My daughter likes playing with boys toys!

My daughter has a train set and electric racing cars and a radio-controlled car (before it got broken) she loves them all, and her teddy bears, and her Barbies... A well-rounded child will enjoy playing with all sorts of toys - she has a sense of what is a boys toy and what is a girls toy, but enjoys either activity. She likes to wear a lot of pink and even has some kiddie make-up (yukkk) but that doesn't stop her enjoying playing soccer and riding her (pink) bike. I don't think it's healthy to push a child towards one type of activity against their natural inclination whether you think it's appropriate or not - it can often send out the wrong signals. Your mother is from a different generation, whilst you should respect her views and recognise that things were different for her, she also has no business making a big deal out of it...

there is nothing wrong with your daughter playing with boy toys... i have 4 daughters and one son.. growing up he played with all there toys and when they wanted something new to play with they went over to his toys.. its ok for kids to get an inside view of all different types of toys

I don't see anything wrong. My daughter was the same. She loved to play with cars and tracks and never opened her Barbie dolls. She didn't like any of the kitchen toys, always preferring a bat and a ball. She's 14 now, and becoming a bit interested in make up and clothes, now, but playing with "boy toys" was not a big deal at our house.

I really don't understand why your mother has a problem with your daughter playing with 'boy toys' My daughter use to play with cars and tool sets and did not like dolls at all. My sister brought her a Barbie one Christmas and she pulled its head off and binned it. I had the same problem because one of my boy liked to play with dolls my mother-in-law told me that I should not let him play with dolls. But when I asked her why all she said was because he was a boy.

She's from a different generation... I played with cars too, and my grandmother didn't like me playing with cars either, but my mom let me, and I had an awesome remote car, which I loved, and here I am, girlie as a girl can be. It's always good for people to be open to several things, and if your child already is open at this young age, better yet.

Your mom would not have been able to stand being around me when I was growing up. I played cars, cops and robbers, cowboys and indians, and all of those "boy" things more than I ever did girly things. Heck, you could find out in the woods getting covered with dirt from head to toe at any given time. And yet, I turned out perfectly normal...or at least, that's what I think. I am a happily married mother to 4 gorgeous girls who, by the way, are being taught that getting dirty and having fun doing "boy" things is fun! There is absolutley nothing wrong with your daughter playing with cars. They're fun!!!