Squeaky Wheel

Our vociferous son—whose cry rivals that of a fire truck’s siren—gravitated toward the fire-station portion of a local park. His love of fire trucks, diggers, dinosaurs, and sports screams boy (at least the stereotypical version), but his penchant for playing dress-up and with dolls demonstrates what?

It’s that young kids—no matter their sex—find it fun to play with costumes and dolls, just as many boys—and girls—find fire trucks, diggers, dinosaurs, and sports enthralling.

Fellow parents of youngsters, we might want to keep that in mind. And know that we’ll have plenty of opportunities to hover over our kids’ activities and choices when they get to high school and college.