I liked that little boy’s comment..

Jacob, I think there is much less good literature for young boys than for girls. I don’t know why. I could be wrong b/c I was a little girl and I wasn’t looking for boys’ books… but I’m still not really aware of a lot. Apparently G.A. Henty is one though!

In our lectures we are constantly being reminded to not let gender steriotypes reflect in the way we set out toys, the books we read, etc, etc.

In our creative arts class we had to come up with a song to sing (which we then expanded into other activites) and someone said “Polly put the kettle on” and our tutor reminded us that we could change the words for our class so that it was something like “David put the kettle on” . So basically we can’t do any of the traditional stuff unless we change them becasue the political correctness police will come and tell us off.

I felt like saying “Of course I know it is possible for a boy to put on a kettle to make a cup of tea, but in this song it happenes to be a girl.” but of course I didn’t

I love that children will follow their own natrual tendencies and lean towards their “gender stereotypes” no matter how hard PC teachers try to change them.

Regarding children’s literature, in your experience, are there many books and authors out there that boys enjoy reading? On one of our 45-min car rides to church when I was in college, the girls riding in my back seat were recalling all the books they loved reading as little girls. Despite having always been an avid reader, I really couldn’t recall anything beyond the Hardy Boys that I actually enjoyed reading (“Little House” was too girlie, and I wouldn’t have been caught dead reading the “Anne” books).

I’m wondering if there is simply a shortage of decent stories for young boys, or if I was a victim of circumstance?