent time playing catch, riding bikes, playing hide and seek, tag, etc. My nieces and nephew spend all of their spare time playing computer games.

great point.

FTR: I don't let my son play with toy guns either.

It is an effort to continue the pussification of man. "Get your child this toy. Just think, in 20 years, he too can answer phones, iron the clothes, cook, and do the dishes when he gets home from work" Made by Oprah, right? Just kidding actually, I do all the cooking in the house, and my son likes to "help" (read make a mess) too. Nothing wrong with it. It would be nice if it came in less fem colors though.

this statement says a lot about where you're coming from.

fundamental difference of opinon... ibelieve no one "decides" to be gay. so playing wiht a barbie or cooking wouldn't make a differenc.e

nature over nurture, my man.

jmo.

Why would teaching a kid about cooking or letting them cook be gay? Are we THAT defined in our gender roles that young boys can't be taught that they can be in the kitchen too? And just so we're clear, "Gay" is NOT a synonym for stupid.

If the kid was gay, I guess I would.

this is a totally different issue

It would be a riot for the older brothers & nieghborhood kids

I don't think you're getting it.
I don't have a problem with cooking as I have my specialty dishes myself I love making.

On the other hand... there's more resourceful toys I can choose to have my son play with that would teach him to be a man if that's what I wanted to get out of it.

Playing with freaking dishes & and ironing boards is not my idea of a toy for my boy. I learned to cook in the kitchen IN THE KITCHEN.

'Tis only ghey if you make him wear a dress while he cooks

Decided or was born I'd support his decision.

What makes you think you have to 'teach him to be a man?'

But a Wii can be considered another word for a penis so when his kid is holding the remote it could be considered the same as holding a penis, therefore he is not going to get it for him because it might possibly be construed as gay

:rolleyes: @ wutamess

That's my problem, I must have skipped school that day...

Stop prying where there's nothing to be found.
I said, IF that was what I was trying to achieve.

I wouldn't depend on a toy to do what I should/could be doing.

It is funny, but that is one the first places all the grandkids go at my mothers house.

what does it mean to teach your son to be a man??? That's my question and that's my problem. Sure, should you teach him to cook in the kitchen - YES, definitely? But play, for children, has more to do with imagination and creativity. If it takes a toy kitchen to allow him to delve into that imagination, then why not? It's the whole "teaching him to be a man" thing that scares me..because what are those roles? what are those things you teach? You don't cook or you don't cry? You be macho and play with guns and kill things and shoot things?

OR

if I'm teaching my daughter to be a woman, "I'm sorry but you can't play with those bugs or in that dirt because that's not lady like."

JUST LET KIDS PLAY and use their creativity.

I stand corrected. I read that wrong.

However, do you think it is one of your parental obligations as a father to teach your son to 'be a man?'