what do you think about a 2-year-old girl who loves playing guns and cars???

Question

my daughter loves to play guns and cars though i never bought one before. eventhough she's only 2 years old, but she likes the company of boys older that her... i bought dolls and playhouses for her but she only plays with them for a short time. is it normal for kids her age to have that behavior? is she starting to show signs of being a lesbian?

Answer 1

You're daughter is much to young for you to be worrying about her sexual orientation. That is not healthy for you, and is not healthy for her. I think what you described sounds completely normal.

If I were you, I wouldn't worry. I can be quite girly sometimes, and I am completely straight. When I was little I loved to play with dolls, but toy cars and guns were lots of fun too. : )

Remember, that she's still a baby! Nurture her, and stimulate her. Creative play is very good for them (playing with boyish toys can be very creative: )). And as long as the older boys that she plays with aren't so much older that they are introducing her to innapropriate topics, I don't think you have anything to worry about there.

Your little girl is doing fine. : )

Answer 2

I wouldn't break out in a cold sweat over the "gay" scare just yet, she's exploring her world. Dolls and playhouses are great, but guns make bigger noises and cars have more action to them than a doll she has to dress and re-dress and carry around with her. Maybe she's more comfy being a tomboy right now, maybe she just doesn't like dolls. I'd say it's normal; I was like that at her age (as were a lot of my friends) and none of us is any worse for wear.

You can buy her all the dolls in the galaxy, but you can't really force her to be a girly-girl, so I guess I'll tell you to nurture her interests and see where it goes from there.

Answer 3

OMG! Give her a break. I doubt very much that she is a lesbian! And if she is...so is every other 2 year old girl that I know...including my daughter. I think she has probably just been in the company of boys more than girls. I have 2 older sons and this is why my daughter loves guns and cars and fighting games. It is PERFECTLY normal..and anyway..would you love her less is she happened to grow up as a lesbian? I know that I will love my kids no matter what they choose to do with their lives! I think it is absolutely gorgeous that my girl is such a tomboy...she has such character and I would never want to change that. Let her be her and don't try to change it.....they grow up way too fast.

Answer 4

Oh for the love of god!! Just because she likes guns and boys doesnt mean she is a lesbian!!! Actually she is being normal! She is attracted to the boys!!

My daughter wont mix with any of kids of her own age when she was 1.5yrs old. She always wanted to play with elder kids! She NEVER had a teddy till she turned 3. She doesnt hug any doll or take any to her bed. She is just a tom boy but most of the time a young girl! She is just being normal.

So please dont expect kids to be stereotypical to their gender. For all you know, she might be the First Lady President of USA!!!!

If I were you, I would encourage her to do everything a boy can do, and Boldy go where no Girl has gone before!!!

.:Fishie:.

Answer 5

I dont think her playing with cars and things boys play with is going to make her a lesbian....what is wrong with her playing with a car or something a boy likes? I played with guns and trucks, and so did my girls, and they are now married and have families of their won...my son played with dolls, and he is the father of 3 boys...so just dont make a big deal out of what she is playing with, she is going to get paranoid...she will be fine. even tho I am not one, being a lesbian doesnt make you a bad person...I have friends that are really great!

Answer 6

Jesus Christ. My boy is starting to knit, might be he is gay? Holy grab girl wake up.
Let the girl have a blast by just being with boy's and playing with their toy's. Now a day's where there is the talk about Gender equality, why not let the girls have her fun?
**** that does not mean that she must be a lesbian. Why does everthing need to be so stereotyped?

Answer 7

I wouldn't worry too much. Think about it, kids, especially toddlers, love things that they haven't seen before. When your daughter sees guns and cars she obviously doesn't see them in her everyday life so to her she doesn't see them as guns and cars, she sees them as a new toy to play with something to her than dolls and playhouse. I wouldn't be too worried.

Answer 8

perfectly fine. i think that that is normal, if she has been around boys in the home, even more so! i use to think that way with my daughter. she is now (soon to be) 13. i can only hope that she continues playing softball, baseball, etc.. and finds it more enjoyable than being the "girly- girl" right now! it worries me sick, what some little girls do as they grow-up! let the little girls play the "boy" games! Maybe ours will be the ones that grow up to be independant, and sophisticated ones!? GOD bless and good luck!

Answer 9

Nooo shes two, mabey she will be a tom boy, mabey she is just used to playing with the boys, and wants to play what they are playing. I wouldnt worry. when I was a little girl, I used to walk in the creek, catch cray fish, throw them in the middle of the street and watch cars run them over, I used to climb trees, make forts, play in the woods and float my barbies down the creek. now im a mother, and married (to a man). just let her find who she is. girls can be whatever they want, Its the greatness of being a girl. well boys can too actually, Its just usually not as excepted as girls.

Answer 10

I played with action figures, GI-Joe, He-Man and Star Wars for most of my childhood. I watched their cartoons and spent more time with my boy cousins than my girl cousins.
I grew out of that in late elementary school and became a barbie fanatic.
I played with boy toys, but I am very straight and very married.