Everyone grew up with a certain toy that they loved to play with, but no one really knew the effects it would have on them as they got older. Children obsessed with their toys and other devices could be negatively and positively affected on both their emotional and social skills and development. When babies are born, they are forced to choose what they will play with, but that shouldn't be the case. Parents need to give their children the space to be open-minded about what toys they want to play with (Roberts 1 of 1). Should pink only be a girl’s color? The color pink was not just for girls, it became so in the 1950s. Not only girls can wear pink, boys can too (Gottlieb 1 of 2). A toy catalog shows boys and girls playing with opposite sex toys to make the catalog more realistic (Holly Ife 1 of 1). Some children don't want to be told what toy to play with, they prefer that their parents give them a toy and that it has nothing to do with gender (Delbanco 1 of 1). In Sweden, more toys that boys are supposed to play with have started to play with them to embrace gender neutrality, even though gender neutral toys won't be available, it doesn't mean boys and girls can't play with what they want (Win 1 of 1).Lego is one of many toy companies that think it's okay to force boys to only shoot guns and save the world, and that girls just cook, color and sit around. It's not fair because Lego is supposed to help kids be creative, but they can't because they're too busy being told what to play with. The Lego company needs to stop with certain genre toys and just let kids be creative, otherwise another toy company will step in and take everything... middle of paper ......1. 1.Holly Ife. "Girls and trucks, boys and dolls, toy catalogs are becoming neutral. Gender roles are no longer on the agenda." Herald Sun (Melbourne) April 21, 2012: 2. online. Lange, Alexzandra. “Living in Lego City.” PRINTMAG June 2012: 4. Online. Moore, Stephen. “Numbed to Nintendo.” The American Enterprise July/August 2005: 1. online. Offiong, Adie Vanessa. “Toys and their impact on children”. November 3, 2013: 3. Online. Payne, Rachel G. “Are Learning Apps Good for Babies.” September 2013: 1. Middle Search Plus. Online.Roberts, Amy. “Trucks for boys, dolls for girls? November 1, 2004: 1.Subrahmanyam, Kaveri et al. “The impact of home computer use on children's activities and development.” futurechildren 2000: 22. online. Synowic, Ruth. “A question of gaming experience.” 2011: 3. Online. Willis, Laurie, ed. Opposing points of view: video games. Farmington Hills, MI: GreenHaven Press, 2010. print.