How Parents Influence Kids’ Gender Roles

“In our home, I take on a lot of responsibilities that previous generations would have scoffed at,” says Whit Honea, a co-founder of Dads 4 Change. In a new episode of Home School, The Atlantic’s animated series about parenting, Honea explains why, in a culture where outdated gender stereotypes are “very much alive,” parents shouldn’t dictate gender roles to their children. “By no means do I want to imply that it’s wrong for kids to embrace things that they enjoy just because it falls on one [gender] or the other—just that it shouldn’t be mandated by us,” Honea says. Subscribe to The Atlantic on YouTube: