Should I correct my 4 year old's bias oppinions?
@lilttownmommie (1473)
United States
10 responses
@courtlynne77 (4839)
• United States
10 Dec 06
I don't correct my children when they do this, but I try to expand their thinking on it. Like if my daughter says that pink is for princesses and she is a princess, I tell her that pink could also be boys or baseball players or anyone who likes it.
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@lilttownmommie (1473)
• United States
11 Dec 06
thanks for your response, my son and I have talked about a few things that he has said like this, now he doesnt automatically assume that a girl's favorite color is pink, lol, now it could bbe purple, but I try to tell him that a girl could like blue or green or any color
@bhbirdie6 (1765)
• United States
17 Oct 06
You definitely don't want him to develop this kind of stereotype about other, more important issues, so I would point out that gender does not necessarily dictate certain things.
@emeraldisle (13139)
• United States
25 Feb 07
I think it wouldn't hurt to correct it gently. Just steer his thinking over towards that it's ok for him ot like pink as well and for his little sister to like other colors. That colors belong to us all and then go from there. Keep it light and honest so that he doesn't think he's been bad but that he needs to rethink it all.
@villageanne (8553)
• United States
25 Feb 07
kids do that,
Dont worry about it. My Grandaughter is going through that stage now. She will be 4 in May. They outgrow it just go along with her and ask her if that is really right. It will pass soon enough and he will be into something else soon enough.
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@uniquesoul (230)
• Canada
24 Feb 07
i personal think that streotyping is not a great thing for 4yr old to be doing there are alot of it that happens now a day's and it ain't proper, But kids will be kids and they pick up on everything said and seen no matter where they go but in a few yrs when it's that's a womens job it could go wrong...So i think that it is a great idea to bring it up and correct him at any age it never can be to early in a childs life to teach him something to benifit him...
@erielle (1280)
• United States
17 Oct 06
The color pink has nothing to do with it. The fact is, he is judging people by their gender. I wouldn't want my son growing up thinking that men play football, and women are cheerleaders just because of the way society thinks. I would want my child to be individual and not base everything off of gender or anything else for that matter.
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@lilttownmommie (1473)
• United States
17 Oct 06
oh i have nothing against pink, it is actually my fav color im just worried about him thinking this way now, and if it might become the way he thinks forever, i dont want him to always think that just because someone is something that they have to like certain things, such as all girls like pink, this was just 1 of his thoughts, he thinks like this alot
@DeenaD (2684)
• United States
17 Oct 06
I'm ...flabbergasted. It is not judgmental to notice that pink is a color which girls, and not boys, like. It's just an observation. And btw, football players ARE men, and girls DO sometimes like pink. And so what if your son notices this? You would prefer to impose political correctness on him instead? PC thinking involves exercising more cognitive dissonance than Orwellian double-think. This is a case of the cure being worse than the disease!
@wmaharper (2316)
• United States
2 Mar 07
I wouldn't worry about it too much. I would tell him that she can have any color be her favorite color, and it doesn't matter if she's a girl, she can like anything she wants and so can he. But I wouldn't stress about it, he's problably just trying to figure things out. YOu could however take advantage of the latest trend and point out men in pink shirts, saying, see, he's a man, and he likes pink. (:
