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Cave Spider
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The Cave Spider[1] is a hostile mob in low light levels and a neutral mob in light levels 10 or above, using the same model as the spider, but with a blue skin color and smaller size.[2] They are more dangerous than the regular Spiders, but they in turn are much rarer than them. Cave Spiders do not spawn naturally; they only spawn from monster spawners found in abandoned mine shafts. Their small size lets them slip through small openings, and their poison can rapidly weaken players.
Aside from their small size and venom (see below), Cave Spiders inherit most of their behavior from regular Spiders:
- They are pacified (made neutral) by bright light—daylight or light levels of 9 or higher. Likewise, subjecting them to darkness will render them permanently hostile.
- They can climb walls when needed and leap at the player.
- They are not affected by cobwebs or splash potions of Poison.
- A cave spider can hold its breath underwater for about 16 seconds (320 world ticks/160 redstone ticks), as with other mobs and the player. It takes about 6 seconds (120 world ticks/60 redstone ticks) to suffocate a cave spider to death.
They have two big differences from regular Spiders: One is the much smaller size of the Cave Spider: They take up only a fraction of a block space, specifically 0.7 x 0.7 x 0.5 of a block. Accordingly, they can fit through spaces one block wide and just half a block tall. This specifically includes those gaps created by slabs, atop fence posts, and by two stair blocks facing each other. Note that if both cave and regular spiders are trying to reach the player through the same 1x1x1 size opening, the regular spiders tend to crowd the opening (which they can't pass), and block the path of the cave spiders.
The cave spider's other special feature is its poisonous bite. When bitten by a Cave Spider on any difficulty except Easy, the player's health bar turns yellow-green and gradually decreases.[3] The poison inflicts half of a heart of damage about every second and a half, and lasts for 7 seconds on Normal difficulty, or 15 seconds on Hard. Armor does not protect from venom or reduce the damage received from it, unless the armor has the protection enchantment on it. Milk has the ability to cure the player of the poison. Regardless of the difficulty, poison cannot kill the player, but it can drop the player's health to 1 ().[4] If they are suffering from the Weakness potion effect, or the difficulty is on Easy, then they will not inflict poisoning.
Tips for fighting[edit]
Cave spiders are extremely dangerous: a single attack and poison together can drop you from full health to half a heart if you are on hard with no armor. In addition, they can get through almost any hole (certain fence gaps may be an exception), making it quite hard to fight them on your own terms. Finally, unlike players, cave spiders are not slowed by cobwebs.
Like all spawners, cave spider spawners can be used as experience/drop farms, but due to the spiders' agility and lethality, only certain grinder types are safe. Destroying the spawner is the safest option, but provides little experience. To destroy or tame the spawner, the player will need to get past the spiders themselves and the many cobwebs that will surround the spawner. Some tips:
- If the spawner is completely within a mineshaft corridor, the simplest and safest way to make use of a cave spider spawner is to make tactical use of the corridor and the fencing "supports" within. To arrange blocks so that you can attack it, but it can't attack you, create a blockade: Place any solid block two-high in front of the opening of one of the mineshaft supports, like so:
|Top View
|Side view
|Front view
- Notice that the blockade blocks are not in line with the arch. This is important, if it was in line with the arch the fence posts would attach to the block and form a solid barrier that you can't attack through. Having the block offset by one creates a small diagonal gap through which you can still hit the cave spider, but if you stand far enough back, the spider cannot bite you. Do not use fence posts instead of the blocks, as this will create a diagonal gap wide enough for one cave spider to shove another cave spider through.
- You can now attack the cave spiders without them being able to return the favor, allowing you to kill them faster than the spawner can breed them.Once you've finished off all the cave spiders on the other side of the blockade, move up to it and place two more blocks on the far side of the archway in mirror fashion to the current set up. You can now remove the first set of blocks as the second set will keep the spiders from you. Dart back and kill the few that will have spawned while you did this, then move forward again and block off the next archway leading to the spawner. Progress in this manner until you are able to reach the spawner and destroy it.
Progression Down Mineshaft (Top View): W W W W = Wooden Arches 1W2 3W4 5W6 S 1-6 = Successive Blockades W W W S = Spawner
- Shears are obviously helpful -- flint and steel provides both light and damage for the spiders, while burning away cobwebs. In general, you want to light up the area as you clear your way to the spawner.
- While milk can cure poison, it isn't stackable, and drinking it during a battle is slow; the best time to use the milk is between rounds of fighting, or afterwards.
- Pouring lava on the spawner won't destroy it, but the light will suppress spawning, and the lava will deal with any spiders it does manage to produce.
- Pouring water will remove all of the webs the water touches.
- Digging up from below can let you break the spawner more quickly.
