I recently brought up the idea of giving our little Bubba a play kitchen, complete with refrigerator, stove, and maybe even microwave. Here he can learn the functions of said objects without actually tampering with the real-life versions and getting hurt by his experimentation (i.e the jamming of little fingers in refrigerator doors or spilling of hot oil atop a little head). He can pretend play he’s whipping a divine meal on his play stove and storing up goodies galore in his play refrigerator. The possibilities are endless!
My wonderful idea was stopped though of cries of “no, you’ll make him girly”, “no, get him a tool box and bench set instead”, and the like that bring up perceived future threats against his manhood/masculinity. Play kitchen set= girly thus little boy with play kitchen set will end up being girly, or even worse: feminine!
