My Favorite Color is Rainbow

Today was a beautiful day. I travelled to Austin with my roommates and we had such an adventure. During one of our many stops, we came to a house of a friend of ours. When we got there, her children were playing with some of the neighborhood boys. They were so precious and full of life. They couldn't have been older than five and they were enjoying each other's company, painting and laughing. One of the boys was keen on making pictures of the sun, the clouds, and the grass. He would constantly make pictures for us and go into great detail explaining what each of the blobs on the paper were. I asked him what his favorite color was and he said, "The rainbow!" I thought that was a very creative answer because I half expected it to be blue. It got me thinking about how boys and girls are stereotyped and trained at a young age. From birth most of us are taught, pink is for girls and blue is for boys. Or girls play with dolls and boys play with trucks. I have read countless children's books where the gender stereotype is emphasized. But some boys like to play with dolls, some like to paint. Some girls like to play sports and their favorite color is not pink. It kind of makes me mad that society places restrictions on what is right and wrong. There is nothing wrong with a boy who doesn't like to play sports or whose favorite color is pink. I think that kids should just be kids and learn to love whatever they want. I guess today was just one of those days where I feel like ranting on society!:)