Toy advertisements can help you find the toys you want, but it can also tell you what toys you can’t have. Parents, teachers, and friends can contribute to this message. In this video, we learn that toys “for boys” or “for girls” are really just toys for all children.
This song introduces the topic of gendered toys in an easy format for your child to understand and relate to.
Source for background music: “Down by the Bay (Instrumental Only).” Youtube, uploaded by Singlish – Building Language the Fun Way – Topic, 25 Oct. 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpVHNU54Mps
Down the girls lane,
Where the barbie dolls show
And pink i know
I dare not go.
For if i do, my mother will say
“Did you ever see a boy play with a girls toy?”
Down the boys lane.
Down the boy’s lane
Where you find the G. I. Joe
And blue i know
I dare not go.
For if i do, my mother will say
“Did you ever see a girl without a dress to twirl?”
Down the girl’s lane.
The girls and boys
Like all kinds of toys
of all shades i know
where they dare not go.
For if they do
Someone might say
“Do you see the pink or blue? It applies to you too!”
Down the toy’s lane.
Marion Comi-Morog, Media Effects 2020
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