[epaga]

I heartily agree with this article - it's a bit of sanity that is much needed with all the push lately for extreme gender neutrality. The Swedish principles are currently being discussed here in Germany as well and are proving popular (though it most likely won't be as extreme for a while).

The flip side to all of this of course is the silly "LEGO Girl" product where they apparently forget that girls can (and do) build just as well as boys and instead market little Lego kitchens and household appliances instead of cool bricks.

But swinging from one sexist extreme to the other is not the way to go.

[gadders]

I think the Lego Girl products are unfairly maligned. They're not Technics or MindStorms, but from what I can tell they have similar amounts of building as similar Lego sets for that age group.

And my 7 year old daughter, who loves pink but also has a punch bag, loves them.

[epaga]

Looking at a usual Lego Girl package it reminds me far more of Playmobil sets than Lego.

For example, there is no 25-step manual like there is for the cool spaceships, police stations, or castles that my 7-year old son gets to work through...

My 5-year old daughter loves pink as well and might love Lego Girl, but I prefer getting her "normal legos" to help her come up with her own creations, even if she then does make little wedding ceremonies and what have you. :)

[gadders]

77 pages for the Vet's Office :-) - http://cache.lego.com/bigdownloads/buildinginstructions/6006...

My daughter has a mix, though. So we will build the Lego Friends Riding Stables,and then build a car and trailer to drive the horses around.

[epaga]

Haha, touché - I'm impressed and will reconsider the Lego Girl "thing". :)