- Building an Iron Golem in there can get you some breathing room to reach the spawner.
- TNT can be used to blow up the mob spawner and kill most of the spiders in the area. Cave spiders only have twelve hitpoints so they die easily when there is an explosion. In the process, you'll also deal with a lot of cobwebs. However, you can get yourself killed if you're not careful. Try to get above the spawner, dig a hole in the ceiling, remove any cobwebs in the way, drop the TNT in the space, and light it with your Flint and Steel.
Diamond swords are useful and can kill a cave spider in a quick amount of time. Iron golems are useful too and their strong impact can kill them.
Mob farming[edit]
- As noted above, the venom and small size of cave spiders makes farming them quite dangerous. If you must, consider these points:
- Ensure the roof is greater than 3 blocks high on the player's side of the wall, or they will leap to the ceiling and get stuck.
- Cave Spiders do not drop more than one spider eye even after being killed by a looting-enchanted weapon, but the chance of one is increased.
- Because cave spider spawners are so common, they are quite commonly generated near each other. This can provide you with an extremely efficient XP farm, as two or more spawners can work simultaneously (subject to limits of spawning behavior).
- The most plausible way to contain them is between a door and a fence pillar, leaving a gap that they can't pass, but which you can attack through. (See the picture in the gallery.) The block arrangement discussed above will also work.
Like most mobs, Cave Spiders will suffocate when you drop sand or gravel onto them. Because of their small size, suffocating requires only one block, making it fairly efficient. Although anvils will instantly kill a Cave Spider, they are fairly expensive to make and will often take damage from falling. Lava is especially useful when dealing with spawners, but will burn any drops and/or experience.
Redstone traps may work, provided the spiders are given no chance to escape. Because of their small size, this may prove difficult.
Though TNT will get rid of spiders and blow up the spawner, both tasks can be accomplished much more easily. TNT should only be considered when unable to use any other method.
|Added cave spiders.
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|Cave spider's health points reduced from 20 ( × 10) to 12 ().
|Cave spiders swim extremely fast with the water stream towards the player, but seem to be almost not moving against the water stream. They can also climb ice blocks.
|Cave spiders can no longer draw line of sight through opaque blocks, and have been given the new AI that regular spiders have recieved.
|Cave spiders' venom is no longer neutralized by splash potions of Weakness, which may or may not be a bug.
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|Added cave spiders.
|Cave spiders swim extremely fast with the water stream towards the player, but seem to be almost not moving against the water stream. They can also climb ice blocks.
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- The Cave Spider's texture appears to be at a higher-resolution than its normal counterpart - this is because the textures occupy a smaller space.
- They have the same size shadow as a normal spider.
- Many speculations have been made about the possibility of a cave-spider-jockey. This however is impossible without third party tools, as cave spiders do not share an entity ID with spiders, like wither skeletons do with skeletons.
- Cave spiders are one of the five mobs that give a debuff to the player. The other four being the Wither, the Wither skeleton the Witch, and the Elder Guardian.
- If cave spiders are allowed to spawn via hacks, they will only spawn if the light level is 7 or below.
Cave Spider and a Cave Spider spawner.


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4. The beads may work on the visual stain, but can they absorb or deal with odor? Will the clothes smell fresh?
5. Can they be used in conjunction with soap or fabric softener?
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1. If 10 people in my condo block did their laundry all at once with these micro-beads, might we not cause water pipe blockage and water back-up that will flood our laundry rooms and homes? A poor way to conserve water, I say.
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3. I'm not submitting MY dry-cleanables, or my washables, either, to being pounded by millions of micro-beads. Clothes washed this way will literally "erode" after several washings. My dry-cleaner already uses a super-friendly system without chemicals, and my dry-cleanables last for decades with their careful cleaning system. Most of my washables last for decades, too.
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Lastly, I'd like the cyclic pollution problem associated with these beads addressed fully prior to a large scale distribution of these beads, i.e. are they going to be classified as toxic waste by the EPA if they are used to clean petroleum products from clothes?
