The point is that she will find her own way, but she needs to see what different paths exist. So, don't hesitate to show her hackerdom, she can help so many peo

The point is that she will find her own way, but she needs to see what different paths exist. So, don't hesitate to show her hackerdom, she can help so many people with hackerdom and even better show her this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYSmp3bjP_0&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYSmp3bjP_0&feature=relat... and the really cool woman who made that http://web.media.mit.edu/~cynthiab/research/research.html http://web.media.mit.edu/~cynthiab/research/research.html . That's what made me realise I wanted to build robots when I grew up. The thing is that kids in general tend to be pushed into stereotypes. This isn't just an unsubstantiated hypothesis I actually remember how adults used do this, for example they don't play with you if you pick up the wrong kind of doll, they don't look at you properly and so on. It's just subtle cues but a child picks them. (every child depends on these cues to learn and develop) What worries me is that if you continue treating everything with the "over the gender divide" attitude she will get attuned to it, and it will kick off a pretty vicious cycle. So, please do realise that labels are for jars and just let her be, like this awesome dad did for his son. P.S. - There is this comment http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2758516 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2758516 right above that might answer your quandary in a definite manner