YOU WERE JUST FINE!!
You knew what toys he wanted. He's a boy. They were boy's toys.
She was a butt-insky who needed to butt out. She and her friend both.
Your son chose his favorite toys and that was perfectly fine!
Anyone who thinks that you're wrong should let me choose their clothes for them! Or let you pick out what food you think that they should eat.
We have freedom of choice. Children may pick their favorite toys, colors or clothes. They may be stereotypical gender specific.
They probably will be bc there are differences btwn sexes.
My dd was second child after ds. She could out skate and out swim or anything else the neighborhood boys got up to. But she LOVED pink.
I can still see her in her little pink outfits playing with the boys. Her choice. She wouldn't ever play with cars or anything remotely "boy," inside it was baby dolls and tea parties.
DS hated dinosaurs and construction toys. He spent hours on his cars. computer or outside.
He never touched a doll unless it was too throw it at his sister.
They both had fun outside together, playing games, building forts, fishing. They both cook and do their own laundry as young adults.
We didn't care who played with what, but they each often chose stereotypical male/female toys.
Every child has preferences and NOBODY should push them towards something as a political agenda.
That stupid woman was showing her bullying ways and if you had told her to mind her own (expletive) business, good for you!
And if it makes you feel better OP, these "woke" parents get REALLY annoyed when little girls beat their sons in athletic contests. It's amazing how equality of genders flies out the window when their sons lose to girls.
Our dd was extremely tall and athletic; the meanest people out on playing fields were mothers of slower sons.
Dd is shy and introverted and was only happily playing her best. She was never a poor winner. Trust me. It's not a two-way street.