Would you buy a male toddler a little tykes kitchen? - Page 2

wutamess · 12-03-2007, 10:45 AM

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.

wutamess · 12-03-2007, 10:56 AM

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

RJ · 12-03-2007, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Fly O.T. McWall

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

Good answer.

pikesome · 12-03-2007, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Fly O.T. McWall

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

There's wisdom here Grasshopper.

Simplex3 · 12-03-2007, 10:57 AM

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.

wutamess · 12-03-2007, 10:58 AM

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.

MichaelH · 12-03-2007, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by wutamess

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.

allen_kcCard · 12-03-2007, 10:59 AM

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".

**Donger** · 12-03-2007, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by wutamess

Would you buy a male toddler a little tykes kitchen?

If he expressed an interest in it, yes.

**Skip Towne** · 12-03-2007, 11:00 AM

I always suspected Phobia was a little swishy.

**Baby Lee** · 12-03-2007, 11:03 AM

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

BucEyedPea · 12-03-2007, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by wutamess

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.

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?

Fly O.T. McWall · 12-03-2007, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by BucEyedPea

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.

RJ · 12-03-2007, 11:05 AM

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.

**DaKCMan AP** · 12-03-2007, 11:05 AM

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!

wutamess · 12-03-2007, 11:06 AM

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.

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12-03-2007, 10:58 AM	#20
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12-03-2007, 10:59 AM	#22
allen_kcCard Veteran Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Kansas City Casino cash: $2173183	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".
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12-03-2007, 11:06 AM	#30
wutamess MVP Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Lee's Summit Casino cash: $4711637	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.
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