How is childrens play influenced by gender roles Think back

How is children’s play influenced by gender roles? Think back to your childhood. How “gendered” were the toys and activities available to you? Do you remember gender expectations being conveyed through the approval or disapproval of your playtime choices?

Solution

Yes , gender exceptations being conveyed through the approval or disapproval of your playtime choices. There is a lot of game of childhood which can be differentiate into male and female category , some of indoor and outdoor games are common for both the category.

But there are some exceptional cases in childhood in which choices of game is not depend on gender e.g. when you are at the age of 3 year , you can\'t differentiate what game you have to play and what game not and also surrounding environment is also not like that because of your age you can play anything you want but when your age is increasing ultimately you learn that this game belong to male category and that one is for female category.

In childhood mother and father purchase game according to your gender and choice of play as well your childhood buddies are also responsible to differentiate you from other category of games.

e.g. CRICKET- Cricket is the game which is largely belong to male category but when you are small , you can play it but at certain age , the people around you may restrict to play cricket for female.