How can children develop less gender rigid and stereotypical behavior?

When children who develop positive other-gender attitudes, they tend to show less gender rigidity and less gender stereotyped behavior. A full understanding of gender constancy includes the awareness that a person's sex is a biological characteristic, which typically occurs by about 7 years of age. Children with a more mature grasp of gender constancy may be less afraid to engage in cross-gender-typed activities than they had been previously because they understand that despite their engagement in cross-gender-typed activities, their gender will still remain the same.