My little niche

My daughters love to imitate me and "cook" throughout the day. They abscond with my oven mitts on a regular basis. They have a play kitchen which they use all of the time.

I had the idea of giving each girl personalized kitchen things as stocking stuffers for Christmas. I found plain child-sized aprons at Joanns, and I will write their names and put iron on patches to decorate the aprons. I'll look around for inexpensive pot holders and maybe find wee chef toques to complete the look
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So far, so good, right?

Then I started over-thinking the situation. Is this too girly of a gift? Am I telling them that they must cook?  Since I'm already a SAHM, am I not sending them an empowered enough message?  Am I conditioning them that a daddy goes out to work, while mommy stays home cleaning, cooking, and crafting?

I fear I have taken too many criticism and women studies classes. :)