“When Will was a baby, he played with Caitlin’s toys and we didn’t have any boyish toys ... reddish faces,” she suggests. As well as preferring different toys, boys and girls play differently, too.

But is there such a thing as a boys’ toy? Or a girls’ toy? Are children born with a built-in preference for certain toys based on their sex? Certainly famous scientific experiments have found, through ...

Plenty of baby toys can be a bit of an eyesore ... there really isn’t a difference between what boys and girls need at this age, Starke adds. “Traditionally, ‘boy toys’ focus on vehicle ...

Plenty of baby toys can be a bit of an eyesore, but I actually find these flowers to be pretty ... From a child development perspective, there really isn’t a difference between what boys and girls ...

Both guided and free play are extremely beneficial to kids, Huffman says. The best toys for 4-year-old boys are fun, engaging and can even help them develop a range of ... [+] skills.

This is because girls have leeway in American society that boys do not ... Being comfortable with certain types of toys may also shape kids’ confidence in specific subjects, adds Auster.