I don't feel that girls have to play with dolls to be a god mother, just as boys don't need to play with Legos to be an engineer. You can give a child the toys you feel they should have, but if it doesn't interest them, they won't play with them. What the parent would like the child to play with to give them a certain direction is a waste of money if it isn't used by the child. As the old saying goes: "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink".
I was never fond of playing with dolls as a little girl, but I consider myself a darn good mother and homemaker, etc. - as does my son. I was more interested in playing outdoors - riding my bike, climbing trees, roller skating on the sidewalk, swimming in the lake in summer and ice skating on it in winter. I was more interested in my Dad's tools, than I was in the girly fluff stuff, and I would hang out with him in his basement workshop when he was working on a jewelry project (he was in the watch and jewelry repair business for many years). My mother never took offense to this, nor did she try to steer me in a more "motherly" direction. She was wise enough to know that in time, I would find my own direction.