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Gender - Coggle Diagram
Gender
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Model the right way.
Modelling your own behaviour to stop enforcing gender stereotypes is another way that you can change what you’re doing.
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As they play, children reinforce and practice the gendered behaviors that they have observed from admired adult figures, including those in the media (Bussey and Bandura 1999).
Children spend large amounts of their free time engaged in activities that involve toy play (Hofferth 2009).
The social cognitive theory of gender development and differentiation specifically highlights pretend play as a medium through which children can elaborate upon and further their awareness of gendered roles (Bussey and Bandura 1999.
There is no such thing as a ‘girls’ toy’ or a ‘boys’ toy’. There are just toys, lettoysbetoys.org.uk.