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The stakes are clear in a boxing match Saturday night for regional supremacy. Lance Williams wants what Gilbert Venegas has claimed in a 14-year pro career -- local respect and the mythical title of "King of the Quad.'' However, the East Moline veteran is eager to answer the challenge from his younger rival in the main event of "The Civil War'' fight card that will be waged at Davenport's Danceland Ballroom. "I'm going to put him under pressure, take him to deep water and he'll drown,'' Venegas said figuratively during a training session at Moline's Alley Cat Boxing Club. The supremely fit Venegas, who turns 36 next month, has utilized that strategy his entire career, posting an 11-8-3 (7 KOs) record as a respect journeyman. Included is a 3-7-3 mark in his last 13 fights as a veteran opponent in 10 different states, facing some of the nation's top up-and-coming talent, with a combined 147-24-4 mark before meeting Venegas. Venegas even fought for the WBC's Continental America's welterweight title in 2007, batting Mexican Jesus Soto Karass to a 12-round draw. Even more ominous for Muscatine's Williams is a spotless 6-0 record for Venegas in hometown bouts, hence his unofficial title. "I respect (Venegas) majorly,'' Williams said. "I grew up watching him win tournaments. But it's my time now.'' After all, no less than world-title winning trainer Roger Mayweather, Floyd's uncle, made an open invitation recently for Williams (4-0, 4 KOs) to train at the Mayweather Boxing Club in Las Vegas. "To hear that from a great trainer like him was special,'' Williams said. But to get there, the 27-year-old knows he'll need to get past the time-tested tester that is Venegas. "Boxing is a non-stop thing for me,'' Williams said. "This won't be the first time I've faced someone with experience.'' This will be Williams' first go-around in the main event spotlight, though. The fight with Venegas moved from co-feature to top billing this week when 3-time former world title challenger Antwun Echols, formerly of Davenport, withdrew from his first hometown bout in 13 years because of a contract dispute. Despite the absence of Echols, the promotion anticipates a sellout, with both Venegas and Williams bringing a sizable fan base to the classic, "old vs. new'' confrontation. Venegas improved to 6-0 in local fights by beating fellow Davenport veteran Leonard Overstreet in November's main event at Danceland. "I've got people from Muscatine and East Moline coming to see a collision,'' Venegas said. Ditto for Williams, who has been preparing for the bout the last two months, and believes daily sparring sessions with his older brother have him prepared for whatever Venegas brings Saturday night. Venegas disagrees, though, saying he's sharper now than he was in his 20s. "He thinks I'm a lot slower than I am,'' Venegas said. "He's in for a rude awakening.'' Boxing this weekend Time & place: Dubbed ``The Civil War,'' the nine-fight pro card begins at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Davenport's historic Danceland Ballroom. Doors open at 6. Presented by Armer Boxing and Calkins Sports Productions.
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Main event: East Moline's Gilbert Venegas (11-8-3, 7 KOs) meets Muscatine's 27-year-old Lance ``Lay'em Down'' Williams (4-0, 4 KOs) for local bragging rights.
Co-feature: Instead of taking on 3-time world-title contender Antwun Echols in the main event, Galesburg middleweight George Carter Jr. (8-0, 4 KOs) settles for Nebraska's Sean Rawley Wilson (5-12-1) in the featured lead-in.
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Also in action: Moline's Vic Martinez makes his pro debut at lightweight against Florida's Ricky Thompson (1-7). ... Davenport light welterweight Travis Thomas (1-0) takes on Missouri's debuting Daurice Starr. ... Davenport's former Olympic challenger Donovan Dennis (1-0, 1 KO) draws Missouri heavyweight Dakota Talbott (0-5). ... Just weeks after a mixed-martial arts battle between them, Bettendorf's Jack Klemme (1-0, 1 KO) and nearby Ottumwa's Jeremy Marts (8-13) are rematched in a boxing battle of Iowa middlweights. ... Davenport's winless warrior Fred Thomas (0-10-2) tries again for that first pro win vs. Clinton native Kenneth Taylor-Schmitz (2-6) at middleweight. ... Davenporters Brandon Segura and Alexx Rozman make their pro debuts together in a heavy-hitting heavyweight bout.


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Back on Track
A runner's chi.
WebMD Feature
Oct. 16, 2000 -- Danny Dreyer was standing on a Northern California high school track, running in place. He pumped his legs straight up and down like pistons, pushing off from the track with his toes each time his foot landed. Scuff, scuff, scuff.
"Now watch this," he said, and he began to move very differently, leaning forward, lifting his legs from his hips, putting each foot down lightly. No pushing off with the toes. No scuffing.
He had me try both moves. "If you had to run in place for a couple of hours, which would you rather do?" he asked. No contest. The lighter, gentler way felt about 10 times better. But it also felt like cheating. It sure didn't involve the effort I usually put into jogging.
I'd come to Dreyer, a running coach with a new idea, because I sorely needed some help. I'd run most of my adult life, but lately my attempts just weren't working. On a recent evening jog, I couldn't believe how out of step I felt. With each footfall, I felt more plodding.
An aging baby boomer, I wasn't alone in my slowdown. Plenty of us are having an uphill struggle and experiencing more aches and pains than we used to. That fact has spurred a trend toward kinder, gentler running techniques, says Richard Cotton, a Salt Lake City exercise physiologist and spokesman for the American Council on Exercise. For instance, more people are now mixing walking with running, which is easier on middle-aged knees and backs.
