Grandson plays with Dolls!!  

i hope he read your post , i feel you gave a good reason and a very useful tip if followed in a right manner

Here here I agree. Isnt one of the reasons 'girls' played with dolls originaly is to aid them in the future when they have children? Dont you want your grandson to be a good future father to his own children?,and dont you want your grandson to be able to express himself freely without predjudice, especially from his own family?

very true
at that young of an age, it is natural for young kids, including the age of 2, to be drawn towards whatever helps them learn about who they are, of course even without subliminally knowing it.
My parents told me that I had played with dolls that had belonged to my sister back up until the age I was about 4...
It is not any indication that there is "Something wrong" with your grandson - don't worry.

i have to agree with sweetpeas here. there's an article i read that playing with dolls actually develops some kind of responsibility on the child. studies have shown that boys who played with dolls end up as better fathers who are very much able to take care of their children.

I thinks you have givin good reson.I am agree with you.

To be quite honest i agree with what you all said but i have one exeption i had a friend who had a younger brother and he loved playing with Dolls and my little ponies he wouldnt play with anything else and when he started school he found it incredibly hard to get on with other boys for the simple fact of he played with dolls then when he started getting older he was bullied quite bad over this so i think he grudgenly gave it up taking them to school but still continued to play with them at home ( makes me feel bad saying this but even i ridiculed him over it. Well i was only young too at the time lol ). Finally he grew out of it but he still had a rather feminine side to him and turns out he is gay and cross dresses ok he probably would of been anyway but i am only saying this as he is the only boy i have known to play with dolls.

My straight brother played with dolls, my gay brother did not, and I played with trucks and I am straight. It is no indication of anything except that the boy likes dolls. And to repress that is too tell him that there is shame in something he is doing.

Comment to one about girls playing with dolls in reference to having children.
Who decided playing with dolls at 2 had anything to do with having children? That is so stupid and just another label. I love children but never was a doll person. I prefer trucks and tinkering with how things work. Labels at any age only hamper the true natural gifts the person has to offer in life. It is way past time for all labels to be abololished, and especially, not enforced in front of little children. I found plenty of guys who don't know how to fix a car, yet I do. Labels are wrong.

It wont be a problem if the adults dont make it a problem

I agree with you niceguy, and so why don't you buy him a couple of man dolls, like barbie but the guy doll, or a policeman doll, fireman doll if your so bugged by him playing with dolls, but really there is nothing wrong with it, he's a child, imaginative and learning about his world, I think it's good he likes them, to me it shows he is sweet and a loving little kid! - he will be running around with the guns and such toys soon enough, playing soldier, - I'de rather have my son play daddy, it's alot safer these days!

Exactly. Making him feel badly for his choice of toys is not a good thing.

oops.. left out the word "it". what you think about "it" doesn't really matter. as long as his parents (your daughter) is comfortable with it, that's all that matters.

Well why is my daughter promoting it by buying him dolls? I mean he didnt go out and buy them himself. Get my point?

But that is what he wanted, shes not going to buy him a firetruck when he is asking for a doll. When my uncle was eight he asked for a doll for xmas, and got it. The picture of him holding it is pricless, and he was so happy.
Does that mean he's turned into some weird man? no he's perfectly normal, and at 40 yrs old it doesn't matter if you played with dolls 30 something years previous.

Daniel, I bought my boys Barbies and Winx Club dolls and promoted it. I am a dissertation away from my doctorate in education. There is nothing wrong with your grandson choosing to play with dolls nor is there any problem with your daughter buying the toys for him. Your grandson has an interest in taking care of a doll, so what? Why can't you just allow him to be him and allow him to grow and flourish into a caring young man?