Gender Identity and Expression in the Early Childhood Classroom

If children are regularly exposed to images, actions, people, and words that counter stereotypes-for example through books, photographs, stories, and role models- they are likely to modify and expand on their narrow theories (Brill & Pepper 2008). [...]educators of young children should offer their students different perspectives, including those that counter society's confined constructs, to allow children access to a range of roles, expressions, and identities (Valente 2011). [...]educators must take an active role in providing both boys and girls counternarratives, and helping children question the status quo.