Growing up it is no secret that the majority of the toys we played with had either a positive or negative influence on how we saw the world. With many toys, such as Barbie and other dolls, they taught children that it was, in a way, okay to accept certain stereotypes. These dolls were mainly centered around girls, so I personally never experienced this kind of "pressure" on how the world wanted to see me, however it is very clear that this was the goal. Although there are plenty of examples on how other companies framed life as a certain individual as inevitable, there were also many toys that did the opposite. One toy in particular that comes into mind is a simple box of Legos. Growing up there wasn't really any group that these toys were targeted at, instead, I fell the toys split everyone into two groups regardless of age, race, or gender. They successfully separated us into groups, and placed us as either a "free thinker", or a "rule follower", giving everyone the equal opportunity to help lay the foundation to becoming whoever they wanted to be. …show more content…
More times than not, the cheap paper booklet would end up as my foundation for whatever I planned on building rather than a set of step by step instructions to build a small shopping mall. I remember I would always make something different. Whatever I made was never the prettiest, and it never looked anything like the front of the box. Instead my creations normally consisted of medium sized homes that were always a rainbow of different colored blocks. This helped me to becoming a free thinker, and one of the big reasons I think Legos can be so great for kids. They helped show me that I could make a world where anything I dreamed was a possibility. Now on the other hand Legos also play a huge role in helping others become more likely to follow the