East Meets West
Dreyer's approach, which he calls "chi running," is the latest twist in the easy-does-it trend. It's a form of running that incorporates the principles of tai chi, an ancient Chinese discipline believed to enhance energy and improve health. It's helped propel Dreyer, who's 51, to a successful career as a nationally ranked ultramarathon runner. This year alone, he's won three 50-mile races. Not only does the "chi" approach spare him injuries, he says, it boosts his energy. "I feel so good after a race that I come home and clean the house," says Dreyer. I figured he must be doing something right.
Chi running, which Dreyer teaches to individuals, running clubs, and corporate clients such as NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, Calif., combines the inner concentration and smooth flowing movement of tai chi with the power and energy of running. Instead of pushing through pain or muscling your way along, Dreyer emphasizes ease, using as little effort as possible.
"Running form is a big contributor to injuries," says David Hannaford, DPM, a sports-oriented podiatrist in San Rafael and San Francisco, Calif., who sends patients to Dreyer. "But there are ways to smooth things out and avoid injuries if one is taught properly."
At root, Dreyer's teachings come from the animal world. Many of the slow moves in tai chi are based on the movements of the cheetah and the greyhound, two of the fastest animals on earth, but ones that don't rely on large muscles for their speed, says Dreyer. In human terms, that translates into moving in a way that's as relaxed and efficient as possible, avoiding the overuse of muscles.
"It's a way to use running as a relaxation exercise and still get a great workout," says Dreyer, who says his own running has become a form of moving meditation.
Running With Finesse
To help shift to this new style, says Dreyer, imagine a bungee cord hooked to the middle of your chest. Hook the other end to a big tree, say, in the distance, and imagine the cord pulling you forward as you run. Let your feet follow, lightly, in smooth, flowing movements. That keeps you in an optimum posture -- with your center of gravity out in front of your feet -- and it seems to have a psychological effect, too.
"When I think about doing a 30-mile race," Dreyer says, "I realize that all I have to do is lean forward for 30 miles."
Dreyer admits that adding tai chi to running is a hard concept to explain. "It takes a lot of focus and practice," says Dreyer, "but then that's what tai chi is all about -- creating positive changes through focused attention." The rocket scientists he often coaches don't go in for ethereal explanations, though, so he talks about efficiency. "It all checks out in terms of basic physics," says Dreyer.
Trying New Steps
The day after my session with Dreyer, I took my new moves out for a run. At first it seemed a lot to remember: Check your posture, lean forward, use your upper body to pull you ahead; keep your lower legs loose, lift your lower legs rather than pushing off with your feet. Move rhythmically, making it feel as easy as possible. Oh, and don't forget to swing your arms from the elbows, gently. Don't push ahead and make an effort so much as lean forward and let your feet take you where you want to go.


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Courteous Reader,
This is the Twelfth Year that I have in this Way laboured for the Benefit — of Whom? of the Publick, if you'll be so good-natured as to believe it; if not, e'en take the naked Truth, 'twas for the Benefit of my own dear self; not forgetting in the mean time, our gracious Consort and Dutchess the peaceful, quiet, silent Lady Bridget. But whether my Labours have been of any Service to the Publick or not, the Publick I must acknowledge has been of Service to me; I have lived Comfortably by its Benevolent Encouragement; and I hope I shall always bear a grateful Sense of its continued Favour.
My Adversary J n J ——— n has indeed made an Attempt to out-shine me, by pretending to penetrate a Year deeper into Futurity; and giving his Readers gratis in his Almanack for 1743 an Eclipse of the Year 1744, to be beforehand with me: His Words are, "The first Day of April next Year 1744, there will be a GREAT ECLIPSE of the Sun; it begins about an Hour before Sunset. It being in the Sign Aries, the House of Mars, and in the 7th, shows Heat, Difference and Animosities between Persons of the highest Rank and Quality," &c. I am very glad, for the Sake of these Persons of Rank and Quality, that there is no manner of Truth in this Prediction: They may, if they please, live in Love and Peace. And I caution his Readers (they are but few, indeed, and so the Matter's the less) not to give themselves any Trouble about observing this imaginary Great Eclipse; for they may stare till they're blind without seeing the least Sign of it. I might, on this Occasion, return Mr. J ——— n the Name of Baal's false Prophet he gave me some Years ago in his Wrath, on Account of my Predicting his Reconciliation with the Church of Rome, (tho' he seems now to have given up that Point) but I think such Language between old Men and Scholars unbecoming; and I leave him to settle the Affair with the Buyers of his Almanack as well as he can, who perhaps will not take it very kindly, that he has done what in him lay (by sending them out to gaze at an invisible Eclipse on the first of April) to make April Fools of them all. His old thread-bare Excuse which he repeats Year after Year about the Weather, "That no Man can be infallible therein, by Reason of the many contrary Causes happening at or near the same time, and the Unconstancy of the Summer Showers and gusts," &c. will hardly serve him in the Affair of Eclipses; and I know not where he'll get another.
