I had 3 girls. They selected what they wanted to wear. Living in QLD it was mostly shorts and t-shirts or jeans in Winter. I really dont care as long as they were in clean clothes.

I was happy to let my children decide what they wanted to wear and to play with and what colour they liked. I am happy to see multi-national companies making toys that are not gender specific but at the end of the day the choice should be the child’s. If there is no stereo-typing then things will fall naturally into place.

I think all colours should be represented including pink and blue.

We don’t need to be too precious. Kids choose what they like and don’t even look at the colour of the package

Not a bad idea. We are only just, as a society, beginning to break down stereotypes.

I remember my son having a purple drink bottle, and another boy telling him it was a “girls” color. He refused to use it again.

I honestly think it’s up to us as parents to teach our kids about not gender specified roles. It’s also upto us to teach them that blue and pink are not boy/girl colours.
We let our boys choose what they like themselves, my nearly 3 year old boy LOVES Trolls which is mostly bright pink packaging… He loves it and doesn’t consider it to be a girl toy section at all.

Let’s stop expecting others to do the job we’re meant to be doing

I used to let my son look at and choose anything. I do thing toy stores are starting to mix genders, and this will take time to turn things around.

Children should be able to play with and choose to buy whatever they want

That’s pretty fair, I let my daughter play with whatever she wants with no restrictions based on gender.

I’ve let my son play with whatever he wants from the start and I’ve never pushed any gender stereotypes and my son who is almost two is obsessed with cars, trucks and the colour blue!! He just is! So let my son love what he loves and not call it gender stereotyping! I bought him a doll and a tea set and a pram and he is just not interested.

I don’t mind the colors, I mind toys being categorised via them.

Oh for goodness sake! What if the kids actually like those colours?

I am happy to give any toys they love to play.

This whole gender neutral is just ridiculous. Why bring this in on children who know nothing about it. Just let children be children. They can play with whatever they like. Why get rid of the colours pink and blue? All this political correctness is getting way out of hand and now it’s started on children’s toys. C’mon! Get real. Totally ridiculous!

I think kids should feel like they can play with any toy. Personally I have always hated the over use of pink to denote ‘girls toys’, in the same way I loathe that girls clothes can often be wishy washy pastels and pink dominance, rather than just , gasp of shock ‘all and any colour’.

Yes, I always steered my kids away from gender stereotypes with toys, also with clothing. When my son was 3yrs old or so he wanted a pink jumper and a doll and so he got what he wished for

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  My son also loved to dress up in dresses with heels and necklaces.

Just let kids be kids please

People need to stop pushing about gender N. A child I know came from school so upset and confused because we are trying to push this so far.
I myself was a Tom Boy as they say I loved blue and loved cars. Still do to this day. I looked more like a boy and felt more comfy around boys playing with cars.
If I went to school now I would think just the same as my the child that told me should I be a boy because I’m like that.
The fact I got asked this made me mad. Let the kids be kids. My nephews put on heals and dresses to play and now grown up with girl friends and very straight.
Pushing to much information can be harmful to kids.
I am sad for my son that has to grow up with no blue or pink toys. If he wants pink I’ll get him pink if he want blue get him blue.
Stop trying to make kids grow up faster then what they already do, back off and let them be kids please.

This would be hre.we need more gender diversity in typically women roles eg, daycare, teaching, and typically mens roles of maths, engineering etc. Great idea