Children as young as nine months prefer gender-specific toys
by Colin Fernandez, Mailonline:
Babies as young as nine months already prefer toys that are traditional for their sex, a study has found.
Trucks were the preferred choice for baby boys in a test, while baby girls chose to play with cooking pots.
As girls got older they took more of an interest in typical boys toys like cars and balls.
The researchers suggest this may be because parents encourage girls to play with a wider variety of toys.
But the little boys were still less inclined to dabble with dolls – possibly because it is still considered less socially acceptable.
The researchers argue that because the differences appear so early on, biology must be playing a significant role in how boys and girls develop.
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