I’d say that my DH is generally pretty forward thinking but this issue has come up and I’m curious what others think.
I think that we should buy our boys a variety of toys and let them play with whatever they like. I think that includes baby dolls, as playing at taking care of a baby seems like it would be very good developmental play, and that looking after babies isn’t exclusively a woman’s job, so baby dolls shouldn’t be a girls toy.
He says that buying them baby dolls when they’ve shown no interest (not sure where he thinks they’d play with them to gain an interest?) is forcing the issue, and that we should wait and see if they ask for one (again, how?). He says that he’s a hands on parent without having to play with dolls as a child. I suspect he thinks they’d be bullied / mocked if they’re older and play with dolls.
It’s not like he would remove them if I bought them - I think it just makes him uncomfortable and I’m trying to challenge him as to why. He says he doesn’t believe that they are “for girls”, yet he’s still reluctant. I think it’s solely because he experienced bullying as a child and he doesn’t want them to, which I can understand - but I don’t think it’s that unusual these days for boys to play with dolls anyway?
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FancyNewBeesly · 11/02/2018 07:48
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