I thought that the nursery paint, grey/white, was the start of the 'gender neutral' nonsense.
Of course their child won't be gender neutral, they have to follow RF traditions in most ways for his upbringing.
unless, like myself, they give him toys for 'children', i.e. a doll if he wishes and diggers for a daughter.
Our girls had a lot of Tonka toys but it didnt make them 'gender neutral', they liked digging. And dollies too.
We loved digging, too. My sisters and I used build little towns, do town planning with our matchbox cars in the dirt... for hours on end.
Mud pies in the old cow barn... but we used to hang out with the neighbor’s cows...
And we made fancy felt clothes for our troll dolls.
Back then it was called farm life!
My mom was adverse to Barbie as were many 50’s moms. The focus was much more on nature, identifying plants and insects, bike riding, caring for our pets, cats, dogs, and a beloved guinne pig, playing with neighborhood kids, creating plays, dance to Motown, play cards, and read, things like that. And no coloring books. We made our own pictures...
We moved to a wonderful town for middle and high school years. It was then I fell in love with English church music... we all sang in the choirs. It was a great community.
One difference I think is we had hardly any television for kids... so, no onslaught of marketing.
I still have a few of my toys from childhood... brings back good memories.
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