Editing Costume (section)

=== Children ===
Costumes also serve as an avenue for children to explore and role-play. For example, children may dress up as characters from history or fiction, such as pirates, [[princesses]], cowboys, or superheroes. They may also dress in [[uniform]]s used in common jobs, such as nurses, police officers, or firefighters, or as zoo or farm animals. Young boys tend to prefer costumes that reinforce stereotypical ideas of being male, and young girls tend to prefer costumes that reinforce stereotypical ideas of being female.<ref>{{cite book|title = Rituals and Patterns in Children's Lives|publisher = Popular Press|year = 2005|isbn = 978-0-299-20830-1|page = [https://archive.org/details/ritualspatternsi0000unse/page/225 225]|editor-last = Jackson|editor-first = Kathy Merlock|url = https://archive.org/details/ritualspatternsi0000unse/page/225}}</ref>