Mil Is At It Again "you Got A Kitchen, But He's Not A G
Lounge By berryblondeboys Updated 3 Jul 2007 , 3:58am by AmandaPanda
My older 3 children had play kitchens when they were little. My oldest son, 25yrs old, likes to cook..all 6'4" of him. He was thrilled to get a new crock pot for X-mas and always wants new recipes! His fiancee doesn't cook at all. She thinks its great. My 21 yr old son helps me cook holiday meals. He likes watching the food network. My 20 yr. old daughter could care less about cooking. I don't think having a play kitchen made my boys less masculine. Actually, they found out that the girls like it that they can cook!
Let me share my toy kitchen story...
I had a son who underwent brain surgery at 6 weeks old. I was told his brain damage was so severe that he would never walk or talk - and not to expect much else for him.
I didn't buy that - and I worked with him daily. By 1 year old, he couldn't crawl, but he scooted around on his butt. By 18 months old, I decided it was time to get him up and walking. I bought a toy kitchen, figuring it would give him something to stand up at... sure enough, as soon as I opened it and took it out of the box, Cameron wanted to play. Within minutes, I had him walking (I took him away from the kitchen - a few inches further each time and encouraged him to take a step if he wanted to get back to it). Granted, it took several more weeks for him to be comfortable on his feet - but he was walking.
So in answer to your question - yes I would, yes I did, and I am glad.
My son is now almost 17, and definitely not girly. In fact, he's the only one of my children (3 girls and 2 boys) that really enjoys cooking (he makes entire meals). I'm certainly not worried about him being able to feed himself when he leaves the nest.
If my husbands mother hadn't taught him to cook at an early age - he would have starved when he was older. Heck, he'd be starving right now! I don't have time to cook - Doesn't your MIL know that alot of great chefs are MEN??? When does she think they learned to cook?
that is so sad. I loved it when my son played with his GI Joes and My DD played with her barbies at the same time. It made me feel good to watch them play together. I think a man or boy can do anything us STRONG women can do LOL :LOL
That reminds me of what one of my older brothers and I used to play. I had a doll house with the dolls about the size of the small GI Joes and he had GI Joes. The GI Joes would go off to war or to the field and then come home to their families (can you tell we were Army brats?) and we had tons of fun.
My mom bought a play kitchen for my daughter on her first birthday (she's almost 5 now). My ds (who was 3 at the time) played almost exclusively with that plastic kitchen for 18 months before my dd was old enough to use it.
Now both play house together with it . Ds almost 7 and dd almost 5.
And both kids help me cook in the kitchen to boot.
So nothing wrong with it in my eyes.
If I had a son YOU BET I'd buy him a kitchen..My nephew liked to play with my dolls when we were younger..And now he's a DOTING father...My dh is also a GOOD cook..GOOD LUCK..
Not only would I buy my son a toy kitchen, I DID. He had not interest in any of the typical "boy" role-playing toys, possibly because he didn't have much exposure to TV or videos, and instead wanted to role-play what he knew, which was Mom (or Dad) cooking.
I was a little confused one time, when I saw him close his teddy bear in the microwave in the toy kitchen, hit a couple of "buttons" and then stand there. Every couple of minutes, he'd open the microwave door, reach in and do something with the bear, close the door, and hit the buttons again. I was wondering if he was cooking poor teddy. I finally asked what he was doing. He said he was "watching TV", like at his friend's house. (They have a TV in their kitchen!) The bear he was playing with was one of the ones with a sound chip, so he was starting the sound, and then viewing Teddy through the plastic viewing window.
Jumping in late here but I have 9 and 5 year old girls and a 3 year old little boy ... they have a play kitchen they ALL use the kitchen set and my little boy likes to made me "dinner" and "cupcakes" .... I think it is cute. on a little girlier note being the only boy he LOVES trucks and very boy things! but sometimes he likes to play with his sisters and dresses up with them in cinderella dresses, and I don't have a problem with it lol ... heis so funny prancing aroundsometimes in a show white dress ... but when it comes down to it ishe a boy, he acts like a boy, he does boy things but there are those little things that little kids will do that they will grow out of ... hopefully cooking won't be one of them lol ... oh and he loves to bake with me and decorate cookies!
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