"Pink is my best friend"

I took K shopping for new church clothes for all the kids at Easter time. I told her to pick out her favorite dress. She picked out a pink dress and said, "I want this one. Pink is my best friend." I laughed but really think it might be. She is happiest when she is wearing pink. I heard once that children are born neutral and that we teach them to be male or female. I have 3 boys and 3 girls and I struggle with this idea. They are all so different in personality and tastes. I couldn't have had that big of an influence in what they are interested in. We have a pretty good variety of things in our home so it's not like they haven't been exposed to both sides. The boys have had to play thier share of house and dress up and they always end up fighting off something "bad" to save the girls. The girls have played their share of legos and imaginative battles and they always end up trying to take care of the house and kids while the men go off to war. My boys are not into not into pink and jewelry and clothes and shoes and hair and the whole drama thing that my girls are into and my girls are not into gross sounds and dragons and fast cars and military jets and camoflauge clothing and weapons that my boys are into. My girls are very nurturing and my boys are very protective.

K wearing her "best friend"

S and K-yesterday before church

As I interact with my children daily and watch them grow and learn, I am often in awe at these amazing spirits in these little bodies and I am humbled that Heavenly Father would trust me enough to allow me to be their mother. I truly believe that I am a mother because my children are teaching me how to get back to heaven and not the other way around.

What do you think? Are children born or taught to be girls and boys?