[choffman]

My daughter also took to Barbie's and princesses. We weren't happy with it at first, but we decided to accept it and encourage diversity in playtime. So we introduced Lego's, nerf swords, my old Capsela kit, and tons more.

So now we have a kid that plays princesses, begs us to go to the annual Ren Faire and Comic Book Day, started building some basic programs/toys in Scratch, and regularly beats down bosses in MMO's.

Strength through diversity.

[gus_massa]

I agree.

My daughter didn't play too much with real dolls, but she liked the games in barbie.com and the dressing flash games. She also saw Disney princess movies and magazines. She also had many cloths for her penguin in Club Penguin.

We also bough her many interesting scientific games, like the games you described. I'll like to add a microscope and SnapCircuits (with a warning, the electricity from the wall is much bigger than the electricity from the battery).

Now she can program a little (she also program alone small script for Minecraft blocks), can do simple calculus including straightforward differential equations. But yesterday I was tacking with her about the 9 and 11 division rules and she didn't know the proof, so I think we have to talk more about modulo arithmetic after she finish her school exams.

Let her play with dolls, but also give her interesting scientific activities.