Saturday, November 3, 2018

Empowering Toys for Girls


Toys have a significant and lasting impact on the ways children learn to view themselves and their place in the world. While our parents may have grown up with toys that promoted more traditional gender roles, today's generation of girls has access to products that aim to empower them.
The rise of a new generation of pro-girl toys are challenging the archaic gender roles they espouse and changing ideas about how girls play. Proving that the female population can accomplish anything it sets its mind to, these toys for girls include  STEM kits, construction sets and dolls. 

Thames and Kosmos Pepper Mint Great Treehouse Adventure
Image result for Thames and Kosmos Pepper Mint Great Treehouse AdventureIn this story-based STEM kit, Pepper Mint visits her aunt who is a scientist researching primates. She lives in a treehouse in the rainforest on the island of Borneo. The treehouse is not connected to the electrical power grid, but Pepper Mint and her aunt devise mechanical inventions to accomplish various tasks.