Another aspect of career choice being impacted by gender stereotypes in toys is imagination. Imagination affects what one’s career will be‚ and toys have a direct impact on imagination. Imagination is heavily promoted by toys‚ especially wooden blocks and water tables (“Importance”). Toys can also help babies and young children develop imaginative skills through pretend play (“Impact”). Gender stereotyping causes limited imagination in kids‚ and for girls to miss out on problem solving opportunities
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Gender Roll Stereotyping and Gender Similarities in Toy Stores Rachel Skelton Spiderman action figures‚ The Care Bears‚ Legos‚ and the famous Barbie‚ all represent popular toys in toy stores. Toy stores divide the many toys‚ games and movies into two primary categories: boy and girl. After going into Toys R Us‚ many can conclude that the toys that children play with pass down stereotypes of gender roles. Through their gender-biased toys‚ typically‚ boys learn "warrior-like" roles (a learned attitude
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Toy Evaluation Article Brief Children apparently develop his or her cognitive structure according to his or her understanding (Bakir & Palan‚ 2010). This is not limited to social cognitive developmental toys‚ aggressive promoting toys‚ and gender stereotyping toys. Lev Vygotsky‚ a Russian Psychologist‚ created a theory of learning and development that may have implications in regard to play materials (Bradley‚ 1985). Apparently‚ children’s toys play a significant role in long-term effects
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what toys they play with. According to Introduction to Sociology (2014)‚ Socialization is the social process through which children develop an awareness of social norms and values and achieve a distinct sense of self (p. 8). Through this process a child learns how to become a member of the society by adapting to the ways of the culture in which they live in. Gender socialization is a very important dimension of socialization‚
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Should Kids Have Toy Guns Michael Golden and Robert Shaffer both write articles on whether or not they want their kids to have toy guns. They both have different opinions on the issue and very good arguments to back up their reasons. Golden writes an article entitled “Why I Bought My Son a Toy Gun” and Shaffer writes on “Why I Won’t Buy My Sons Toy Guns.” They both respond to one important question: should young children have access to toy guns and other weapons. Toy guns are an issue that many parents
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3/27/2013 Imaginext Bat Cave The purpose of this paper is to examine the Imaginext Bat Cave toy found at play.com. The examination will cover the toys ability to encourage a child’s cognitive‚ emotional and social development. The objective is to inform the reader of the appropriate age children should be in order to enjoy the toy. This paper will cover any safety issues‚ gender roles‚ and fun value. The toy is the Bat Cave‚ which is Batman’s’ base operations from the cartoon series Batman. The
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Commitment to creating safe‚ high quality and innovative toys in a responsible and ethical manner. This includes the ongoing commitment to fair treatment of manufacturing workers‚ minimizing our environmental impacts and delivering high-quality products our consumers trust. Mattel has received several honors for our global citizenship efforts. In 2009‚ Mattel is listed in the top 10 of the “100 Best Corporate Citizens‚” is ranked one of the “World’s Most Ethical Companies” and has been named for
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Baby Toys ney Baby Einstein Bendy Ball ● design makes it easy for little fingers to grasp and roll. The multi-colored rolling Rattle Ball inside adds additional sounds and visual stimulation to this toy. This toy helps develop the baby’s fine-motor skills. Costs $6.95 Toy features... Soft‚ flexible plastic with bright primary colors make this Ball fun and easy for little fingers to bend‚ squeeze‚ grasp‚ and roll Colorful‚ recognizable Caterpillar character on center band Rolling Chime
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in toy retailing in the late 1990s? Is this an attractive industry from the perspective of incumbents? Toys ‘R’ Us enjoyed a large market share of the toy retailing industry up to and through the 1980s and the toy industry in general experience a phenomenal annual growth of up to 26 percent‚ but this was to change in the following decade. In the late 1990’s the toy retail industry gained new entrants‚ among them Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart stocked the top twenty percent of the hottest-selling toys on
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Based in California‚ Mattel‚ Inc. designed‚ manufactured‚ and marketed a broad variety of toy products. The company’s core product lines included Barbie fashion dolls‚ Hot Wheels die- cast vehicles‚ Fisher-Price preschool toys along with Disney toys and games like Scrabble (Johnson‚ 2010). Summer of 2007‚ Mattel‚ a global leader in toy manufacturing was faced with a tough challenge of restoring their consumer confidence following several recalls of their toys made in China. Mattel known for possessing
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