Toys, clothes and other things you should not select based on your child's gender

main If you cringe at the sight of a boy with anything remotely pink, then brace yourself -- what you are about to read will blow your mind. Sociologist Elizabeth Sweet from California State University, Sacramento, US says that selecting your children's toys based on gender only fuels stereotypes. In simple words, it does not define the machosim of your son or the girliness of your daughter. When it comes to children, doing anything based on gender makes no sense, especially things listed in the slideshow.Kitchen What do you think will happen if you let a boy play with kitchen toys? What harm will he perpetrate if he pretends to make tea or cook pasta? For all you know he might have in him to become a renowned chef someday!blocks Girls cannot be engineers? Why should girls be limited to play with stuffed animals, dolls and glittery, blingy things? Give a child, ANY child, a bag full of blocks and tools and they'll play happily.books I have lost count of how many times I have been told that my daughter loves books because she is a girl! Nobody told Shakespeare that he should not write about emotions because he is a guy.girl My daughter's birthday costume was a pair of shorts, t-shirt and a bowtie! She picked it out herself. By letting your kid dress the way they want, you are giving them the freedom to choose and express their personality.sports Cricket is not a boys' sport, nor is badminton a feminine one. Each child should have the equal freedom to pursue, or not pursue, whatever they want.