Children's toy preferences revisited: Implications for early childhood education
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Abstract
A study of contemporary kindergarten children's toy preferences indicated that they were as rigidly stereotyped by sex as those of children of previous decades. In view of social and legal changes and growing professional concerns about sex-role stereotyping, the authors present implications of sex-typed play and offer suggestions for combatting stereotyping and sex discrimination.
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Social Psychology Early Childhood Early Childhood Education Previous Decade Kindergarten Child
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