Little boys and their toys

I was scanning a new book about the brain (sorry I don't recall the title) but it was mentioning that it may be a fallacy that our brains are "hardwired".

Well the other day I was up Island and met a young dad with his 2 year old. I offered him an Island Parent magazine which he took but made the comment he'd love a magazine about tractors and machinery. I asked if he lived nearby to which he responded that he lived in the city but was out looking at machinery. Both dad and son were having an excursion doing men's stuff. I bet the toddler was just loving it—searching out things mechanical. Men and boys are hardwired for these types of things. (I remember as a youngster playing with cars and trucks for hours upon hours. My son too had this affinity.)

Earlier in the day a woman I had met got talking about Thomas the Tank Engine—a favorite at our house—and how her two year old is enthralled with Thomas. In fact he takes the little model to bed with him even though it is hard too cuddle.

I do think, in general, boys and girls, men and women are hardwired in certain ways. It is that combination of nature and nurture.