Is a little tikes kitchen too 'girly' for a boy

emmaBZ

If you think he will like it then give it to him....as long as hes happy with it thats all that should matter .xxx

lost_soul_6

I think that this is a great idea when asked what he wanted my 2yr old nephew said he wanted a shopping trolley likr the one gran uses. As gran is buying him the shopping trolley we decided to buy te till to go with it lots of fun we think also there is the learning aspect of it as well with the coins.

astonsmummy

I've got spud one for xmas, he got a toy washing machine and mop, broom and dustpan and brush set for his birthday!
He loves helping me round the house, especially doing the washing!

CFC

If he likes it and enjoys it and then gets to cook 'real things' in the future because it influenced him, you're doing his future wife an enormous favour. Think of it as an investment into good relations with your future DIL!!!

stevenshell

of course not! My little boy got the ELC kitchen and lots of accessories from us when he was 3 - loved it! His nan didn't like it - said it was for girls - wanted us to get him a workbench instead - I said NO

piglet6

Jopsey, don't even bother to worry for another minute about what other people say - congratulations on encouraging your little boy to enjoy whatever he likes and not to "conform" to other people's outdated stereotypes! :T

As a little girl, my favourite toys were my garage & cars, and my farm...and I turned out OK (well, I think I did...?!:p).

Piglet

P.S. I echo what CFC said above. Mr P is a chef (his mother encouraged him to get into the kitchen and experiment when he was younger and a love of cooking was the result). As a "girl" who hates to cook, it was one of the things that first attracted me to him, and he still cooks the majority of food in our house (I only do the simple, foolproof stuff!;)). I just wish his mother had put more emphasis on the washing up...if she'd bought him a kitchen which included a dishwasher/sink (like I presume your one probably has...), who knows how much better he could have turned out!! :rotfl:

Horasio

My played with anything he was given - it is the narrow minded that tell them that the toy is wrong. Everyone should know how to cook and work in a kitchen, otherwise we will starve.

chardonnay_2

okay i have a friend who is gay and to be honest he was never into normal boys stuff. he always had to be wearing matching clothes - he would go into a tantrum if not. he used to steal his aunties handbags and umbrellas + high heels and play / parade about the street with them. he used to borrow one of my doll prams and we would go shopping with them together down the main st. i don't think having access to these things made him "gay", i just think he liked playing with them.

i don't think giving your son a kitchen or your daughter a tool bench will "change them" - don't worry about stereotypes, they will turn out how they are predisposed to. i was given a tool bench /set by my paternal grandad, i loved it and i turned out straight!.

abijanzo

Good on ya. I hate it when they make stereotypical girls toys e.g the little people house in pink. That really says to most people "this is for a girl" and it's just unfair. I dont have a little boy but if I did he'd have dolls, a pram, toy houses and kitchens aswell as the cars, trains, tools and the like!
Strangely my little girl can't stand bob the builder or Thomas the tank engine, and won't play with trad boys toys - this is nothing to do with us she just prefers the dollies and kitchens and the like...brings us back to the whole nature/nuture thing doesnt it.

going2die_rich

My niece got a kitchen thing a few years back and her brother played with it at the time, so can't see any harm in getting it specifically for a boy.

Their are plenty of male chefs after all so whats wrong with playing with a kitchen. You hardly want your son to think the kitchen is only for women after all.

It's not like it's a barbie doll or a dress you've got him that does a has a specific gender.

I'd personally have got him something a bit more "boy-like" for a main xmas present but that doesn't mean it's a bad present by any means. You might be raising the next Jamie Oliver after all..