Yesterday, I wrote about Alan's fixation with the matchbox cars which were left on our porch, and my obsessive worries about their safe return (see previous blog). Turns out, those cars did not belong to Aiden. Aiden had taken them home, and when his father discovered them, he left them on our porch. They belonged to Sophia (age 4) who had also paid us a visit that morning.
I experienced a gender bias, making an assumption that they belonged to a little boy. Shame on me!!!
Whether you play with cars or dance with cars, I shouldn’t have jumped to this conclusion. Though we don’t own any dolls, Alan plays with stuffed animals, changes “their dipe”, and feeds them. All nurturing qualities that I want to encourage.
It made me think real hard about what I would do if Alan swiped a doll from another child’s home. Would I be so quick to buy a replacement like the impulse I had yesterday with the cars?
Post Script: When I slipped the cars into Sophia's mom's bag today, I learned that the cars are not Sophia's. Mystery continues....
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