But when the toys were coded in colors understood to be gender-specific, girls not only preferred not using the “boys” toys, they also performed more poorly than when the toys were gender neutral. A study done by the University of Hong Kong identified that when toys were coded in neutral colors not identified with any particular gender, young school-age boys and girls performed at equal levels. The results of this early gendering have been dramatic: Kitchen toys, once entirely gender-inclusive, were color-coded for girls toys that encouraged the kind of critical thinking used in hard sciences were not. So I get the impetus behind the cakes, colored pink or blue beneath mountains of frosting the balloons filled with pink or blue confetti and/or glitter and the device that’s supposed to shoot colored powder into the air but accidentally sends shrapnel into the head of a family member, ultimately causing her death. Febru/ 9:34 AM / CBS/AP An expectant father was killed when a device he was building for a gender-reveal party exploded, police in New York said Monday. Want more articles like this? Sign up for the THINK newsletter to get updates on the week's most important cultural analysis Everything about their entrance into the world was a cause for memory and for celebration.
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Their first outfits - hers, a full body romper covered in tiny blue flowers, and his, a blue- and white-striped onesie with matching blue pants - still occupy a small space in the drawer where I store all of their keepsakes. I can remember the moment I picked out my two children's cribs, high chairs, car seats, and even their first pairs of shoes. As expectant parents, every little detail that you learn about your new family member is a detail that makes the journey feel more real. In February, a 28-year-old New York man was killed when a device he was building for his baby's. To some degree, I understand the recent trend of lavish "gender reveal” parties. The incident is the latest fatal accident, and plane crash, connected with gender-reveal parties.
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