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Do children's toys influence their career choices?
A government minister says gender-specific toys harm girls' career opportunities. But how much do the toys children play with shape their futu
re prospects in the job market?
Everyone has memories of toys they loved playing with as a child.
It might be building blocks or a train set, a doll house or a tea set.
It doesn't necessarily mean those that played with them grew up to be construction workers or train drivers, housekeepers or tea ladies.
However education minister Elizabeth Truss recently warned children's toys could affect their careers. She said gender-specific toys risked turning girls off science and maths and urged parents to buy their daughters Lego to get them interested in engineering.
Women have made great strides in the UK workforce over the past few decades, but there are still overwhelming gender divides in some professions. Just over 80% of "science, research, engineering and technology professionals" are male, according to ONS figures.
By contrast, 82% of workers in "caring, leisure and other services", and 78% of administrative and secretarial workers are female.
Critics say toy marketing exploits gender stereotypes, channelling dolls, cookery sets and pink princesses towards girls, and action men style figurines, construction kits and blue racing cars towards boys.
Feminists and campaign group Let Toys Be Toys have been canvassing UK retailers to "organise toys by genre not gender", saying sexist stereotyping limits children's interests. As a result, some retail giants such as Marks and Spencer, and London toy store Hamleys, have scrapped "girls" and "boys" labels.
But not everyone is in collusion. A study looking at the play of young primates suggests children may be predisposed to certain play preferences.
So do the toys children play with impact their career choice?
"We know toys have an impact on children, and society to a certain degree, so there's a responsibility that comes with that," says Bjorn Jeffery, CEO of app developer Toca Boca.
Swedish-born Jeffery has been influenced by his native country's attitude towards gender.
"We made a conscious decision to be gender-neutral when naming our apps and in the gender balance of characters. It's for parents and kids to decide what to use.
"We're not constrained by the same rules that govern toys in a toy shop. An app store can circumvent the usual gender stereotypes as there is infinite shelf space and we don't have to convince a buyer to stock us."
"Different types of toys give different messages about what's appropriate for boys and girls to do, and have different educational content - both elements are important and might have a bearing on schooling and career choices later," she says.
A small study she conducted found boys tended to be given toys that involved action, construction and machinery, while girls were steered towards dolls and perceived "feminine" interests, such as hairdressing.
The message seemed to be boys should be making things and problem solving, and girls should be caring and nurturing, she says.
Also, stereotypical "boys toys" tend to be more educational, she argues. "Boys toys tend to contain didactic information, with technical instructions and fitting things together with Lego and Meccano, whereas girls' toys tend to be around imaginative and creative play, which develop different skills," she says.
Research by retail group Argos found that over 60% of adults working in design-led jobs, such as architects and designers, enjoyed playing with building blocks as children. Even more - 66% - working in maths related roles, suchChild and family psychologist Margaret McAllister agrees there are more significant influences on a child's career choice than toys.
"It's a rather superficial approach and all too easy to say encourage girls to play with cars and lorries, and they are more likely to become engineers - there is no real evidence of this.
"It's also far too limiting and channelling of a child's experience - job prospects are a long way off from early play," she says.
McAllister believes encouraging children to explore, question, interact with others and work together has more impact.
"Rounded people with good soft skills perform best. Plus kids have access to toys in other settings than the home, like nurseries, so you can't really monitor what your child plays with," she says. as accountants and bankers, preferred puzzles.
Play and child development psychologist Dr Amanda Gummer says the key is to make sure children have access to a "healthy play diet".
"The role of play is to introduce as wide a range of experiences as possible. The problem is parents often go for the easy option because of time constraints, but they should look for things a toy might develop like fine motor skills, which can help handwriting control. And there's an element of breaking down stigmas too - a lot of parents won't let a boy have a doll.
When it comes to careers, Gummer believes toys can play a part in boosting belief.
"Nobody plays with Lego and learns how to build houses, but they might learn how to overlap bricks to create a stable structure. It's more about confidence and familiarity than an actual skill set," she says.
It is a view echoed by research from Washington and Lee University, in the US, which suggests dressing stereotypical girls toys - such as Barbie - in uniforms for stereotypically male fields - such as a firefighter or an astronaut - can influence whether girls view themselves as capable of working in those industries.
Sinclair thinks the most important thing is for parents to remain open-minded.
"One boy I used to look after as a childminder used to like dressing up as a ballerina. He was great at sport, he had good football skills. And he also liked Lego. He could turn out to be a PE teacher, a ballerina or an engineer - who knows?" he says.
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