it reinforces skills like logic and, and gross, fine motor skills, language skills. when we start with our youngest kids playing it is gender neutral. boys and girls love the themes. my daughter had those. i remember. safari train, first builders. mega blocks. barbie set. when i was a kid and had legos they were for dudes. yes. usually the boys the construction sets for older kids. now a new trend. we have beautiful sets like the barbie set. girls build. but we still have great lego sets. a new super hero set coming out. so, this is the battle of smallville. superman. would have enjoyed that one. the truck. machine guns on it. sweet. archery something targeted for the boys. kind of a boy thing. but. we have seen kat ness from hunger games and brave. and girls are interested in archery and cross bow skills.