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We have some friends who have two kids (one boy and one girl) who are 5 and 6 and they just upgraded to a bigger, more elaborate play kitchen because both their kids spent so much time playing with it.
Not to get off on too much of a tangent, but actually this whole notion of "gender specific" toys is kind of driving me crazy right now. My daughter loves her kitchen and she loves trains and cars too. Now that we're into heavy duty catalogue season, I'm noticing how awful it is that they only show girls playing with the kitchens and only show boys playing with the work benches, train sets, etc. It's not that I think that kids are all alike, and I'm willing to accept that there are inherent differences between them, but we do reinforce too many stereotypes whether we mean to or not.
Sorry-- off my soapbox now. Thank goodness my husband likes the kitchen more than I do and does most of the cooking. We're all better off for it!
Anne
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