DD8's best friend is a boy from school who is about a year older, and there is a neighborhood boy that she plays with regularly, but she hangs out more with girls at school. The boy that she hangs out with tends to like hanging out with girls. That being said, DD has never had much interest in "girly" things like dolls and can be a tomboy with climbing trees, roughhousing, etc. So she can go either way. She does love jewelry, bling, high heels(just trying them on, I don't let her wear them), craft projects, etc so she can go either way and she finds plenty to do with girls as well as boys. She has loved games like Minecraft since she was in preschool and so far we have only found one or two girls that have any interest.