Family Values

Moved along.

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And to all a good night.

No Glass Ceiling in the Exciting Field of Housekeeping!

You'd expect this to have been aired in those early years of Mattel guns-for-boys, dollies-for-girls commercials. Nope. Last year. I actually remember seeing this product in the stores and thinking, "how cute! a play house and a kitchen set in one!" It's a tad girlie for my taste, and we do NOT have room for it, but I considered it for a brief moment. Then I found out that it was going to teach my daughter that having the honor of cleaning her house should be one of her big aspirations. How far we have (NOT) come:


We ARE going to get her a kitchen set (which will be passed down to any other siblings and cousins, male or female). But this? This is evil.