Comments on: Celebrate Childhood: Redefine Girly - A Guest Post by Pigtail Pals founder Melissa Wardy http://www.classic-play.com/celebrate-childhood-redefine-girly/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:15:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jennifer Cooper http://www.classic-play.com/celebrate-childhood-redefine-girly/comment-page-1/#comment-1580 Jennifer Cooper Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:18:18 +0000 http://www.classic-play.com/?p=2985#comment-1580 Cheryl, sadly I do think there are people out there who still think that way. And it's comments like, "That's boy stuff" or to my son, "That's girl stuff." Obviously I have no problem with pink either and girls liking traditional things. But I think it's that some out there forget to empower their girls to think beyond it. Your daughter gets it so naturally with you. I mean you broke barriers being one of only two women in the country covering baseball! You rock woman! But it's not something everyone comes by easily. I think it hits me the most when I watch commercials. I think the other big issue for me is appropriateness. So is it appropriate to market Moxie Girls, Hannah Montana or Bratz dolls to our young girls? Cheryl, sadly I do think there are people out there who still think that way. And it’s comments like, “That’s boy stuff” or to my son, “That’s girl stuff.”

Obviously I have no problem with pink either and girls liking traditional things. But I think it’s that some out there forget to empower their girls to think beyond it.

Your daughter gets it so naturally with you. I mean you broke barriers being one of only two women in the country covering baseball! You rock woman! But it’s not something everyone comes by easily. I think it hits me the most when I watch commercials.

I think the other big issue for me is appropriateness. So is it appropriate to market Moxie Girls, Hannah Montana or Bratz dolls to our young girls?

]]> By: Jen http://www.classic-play.com/celebrate-childhood-redefine-girly/comment-page-1/#comment-1577 Jen Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:59:25 +0000 http://www.classic-play.com/?p=2985#comment-1577 AMEN. Preach it, girls! AMEN. Preach it, girls!

]]> By: Cheryl @ Mommypants http://www.classic-play.com/celebrate-childhood-redefine-girly/comment-page-1/#comment-1576 Cheryl @ Mommypants Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:57:38 +0000 http://www.classic-play.com/?p=2985#comment-1576 Interesting. Does anyone these days really subscribe to the "this is a girl dream and this is a boy dream?" I don't really know any moms who are circa 1950. Then again, I like pink. I don't have a problem with my daughter liking pink and wanting to be a cheerleader (actually, I do have a problem with the latter, but let's just say she's playing soccer in the fall). Maybe our girls CAN have it all. Maybe they can like pink and play dress-up and go to dance class - AND they can ride their bike without training wheels at 4 and wrestle with their brother and know there are no limits to what they can do. I Interesting. Does anyone these days really subscribe to the “this is a girl dream and this is a boy dream?” I don’t really know any moms who are circa 1950. Then again, I like pink. I don’t have a problem with my daughter liking pink and wanting to be a cheerleader (actually, I do have a problem with the latter, but let’s just say she’s playing soccer in the fall). Maybe our girls CAN have it all. Maybe they can like pink and play dress-up and go to dance class – AND they can ride their bike without training wheels at 4 and wrestle with their brother and know there are no limits to what they can do.

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