I have made no Alteration in my usual Method, except adding the Rising and Setting of the Planets, and the Lunar Conjunctions. Those who are so disposed, may thereby very readily learn to know the Planets, and distinguish them from each other.
I am, dear Reader,
Thy obliged Friend,
He that drinks his Cyder alone, let him catch his Horse alone.
Who is strong? He that can conquer his bad Habits. Who is rich? He that rejoices in his Portion.
He that has not got a Wife, is not yet a compleat Man.
What you would seem to be, be really.
If you'd lose a troublesome Visitor, lend him Money.
Tart Words make no Friends: a spoonful of honey will catch more flies than Gallon of Vinegar.
Make haste slowly.
Dine with little, sup with less:
Do better still; sleep supperless.
Industry, Perseverance, & Frugality, make Fortune yield.
I'll warrant ye, goes before Rashness; Who'd-a-tho't it? comes sneaking after.
Prayers and Provender hinder no Journey.
Hear Reason, or she'll make you feel her.
Give me yesterday's Bread, this Day's Flesh, and last Year's Cyder.
God heals, and the Doctor takes the Fees.
Sloth (like Rust) consumes faster than Labour wears: the used Key is always bright.
Light Gains heavy Purses.
Keep thou from the Opportunity, and God will keep thee from the Sin.
Where there's no Law, there's no Bread.
As Pride increases, Fortune declines.
Drive thy Business, or it will drive thee.
A full Belly is the Mother of all Evil.
The same man cannot be both Friend and Flatterer.
He who multiplies Riches multiplies Cares.
An old Man in a House is a good Sign.
Those who are fear'd, are hated.
The Things which hurt, instruct.
The Eye of a Master, will do more Work than his Hand.
A soft Tongue may strike hard.
If you'd be belov'd, make yourself amiable.
A true Friend is the best Possession.
Fear God, and your Enemies will fear you.
Epitaph on a Scolding Wife by her Husband.
Here my poor Bridgets's Corps doth lie,
she is at rest, and so am I.


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New Moms: 5 Ways to Eat Healthy All Day
To turn pasta, soup, or greens into a hefty meal, toss in garbanzo, black, or kidney beans. Besides containing fill-you-up fiber and protein, they also pack iron, zinc, and folic acid into each bite. Try this flavorful dish: Mix black beans with cooked brown rice, a little chili powder, cilantro, and a squeeze of lime.2. Snack shortcut: Empty your crisper
Take apples, oranges, and bananas out of the fridge and keep them in a bowl on your kitchen counter for easy-to-see (and eat!) treats.3. Salad shortcut: Ditch the tossing
Yes, salads are a great low-calorie meal option, but all that chopping and arranging is hardly doable with a newborn. Instead, keep plastic baggies full of pre-cut baby carrots, celery, bell peppers, and grape tomatoes in your fridge for salad snacks you can grab with zero hassle.4. On-the-go shortcut: Realize that diaper bags aren't just for diapers
They're for snacks for you, too! Don't leave home without small bags of trail mix, mini boxes of raisins, dried apricots, and high-fiber, protein-rich nutrition bars, such as Kashi GoLean Crunchy!
Stock it with protein-rich meal starters, such as frozen veggie burgers, shrimp, and chicken strips, that are a cinch to build a meal around, says Bridget Swinney, RD, author of Eating Expectantly. Veggie burgers can be tucked into a whole wheat sandwich roll or crumbled on top of greens. Shrimp can make a bowl of pasta feel special. And chicken strips can be stir-fried with frozen vegetables.
Originally published in FITNESS magazine, August 2007.
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Thinking Outside the Gender Toy Box (or Not)
A Survey on Gender & Toys
Before I had my son I had been intellectually camping out (in my Airstream trailer, natch) in the nurture campgrounds of the 'nature vs. nurture debate'. I didn't plan to be pushy about it, but I wanted to provide toys for him all along the spectrum regardless of which gender category they traditionally fell in. And, I assumed, at his tender age of 2.5, before exposure to television commercials and peer pressure, he'd be equally interested in the felt play food I painstakingly made for him as Tonka trucks. Um, no.
Despite my attempts to think outside the gender toy box he inevitably gravitates toward diggers, dumpers, dinosaurs and other traditional "boy toys." Which is fine, but it has forced me to reevaluate some of my ideas and wonder if the folks in the nature camp have marshmallows I could borrow.
