My son got a pink sewing machine for Christmas when he was about 4 because he saw my machine and thought it was cool. My father got it as a joke, but my son was humiliated by the pink color and wouldn’t even look at it. I never told him anything about colors but he picked it up by the culture 🙂
Interesting article! I’ll have to look for that book when it comes out.
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Me too.
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What a fascinating article. I knew about the boys in white dresses til age six. But it goes way back before Victorian days!
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My son got a pink sewing machine for Christmas when he was about 4 because he saw my machine and thought it was cool. My father got it as a joke, but my son was humiliated by the pink color and wouldn’t even look at it. I never told him anything about colors but he picked it up by the culture 🙂
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Oh my! That gift sort of “blew up,” didn’t it? It’s true that no matter what parents do, kids learn things from the culture at large.
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