{"id":127515,"date":"2015-08-14T11:45:28","date_gmt":"2015-08-14T17:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/08\/14\/boys-and-their-toys-but-how-can-we-tell.html"},"modified":"2015-08-25T17:28:59","modified_gmt":"2015-08-25T23:28:59","slug":"boys-and-their-toys-but-how-can-we-tell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/08\/14\/boys-and-their-toys-but-how-can-we-tell.html","title":{"rendered":"Boys and their toys (BUT HOW CAN WE TELL?!)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Quoth Fox News' Brian Kilmeade: "If you go to buy a gift for a boy who's nine or six or a girl who's nine or six, you want to be able to go to that section and pick out a toy they might want. Now you have to sit there and look at a blended area and wonder is this for a boy or is this for a girl?"<\/i><\/p>\n

If you don't know what gift a particular recipient actually wants, then maybe you shouldn't be buying them a gift (I understand gift cards are popular).<\/p>\n

If you really feel the need to give a gift, and you don't have a kid along to consult with, then maybe you should buy them something you think you<\/i> would have enjoyed.<\/p>\n

If you are so uncertain whether a particular toy is "for" a boy or girl, then maybe the gender neutralists have already eaten your brain!<\/i><\/p>\n

Yeesh.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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