In addition to trawling the aisles of Toy Fair last month looking for great new toys to share with you, I sat in on an interesting presentation by toy industry expert Richard Gottlieb about gender and toys. He presented the results of a recent survey of 1,500 parents (98% moms) that explored attitudes about gender and toys. He started the lively presentation with some vintage toy packaging showing boys (and often, fathers) actively playing with a toy while girls (and often, mothers) passively watched them with dopey, adoring looks on their faces.
While modern packaging (with notable exceptions) generally does a better job of showing both boys and girls actively engaged with all kinds of toys, there were some results of the survey I found really interesting:
The kinds of toys moms report that their children play (or, more importantly, don't play with) still fall into pretty traditional gender categories:
• 15% reported their son plays with dolls
• 20% reported their son plays dress up
• 41% reported their son plays with kitchen toys
• 60% reported their son plays with plush animals
Moms believe their daughters play less with "boy toys" than they did themselves when they were young.
• 16% reported their daughter plays with toy guns (compared to 25% self)
• 27% reported their daughter plays with construction toys (compared to 34% self)
• 24% reported their daughter plays with action figures (compared to 45% self)
• 32% reported their daughter plays with cars and trucks (compared to 39% self)
• 33% reported their daughter plays with science kits (compared to 34% self)
Do parents believe toys influence their children's future careers?
• 97% of respondents believe that playing with math and science toys can improve a child's educational success
• Yet 62% felt that the toys their children played with did not influence their future career choices and even more, 78%, felt toys did not influence future earning potential.
• 73% felt there was an absence of math/science toys available for girls (they clearly hadn't seen these chemistry perfume kits)
Toys and Sexual Preference: Is William Getting His Doll or Not?
• 91% of parents surveyed did not believe the toys their kids played influenced sexual preference
• However, 20% believed their spouse (husbands in this case) did not want their sons to play with dolls
Does color matter to kids? And, if not, why aren't marketers getting the message?
• 55% of parents did not believe their daughters preferred to play with pink toys
• 77% of parents did not believe their sons preferred to play with blue toys
(I wish they'd asked the question of whether their sons (or daughters for that matter) preferred not to play with pink toys.)
How do parents decide what toys to buy and what do they look for in a toy?
From most important to least, these are the influencing factors parents reported when deciding what to buy:
1. the child's wish
2. another parent's recommendation
3. a blogger recommendation
4. newspaper/magazine article, television spotlight
5. advertising
6. in-store demo
7. store placement
What do parents look for?
1. Fun
2. Educational value
3. Quality
4. Price
5. Brand
6. Eco-friendly
Reading the results of this survey I didn't feel like they were reflective of the parents I know or, for that matter, the readers I interact with on Ohdeedoh. And, there are many factors here that the survey couldn't suss out - how old are these kids? Is playing Medieval knights "dress up?" Are these parents being totally honest? Do parents really know what their kids think about toys? Does parental peer pressure play a role in what toys parents buy or don't buy for their kids? Nevertheless, all this is interesting to think about. Mostly I hope that toy companies realize that many, many parents specifically seek out toys that aren't pink or blue (ever tried to buy a doll umbrella stroller in another color?). If the vast majority of toys marketed toward girls are pink, isn't it just a self-fulfilling prophecy that girls will play with pink toys?
You can find out more about Richard Gottleib at his consultancy company USA Toy Experts and read his blog posts about all kinds of toy industry topics on Global Toy News.
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My mom was also in the "nurture" camp with my older sisters, so she bought them trucks... and proceeded to watch the tender conversations that ensued between mommy trucks and baby trucks. (And both my sisters are now in somewhat male-dominated careers, interestingly enough!)
I figure it goes something like a quote I read once: "Heredity deals the cards, environment plays the hand."
My daughter plays happily with her older brother's hand-me-down toys (including baby dolls and kitchen items), but did wonder the other day, "Why aren't there any pink or purple Legos?"
My daughter is 2.5-years-old. She lovingly cradles, feeds, changes her babies. She roars ferociously with her dinos. She cooks for me and our cats in her kitchen. And drives her choo-choos (cars) all over every surface she can reach. Her best friend is a little boy who regularly brings a Littlest Pet Shop toy to daycare. She and her tiny bff were inseparable from day one because 1. they're exactly the same size - both shorties, the littlest in every class, and 2. because they move to each new class together because their birthdays are close together.
My BFFs were boys. I had dolls of different races (though I had a racist father). I dated seriously only. I played easy-bake oven. I am in the software industry.
I don't think what you choose to play with determines who you are as an adult. I think children should be free to play with what they gravitate toward. I do an excellent job of respecting my daughter's and her friends' natures. I think that should be the goal to create a world of love for our children to continue to create with their children.
