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Denise - posted on 08/19/2010

that's what I was saying. you can't discount every show that has a girl as the main character just because you have a boy. Or vise verse.

MIlanie - posted on 08/19/2010

on my opinion i think doesn't matter the dora's gender co'z when you watch the show dora's does not show any girl thing's the most important the lessons what your child earn while watching the show,,,

Denise - posted on 08/19/2010

there are boys in dora too. Just b/c the main person is a girl, doesn't make a difference. Most all kids like blues clues, and the main person is a boy so girls should not watch that? no way. Kids like what they like.

Gina - posted on 08/18/2010

my son is 6 years old and starting grade one in 2 weeks. he loves to dress in dresses during playtime and he loves watching Dora. they are too young to differentiate boy girl stuff right now. except for maybe mommy/sister have this and I have this.....but other then that they don't really understand the difference between boy/girl things. Dora is very educational and entertaining. if he wants to watch it let him......and if yeasr down the road he seems to swing the other way just love him and don't ever blame yourself OR DORA for it. it's just what people chose. I know some guys who were raise in manly households that ended up swinging the other way.....it doesn't matter how you raise them in what 'preference' they choose down the road. so let him watch Dora (it's good). until he's older (like 12-13) does that kind of thing start to seem a little odd.

Loren - posted on 08/18/2010

Just to add to my previous post one of my own experiences. I am first generation Canadian born from an Italian family. When my son was little his favourite toys were dolls. My grandmother took it so hard that she was convinced he would grow up to be a homosexual and refused to allow him to play with the dolls when she was around. It took me years to explain to her that it was ok because he was learning how to care for babies at a very young age. My son also played with my daughters easy bake oven, with her kitchen set, heck he even played with the makeup barbie. I tell you my son now knows how to cook, clean, knit, sew, (HE DOESN'T DO IT MIND YOU BUT AT LEAST HE KNOWS HOW LOL).
To be brutally honest I think that we worry far too much about the little things and not enough about the most important things. Like Barbara Colororoso says as long as it is not illegal, immoral or dangerous then they're fine :0).
I think it is much more difficult for first time moms because you are so afraid of making mistakes. For those first timers I say, You are most definitely going to make mistakes so the sooner the better and I say this with all the love and respect in the world. We all make mistakes the first time around and then we learn from them and make a whole new set of mistakes the second learn from those and it starts all over again with the next one. By the time our children grow up we've made all our mistakes and our kids then work on perfecting on them just as we did on our own parents. That being said, now that we've finished making our mistakes we've reached perfection and get to spoil our grandchildren (hee hee hee!) and then send them home to our children just like our parents did :0)
Enjoy your treasures because they grow up far too fast in spite of anything we've done or didn't do. Let them be kids and explore our jobs are to love them, keep them safe and help them to make sense of the world around them. It's from our example that they grow to be wonderful adults.
Sorry for being so long winded. I adore my children, not so much the gray hair they've given me, but I adore them all the same and wouldn't trade any of the mistakes I made or didn't make because what didn't kill them will most definitely make them stronger for it.

Rose - posted on 08/18/2010

It doesn't matter at all. Both of my boys, now 16 and 12, watched everything when they could. Kids shows are not fixed to genders these days.

Carina - posted on 08/18/2010

More than fine :) He is enjoying and learning - great :)

Susan - posted on 08/18/2010

there's nothing wrong for boys watching Dora....this is an educational cartoon along with Diego.....my boys even watched Totally Spies and feel comfortable about their gender.....watch with your son and assure yourself that his views and gender won't be affected.

Kristina - posted on 08/18/2010

My son watches Dora. The only tv station that my son watches is nick jr. i dont let him watch anything else. Its all educational.

Jen - posted on 08/18/2010

Why wouldn't it be? My son loved pink footed pjs when he was a toddler and yet he's heavily into girls at 13.

But again, why wouldn't it be ok?

Bonnie - posted on 08/18/2010

I'm a big fan of raising my children without gender stigmas. That means that if my daughter wants to watch handy manny and my son wants to play with barbies it's OKAY... there is nothing wrong with a child watching or playing with something that is gender oriented by our society. If it's okay with you then it will be okay with them. Parents teach their children that blue is for boys and pink is for girls, just like we teach hatred and racism and so many other things... A kid doesn't pop out of the womb pre-programmed with these beliefs. So you need to think about what your okay with and what you want your children to learn, it's all about your personal beliefs and what you want to instill in your children!

