Did you buy toys that could be used for both genders?

[nurseyn]

If you had one of each or more than that?

DD loves pink and purple things. I know DS coils use them and I don't have a problem with that at all but I'm concerned that if I buy everything for DD in the colours she'd prefer that DS won't use them on that premise? I don't think colours have genders but my brother wouldn't play with any of my things that were pink or purple, whereas my friend's brother had no problem. DD wants a dollhouse that's pink (a particular one) that she really likes whenever she sees it but she doesn't get excited about the blue and white one. I know it seems stupid but kids can be fussy. In that situation, do you buy the pink one or the white and blue one that her brother would definitely use or run the risk of buying the one she will use but he won't? Did you buy things in more gender neutral things for this reason or not? TIA

The dolls house I would buy pink tbh, especially if she's that excited about it.
Bikes, scooters, big winter coats etc I'd go for more neutral colours

Both genders? There are hundreds of genders.

If you mean both sexes then all toys can be used by both sexes.

If you want to discourage “gendered” preferences in your home then buy toys in all different colours and don’t allow any talk of “pink is for girls- blue is for boys”

What toy is there that a boy or a girl cannot use?

I have boys and a girl. They all play with all of each others’ toys regardless of colour

If it's her present and she wants pink, I'd buy her the pink one. Hopefully she'll enjoy it so much that her brother will be tempted to play with it too and he might realise that pink is ok.
Win-win.

Hm, am inclined to buy primary colour toys, husband argues no problem with a boy - if we have one - playing with pink building bricks or a pink ride on...

If she likes the dolls house in pink I would get it, they don’t have to share everything do they...

As its a present I'd get her the colour she likes.

For other stuff (eg winter coats, scooters) I'd get unisex versions so you can pass them down more easily.

We have a pink dolls house. Both dd and ds play with it.

I bought my daughter 'gender neutral' coloured clothes and toys, then has a huge hulk of a boy who loves nothing more than dolls and his favourite colour is pink. He has pink everything!

Yes and my son adores playing with a pink sparkly unicorn that used to belong to my daughter. Likewise my daughter’s favourite colour is now blue and she dressed up on a frequent basis as male characters off tv shows. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Neither of my children, a boy and a girl, have toys that they need to operate with their genitals, so they are both able to play with all the toys we have. HTH.

I would (and did) avoid stereotyped colours for most things.

I did that when I had 2 dds, as I didn’t particularly want them to have pink and purple pushed down their necks from an early age - I figured the wider world would do that for me once they went to preschool/school etc, and so wanted to give a balance.

Having said that, we do have an enormous dolls house that is quite pink, although it has many other colours too (each room has a colour theme - there’s green, blue and orange as well). When ds came along a few years later, he loved it too, and was able to ignore (well, actually, embrace!) the pinkness until he was about 7, and he only then shunned it as part of an overall hard time he was getting from other boys at school.

If you think you are likely to end up with your ds not playing with things because of their colour, then I’d go more neutral.

Usually it came down to what was available second hand as we try to avoid buying new.

The doll's house was unpainted wood but the wooden castle was painted pink.

What @IWorkAtTheCheesecakeFactory said.

All toys can be played with by both girls and boys.

If it’s for her and it’s something that she really wants and wants it in pink, buy it in pink.

If it’s something for both of them, then neutral colours are the way to go.

I buy my dd the coloured things she wants. Doesn’t stop my ds from playing with them though. Toys are toys to him.

No need for the HTH or the biscuit. I'm saying that I would love for DS and DD to play with toys regardless of colour. But they may not want to play with pink or blue toys? Just trying to pick things that'll they'd both use eventually.

If it's her present get her the one she wants.

If it's a joint present for the house then get the one you think would suit everyone the most.

they may not want to play with pink or blue toys?
In which case you firmly explain to them that pink is for everyone and blue is for everyone.
You'll struggle if they want a Piglet that isn't pink (or a George or Peppa pig) or a toy whale that isn't blue.
My DS told me pink was for girls when he was about 4. I pointed out he had several pink tops he liked, and told him pink was for everyone. He temporarily rebranded them as purple and then got over himself.