Read: "My son is gay. Or he's not. I don't care. He is still my son. And he is 5. And I am his mother." - at Nerdy Apple Bottom
I had pink and purple "legos" when I was younger. They weren't the legos brand, but they were the same thing. One set made a park scene, and the other built a castle. My little sister lost some of the pieces to the castle and I was furious.
Very interesting results. It would have been nice to see the results segmented by age ranges of boys and girls (0-2, 3-5, etc) and see if there is correlation between growing societal factors and type of toys they play with.
I played with Legos, Erector Set, Tinker Toys, Chemistry Set, etc. as a child (I am female) and I am now professionally a scientist. I also had barbies and other traditionally "girl" toys. I remember specifically asking for most of the "boy" toys I had. So I guess I'm in the nature camp. My son overwhelmingly prefers to play with cars and trains, but he does own a toy shopping cart, a baby doll, and several stuffed animals, and play with them occasionally. I try to encourage all types of creative play, but basically I let him take the lead.
I hear ya on the color thing. My 3.5 year old daughter now loves pink and purple, but why? Are they born to love it? From day 1 I always selected blues, greens, oranges, you name it -- anything but pink, because a little girl is naturally going to have enough pink in her life from clothes, toys given as gifts, toys that come in no other color, etc. Yet here we are, 3.5 years later, and like most girls her age, she loves pink and purple best. Go figure.
As for the toys, I made available an assortment of stuff from planes to cars to dolls and kitchens. I've stopped buying the more "male" oriented stuff, not because I'm not all in favor of it, but because she simply enjoys playing dolls, and kitchen and doing art projects a lot more. Beyond her "baby" stage, she hasn't been too into pushing little cars around (unlike her male friends and nephews, many of whom became car obsessed).
So, yeah, I'm sure there's nature and nuture involved, but like you, I've realized since becoming a parent that there is more nature involved in the toy preference thing (and maybe even color preference) than I ever would've imagined beforehand.
we don't give our daughter extremely pink stuff or ANYTHING disney princess related. there is a firm line drawn there (we have received disney princess stuff as gifts/hand me downs and have promptly donated it to charity). anything else is pretty open, she has baby dolls and a play food set but most of the time plays with her cars and blocks and tromps around the house being a dinosaur. her best little boy friend has a play kitchen, lots of baby dolls and baby strollers, etc. but our daughter is most interested in his brio set.
just stand back and let the kids play but don't give them the crap that will affect them for life. check out this peggy orenstein book if you're interested
I have two girls (a toddler and a preschooler). I don't do princess, either, not at all. They play most often with:
*toy animals
*playmobil/dollhouse-sized people
*baby dolls
*stuffed animals
*pillows and blankets
*arts and craft supplies
*toy food/kitchen
*puzzles and games (gender-neutral)
*toy cars/trains
*dress-up costumes (the favorites right now are a tiger and a jester)
I don't know what life would be like if I had boys, but I doubt the content of our toy collection would change all the much. Perhaps we'd have fewer dolls and more trucks. I don't know. Other than that I bet it would be pretty much the same.
Oh yeah, and dinosaurs. That's been big lately. This afternoon the spent an hour making traps to catch "dinosaur rex."
Today, I asked my 2-year-old boy what he wanted to do outside, and he said, "fight with you with sticks." Ahhh, boys. I KNOW he hasn't played with swords or anything, he's just like that.
One question: why are kitchens and stuffed animals "girl" toys? I guess in our house, my husband and I share cooking duties, so maybe that's why my son loves his kitchen and play food. Otherwise, he gravitates toward anything with wheels: construction vehicles, trains, cars, trucks.
we play with what we've been given. so yes, we have a lot of "gender" toys: tools + megablocks for my 3 year old son. Our 20 month old daughter prefers to play with tools over baby dolls. That is fine by me--i have an industrial design degree and we built everything in the shop! but if we're given "girlie" stuff we don't throw it out, she'll play with it eventually.
My kids both go to creche part-time. The survey doesn't discuss peer influence.
My daughter was given a Barbie doll for her third birthday. I stashed it away until she asked for it- which was roughly 18 months later, when her friends were into Barbie and my little Pony. Its now at kinder level that she insists that there are girl colours and boy colours- thats what her friends say..
My little boy, who has just turned 3, loves dressups. He loves dressing up as a ballerina and as a super hero (sometimes we get both). He doesn't know the difference.
He loves blue, but I think that's due to his obsession with Anthony Wiggle.
Forgot to mention- I refuse to give my daughter a 'ho' doll.
My toys were whatever came with my happy meal or kinder surprises, and a box of lego- nothing was really gender oriented unless the happy meals had the option of a girl or boy toy.
All of my toys that were girly- Barbies, Polly Pocket and Ponies - were never played with, I actually put Power Rangers & Ghostbuster action figures in my doll house, and pikachu was thier pet - it was like an awful cartoon sitcom.
