Do you let your son play with dolls?  

I think I might be a little more disconcerted if I saw my son trying to BLOW UP a barbie doll than simply play with it. I don't have a son, and probably won't any time in the near future..But I figure, whatever makes him happy! (So long as it doesn't hurt anybody, of course). I have a cousin who is 10 and loves playing with barbie dolls. Likewise, I have a half sister who is a total tomboy and totally LOVES anything to do with dinosaurs. I think we should let them be themselves; however we can. If your son ends up being a bit feminine.. Oh well! And likewise with a girl. We shouldn't try to repress their personalities!

I have both a son and a daughter. My daughter is the oldest and when she was younger I would let her play with anything that was interesting to her, including cars which are typically thought of as being a boy's toy. Thus, when I had my son, it was only natural that I would let him play with any kind of toy that was interesting to him and yes, that does mean that he has his very own Cabbage Patch Kid doll and that doesn't disturb me at all.

my son is now 23 months old.......

he is very fond of cars........

he does not want to go for any other toys.............

he plays with his cars all the time...........

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Yes, because my son like dolls. But, we have to choose what dools are match to be given to our son.

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I have 2 kids a 4 year old son and a 1 year old daughter. Before my daughter was around my son didn't even know what a doll was. But now we have a girl and she has a couple dolls and he does like to play with them a little but not so much that it makes me worry I have to admit I would never buy my son a doll even with all the kids are equal thing. Funny thing is I have bought my daughter play cars. The double standard does bother me but yet I still can't bring myself to buy my son a doll.
I do think if you put a boy and a girl in the same room with the same toys even at a young age the boys are more drawn to the cars, airplanes and trains and the girls the dolls and kitchens.
I do think some of it is hardwired.

The only time my 10 year old son ever played with dolls is in the last almost 3 years when he was playing with his little sister. He did have a stuffed duck that always had a diaper on when he was younger though. I don't think there is anything wrong with it really. He just never got into that stuff.

I do not have boys, I have only girls but on the other side I let them be as rough and tumble as the boys are. They play in the mud, hunt, fish, and play sports. Yes they do girl things as well like dance and draw "fashion" clothes....(not sure who would wear them but...). I think as long as there is healthy mix it is OK for a boy to play with a doll. In today's society where men are expected to help care for their children in an unprecedented form, being as involved as any mother or more in many cases it is healthy and good for a boy to play with a baby doll, it helps teach life lessons of parent hood so why not?

My sons are grown up now and never asked for Barbie type dolls but they had teddies and other soft toys, Chuckie and Tommy Rugrats dolls and even Lego has female figures. I'd agree with maezee that I'd be more concerned about the blowing up and decapitation than with them 'caring' for a doll. I've worked in schools and, when the children have "free play" plenty of boys will play in the home corner or with dressing up the Barbies. I think its good that they are not feeling forced into stereotypical roles - few people find it disconcerting to see girls playing with cars, construction toys playing football etc

I don't have a son at this time. I have a daughter who loved playing with boy toys. I found nothing wrong with it at all. If I had a son I would not go out and buy him barbies. But,if at another persons home,if he wanted to play house with a girl I would let him. Life is too short to deny a child a toy.