Play is critical for children's development but is the target of significant gender stereotyping. Early in life, parents must navigate these stereotypes on behalf of their children. This study examined typologies of caregivers' judgments toward their infants' future engagement with toys and activities considered typical of same- and different-gender peers, and whether these judgments indicated qualities of the child-rearing environment. We conducted a latent profile analysis on a sample of 501 families with infant children in a large city in the Western United States (501 mothers, 388 fathers; 69% White, 16% Latinx, 8% African American). Results showed that parents could be classified as androgynous, stereotyped, counterstereotyped, or gender-impartial in their preferences for their child's toys and activities. Mothers who displayed androgynous and counterstereotyped preferences-primarily conveying approval different-gender-typed play-were rated higher on objective assessments of the quality of the home environment and parent-child interactions. How parents orient to cultural gendered messages for children's play may have implications for the overall parenting environment. We discuss implications for research and practice. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

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父母对儿童性别游戏的判断表明了早期生活照料环境的质量。

游戏对于儿童的发展至关重要，但却是严重性别陈规定型观念的目标。在生命的早期，父母必须代表孩子克服这些刻板印象。这项研究考察了照顾者对婴儿未来参与同性别和异性同龄人典型的玩具和活动的判断类型，以及这些判断是否表明了育儿环境的质量。我们对美国西部一座大城市的 501 个有婴儿的家庭样本（501 名母亲，388 名父亲；69% 白人，16% 拉丁裔，8% 非裔美国人）进行了潜在概况分析。结果显示，父母对孩子的玩具和活动的偏好可以分为雌雄同体、刻板印象、反刻板印象或性别中立。在对家庭环境和亲子互动质量的客观评估中，表现出雌雄同体和反刻板偏好的母亲（主要是表达对不同性别类型游戏的认可）的得分更高。父母如何适应儿童游戏的文化性别信息可能会对整体育儿环境产生影响。我们讨论对研究和实践的影响。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2023 APA，保留所有权利）。