I was just reading somewhere (where?) that at about age 3 or 4 children believe that gender is flexible, and that they must choose to be either a boy or girl. They do so by declaring their allegiance to pink and princesses, or to blue and wrestling, for example. Once they get older and realize gender has nothing to do with the color of your clothes or toys, they mellow out about stuff. I can say I'm now seeing this retreat from entrenched gender identification in my 9-yr-old son. His favorite color at 4 was purple, until he started school, and he's just now, in 4th grade, wearing purple again.
My little guy is decidedly a boy. He has a play kitchen, fun foods, sewing cards, and a baby doll but they're rarely used. He prefers cars, trucks, trains, and "dinosaurus rexes!" He does, however, pretend footballs are his babies when he's feeling a bit nurturing and owns a hat for every occasion because you never know when you need to be a chef or a firefighter.
I sat firmly upon the nurture bandwagon for a long time, but seeing him now I know that even things traditionally associated with girls have a bit of a rough and tumble aspect. Really, though, he gets what toys he likes. If he asks for a baby doll when it's time to pick a toy he gets one, even though his father often rolls his eyes about that one. ha
I don't understand why parents would limit there child's exposure to any one type of toy. Isn't telling your daughter she can't have "princess" toys just the same as telling her she can't have Legos? I don't get it. Expose your child to a variety of things; teach them to be independent and to think for themselves and it will just lead to a natural curiosity of all things regardless of gender orientation. It's when you withhold something from a child that makes them want it even more. People need to relax a bit!
the difference is that there is no harm in playing with legos, but there is harm in the myths and values perpetuated by the princess crap.
I don't think well designed toys are every gendered. But there are lots of junky ones that try and hammer home an identity. We just look for well designed, attractive products that are going to last through multiple children, my own or others. I don't ever buy junk, avoid toys made in China, and never consciously choose gendered or ugly stuff.
At 3.5, pink and purple are his favorite colors and we recently dyed some underpants to complete the collection. Not sure how long he'll remain this innocent but our preschool is great, and doesn't allow licensed characters on stuff, so there is no pressure there.
It was actually easier with my son. Now that I have a daughter I feel a lot more pressure to "fill in" with princess nonesense.
Personally, I think it is a lot easier if you avoid the oppressive television and commerical messages.
NB: pink and purple duplo lego blocks sell for a HUGE premium on ebay.
My 4 year old girl recently begged for fairy princess wings, but she wears them while dragging out her older brother's giant box of Star Wars figures to play with.
I think in houses with more than one child and opposite gender it is a little easier for children to have access to a variety of toys and accept them. While she never asks for "boy" toys she has plenty to play with whenever she wants to and she does play with them often. For her birthday this year she asked for only Barbies and My Little Ponies though.
my son plays with everything. he got littlest pet shop for a birthday last year. his male cousin said "thats for girls" and then proceeded to play with it the entire time ;)
and i'm by no means uptight, but that first picture angers me.
I am twenty five and I clearly remember my 5th birthday and getting two completely redone Little Mermaid bedrooms. And as I read that people deprive their children of that I cry inside. There will always be a Disney princess in me. :)
doubledutch--thank you for saying what I wanted to say. This is exactly right. And the marketing that goes into all the princess crap is horrendous.
Anecdote: My 4 1/2 year old, who does not play princess because she doesn't see TV or movies and doesn't have stuff with labels, was playing outside with a friend the other day. The friend, who is now in school, has become obsessed with "princess" this year. The friend said to my daughter, "hey, let's play princess." My daughter responded, "How do you play princess?"
Her friend didn't have an answer. As far as I can tell, "playing princess" means putting on scratchy sequined dresses and looking pretty. So no, I'm not interested in encouraging that.
In addition, I don't necessarily believe that kids playing princess, or certain other things, for that matter, has much at all to do with what kids "want" to do or what they "like." It has everything to do with what advertising has told them they should be doing.
PS That was not a judgment on anyone's parenting, nor a suggestion that I believe anyone else should agree with me. It was a response to kberinger's question.
My daughter is one, so I don't have an educated opinion yet, but is a little bit of princessyness really so terrible? Geez, some of my favourite memories included dressing up and running around all princessy. I turned out fine.
I'll comment on the avoiding typical "boy" toys. My mother initially refused to buy any kind of gun (Nerf, pop, cap, or otherwise) for my brother. However, he took my barbies and used the legs as guns anyway (when he wasn't playing house with them) - so my mom relented on the no gun rule. All that really mattered in my family was that we shared our toys and were polite/kind to each other.
Oh, my god, the males are playing Battleship while Mom and Sister DO THE DISHES. Lol kill me now, Milton Bradley.
Hahaha, I just noticed the Battleship box. Absurd!