My daughter always wants to play all boyish games
dikoy posted on Fri, 03/11/2011 - 10:57
My daughter is going to be 5 years old and she does not like to play with dolls. She wants to play with bat ball or I find her kicking balls around playing with guns etc.etc. And she shows least interest in girlish stuff like dressing up nicely or playing with doll.
What should I do? Should I force her to learn some girl like things or should I let her do what she likes?
In my opinion you should let your daughter grow up the way she likes. Let her play boyish game whats the harm. When the time comes you can tell her some things which are appropriate for a girl. As of now if you force something on your daughter she will be tempted to defy it.
there is nothing like boyish or girlish games. it is thing of past. now there is nothing that a boy does but the girl does not. girl join army, fly airplanes, be lead actor in movies, become president, leader of ruling party in india, top the list of CBSE, etc. etc. etc...
so why will you stop your daughter from playing games that you think are boyish.
in the end it is your decision. but my opinion is she should play anything that she wants to play with.
Do not stop your daughter. There are phases in a child's life and you will see changes in their liking after some time. So, wait and watch.
so why will you stop your daughter from playing games that you think are boyish.
in the end it is your decision. but my opinion is she should play anything that she wants to play with.
tuski is so right. Similar thoughts came to my mind when I came across this discussion.
These days there is no difference between boys and girl. Is there anything where a girl is not going in par with boys then why do you differentiate.
Instead of thinking about your child's gender think of your child as an individual. Why raise your child as a boy or as a girl, try to raise her as a child and let her play what she wants and let her explore everything. This will help in all round physical and emotional growth. In this way you will be able to see proper development of your child's brain.