Many times people have come and told me “Boys will be boys and Girls will be girls”. The way I have been dealing with people who stereotype kids is by ignoring these statements. I would like to believe this but my own experiences while growing up have been quite different. I never liked playing with barbies and was always beating up little boys in cycling and running. So, it was great to discover TrueChild, an organization, helping all children, boys and girls, breaking stereotypes so that they can reach their maximum potential.

To raise awareness about their mission, they organized a cook off, where I met an Invincibelle, Soledad O’ Brien, She is currently the host of CNN Special Investigations Unit on CNN, and is best known for anchoring the CNN marquee morning newscast American Morning with Miles O’Brien; their common surname is coincidental.

She was champion of the day, Ms. O’Brien has shown the world tragedies of human conflict, natural disasters, chronic and infectious diseases. She is always leading the way on where we our efforts have fallen short and compels us to take an initiative that will change how we know to “be” in this world.

So the question is : Are Boys going to be Boys and Girls going to be Girls ? Or is it us who teach them what it means to Girls or Boys?