Esther Cepeda needs to get a life.

Esther Cepeda has a big concern. She is "aghast" at a new toy on the market. Is it a porno Barbie? A junior build-a-bomb kit? A "Let's Play Transvestite" costume kit? A "Fun with Arsenic" chemistry set? 

No, nothing as tame as those. She's incensed at the new Lady Lego blocks. She says girls don't need their own Legos. They can build with the gender-neutral variety already on the market. I don't suppose that Legos will refuse to sell the gender-neutral variety to girls who want them. And I don't suppose that any girl or boy has to buy the pink blocks if they don't want to.

Esther says not enough of us "grimace at the constant barrage of princess fantasy gear" for girls under 12. My goodness, Esther, were you never a little girl? Did you never dress up in mom's old dresses, costume jewelry, and high heel shoes? She says that Lego is selling out little girls because the new line features female figures assembling cakes in a bakery, participating in dog shows, washing their cars, or lounging by the pool. She says that girls need to engage in engineering skills. But, Esther, what if they don't want to? What's wrong with baking cakes, training dogs, or being fortunate enough to have a pool by which to relax? Who are you, Esther, to tell a child what she should or should not do with her life? If she wants to play with pink Lego blocks, she should be able to. And if you don't want to play with pink Lego blocks, you don't have to buy them. Get a life outside the toy aisle, Esther, and let your little girl be a little girl.

"Let's hope girls build despite silly 'Lady Legos.'" The Dallas Morning News; February 16, 2012; p. 13A.