Xiomara - posted on 08/18/2010

I would suggest reading this awesome article about why one father hated that his daughter suddenly hated Dora, who is a great role model for boys and girls alike. He writes, "So we reminded our daughter why she'd come to love Dora in the first place. She suddenly understood that, while she may have outgrown Dora, the character was an important one for younger girls to be exposed to. And younger boys, too. Like her little brother." -Christopher Healy

http://www.parentdish.com/2010/08/13/i-h...

Michelle - posted on 08/17/2010

every time I go to the gym, the "caretakers" laugh, ( they are my friends too, so they don't tease too much----- about my son's "purple Dora sippy cup".... he loves Dora--- not a big worry.... I could care less--- he is my last of four children--- and they will all turn out ok :)

Kelly - posted on 08/17/2010

Both of my sons loved Dora. I even find my 9yrs old on occasion watching it with his brother still lol
Who ever said that Dore was a "girl" show?? It's an educational show that will benefit both sexes.
Worst case senario..... he learns something lol

Kiersten - posted on 08/17/2010

My son loved DORA!!! And then the spin off with Diego too! I never really saw it as a girly cartoon - only the merchandise is girly! From watching this cartoon, my son actually learnt to count to twelve in spanish and can follow simple instructions in spanish too! (Thanks to the language I picked up from watching it too!) Too much pressure is put on boys to be macho and agressive and a little dora in your sons day is the best thing for him :) Sadly my boy is now into Ben 10 which has no value whatever way you look at it! It's all fighting and darkness etc :(

Loren - posted on 08/17/2010

I believe it's even ok for the boys to play with dolls. Statistics have shown that boys who played with dolls when little actually tended to be more sensitive and caring. They also leaned how to be dads.
In a time where gender separations within the workplace and in the home it is important that we are careful not to be so homophobic while the kids are young. Too many people are so homophobic that they jump the gun and freak out when their boys become interested in what society has labled gender specific.

Miranda - posted on 08/16/2010

Definitely does not matter. At least not to me or to many of the moms I know, but then again there are people out there who are determined to put children in boxes, give people labels. Boy stuff. Girl stuff. It really should be Kid stuff.

I quietly fight against this every day. I struggled to find gender neutral clothing when I was pregnant and continue to do so, I spoke to store clerks about this and got snotty answers in reply. Dora is a great show! Don't put your son in a box. Let him find out what he likes and learn to be his own person.
/rant

Jessy - posted on 08/15/2010

My nine year old son sometimes watches it with his little sister lol...so it's ok, and hey it teaches them some spanish

Jessi - posted on 08/15/2010

dora isn't for girls.......it's for children in general or atleast it started off that way.
but honestly i don't let my son watch tv unless i or my parents are watching as well. i don't want my son to become glued to the tv instead of playing with toys or going outside.

Patricia - posted on 08/15/2010

Dora there's nothing wrong with boys watching these cartoons, my son watched Dora alot and he really enjoyed all the intresting things that he learnt,

JuLeah - posted on 08/15/2010

Dora is great!! The idea of boys and girls toys, clothes, TV .... is really just to make parents spend mroe money - Toy makers want you to spend money, so they market to gilrs and boys, and not just to kids. Turth is, boys play with dolls, they color, they dance, the like music, they sign, they watch Dora, they make cupcakes out of mud, they cry .... let kids fully explore who they are - I say, "Let's not put them in a tiny box labeled 'girl' or 'boy'"

Cassie - posted on 08/15/2010

my 3yr old boys loves dora, but he also loves makeup and handbags, lol, they don't understand till they are older about wat is for boys and wat is for girls, let him go he will learn from, dora, or try diego

Kirstin - posted on 08/14/2010

It is completely normal and absolutely fine if he wants to watch Dora! :) It is a good cartoon and is educational....it doesn't matter if it is primarily made to get little girls to watch it...if that concerns you, then see if he wants to watch "Diego" it is the same thing pretty much but made more for boys. My girls like both shows! :)

Laura - posted on 08/14/2010

no my son loves dora and peppa pig...if he enjoys it then let him watch it..it wont do any harm xx