Not a parent, but thinking back on it, my parents were pretty gender-neutral with their approach to toys. They got us legos for a large part of our childhood, which my older brother, younger sister, and I, enjoyed greatly. We all liked Arthur books, which weren't really gender-based, minus, perhaps, Arthur's sister getting on his nerves - not that you have to be a boy to relate to that! Magic School Bus was taught by an intelligent Ms. Frizzle...my sister really liked Teletubbies, something neither my brother, nor I, understood. I don't know if Teletubbies had a gender, but I still think it's terrifying and stupid. Ain't nothin beat Sesame Street...that being said, we were only allowed large amounts of TV when we were sick, or it was a Saturday morning, otherwise it wasn't allowed to be turned on.

When we got into videogames, my parents didn't ever specify that it was a toy for boys, even though that's always what's been considered the norm. To that end, my sister played them along with us, (or thought she was playing, as was the case when I wanted to get into an extra long, single-player RPG without being bothered).