Because preschoolers' cognitive limitations lead them to assume that cultural practices determine gender, Sandra Bem suggests that parents and teachers

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By making a concerted effort to delay young children's learning of gender-stereotyped messages, parents and teachers can help children recognize that gender roles are not determined solely by cultural practices. This can help broaden children's understanding of gender and prevent them from limiting their own interests and abilities based on societal expectations. Encouraging children to pursue only gender-typed interests and activities (A) or exposing them to a variety of traditional and nontraditional gender roles (D) may also be helpful, but delaying the learning of gender-stereotyped messages is a crucial first step. Speeding up young children's learning of gender-stereotyped messages (C) would only reinforce the limiting beliefs that result from strict adherence to gender norms.

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