Gender stereotypes are ideas ###### how girls and boys ###### look and behave. Every ###### has them.

There are ###### roles for how people ###### girls should look and ######. There are other roles ###### how people think boys ###### look and behave.

One ###### is toys. Girls are ###### to play with dolls. ###### are expected to play ###### trucks.

Some Roles Can Be Harmful

A new study ###### these gender stereotypes can ###### problems. Some children do ###### stick to their gender ######.]]>
Gender roles ###### learned very early, the ###### says. These roles are ###### in a child's mind ###### age 10.

There are ###### that try to stop ###### problems that many gender ###### cause. Most programs are ###### teenagers age 15 and ######, though. By then it ###### too late to make ###### big difference, the study ######.

How Girls And Boys Are Expected To Act

The study looked at ###### young teenagers and their ######. The teens live in ###### different countries.]]>