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My family is throwing me a baby shower when I visit NYC in a few weeks. I've been receiving the larger gifts in advance, to help mitigate shipping cost (I'm sure I'll have boxes of clothes and whatnot to send back before I leave). Yesterday I received a bouncer chair - very cute, and my husband actually paused in his work on installing some in-wall speakers to examine the box - I think he wanted to know what he was getting himself into.
Anyway, after a minute, he tossed the box on the couch, and informed me that apparently only I am allowed to operate this toy with our son. So I look, and the large, bolded claims are either, "Baby can do..." or "Mom can do..." or even "Mom-activated." When I went to put the bouncer up in the nursery, I checked the highchair... same deal - and I can tell you, my husband will likely be the one assembling/taking apart that chair, not "mom" haha.
It was just an observation, made me think about how a poster a week or so ago seemed a bit disgruntled at how the SAHD route can be a bit tough for men. Even Fisher-Price perpetuates the divide in small yet noticeable ways, even if I still rolled my eyes at my husband and laughed (his statement was tongue in cheek, anyway). Either way, it was a small eye-opener to me. Carry on
Meh. Guys need to get over it. As soon as they learn how to push a watermelon out of their hoo hoo I'll agree to equal terms on Fisher Price boxes. Until then, not so much.
I pretty much told him that I've been dealing with male-centric advertising for years, having a dose of it this way was good for him, lol. However, I also know his feelings wouldn't get hurt, whereas some people here might take offense.
Meh. Guys need to get over it. As soon as they learn how to push a watermelon out of their hoo hoo I'll agree to equal terms on Fisher Price boxes. Until then, not so much.
That's actually a smart business decision as they know that the vast majority of people who purchase those items are women and most of them are also moms. Those words aren't geared to the person who puts it together or the person who uses it but instead to the consumer as selling points. They also know that those words will be forgotten by most soon after the box is disposed of.
Even if dad is a stay at home dad, it's still mom who is the primary caregiver for the first 6 weeks to 3 months of maternity leave(often longer) of that newborn's life when most of those items are planned for, bought and first used.
The market share for SAHDs, or very hands on working dads, comes into play when the kids are a bit older, moms are back at work from maternity leave and gifts have all been received.
yeah, but is the baby only 10 cm wide?? I think not...
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