Smackdown: Aw, Just Let Her Have a Barbie

re: Smackdown: Aw, Just Let Her Have a Barbie

Pablo Wegesend — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:55:41 GMT

No matter what any parents do

1) boys will always like girls with big butts and big breasts

2) your daughters will still notice some girls attract more guys than others!

3) your daughters will spend more time wishing certain boys would stop being attracted to them, than worry about "am I attractive enough"

by the way, remember the controversy over rap songs like "F--- the Police". The kids of those days are now adults! And many of those kids who grew up with gangsta rap are now police officers! If the police department want to fire anyone who like such songs as teenagers, 3/4 of the police force would be fired!

re: Smackdown: Aw, Just Let Her Have a Barbie

Mommykate — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 14:59:28 GMT

I too had planned to keep Barbie out of our house, then last summer when I told my daughter she could "choose whatever she wanted" at a Rummage Sale she chose a Barbie from a laundry basket full of second hand naked Barbies on sale for .25. This opened the Barbie flood gates, and she now has a few. More than any other toys, she loves these dolls. She spends hours of time dressing them (ok having me dress them) and making up elaborate story lines and adventures for them. I don't think they are going to mess her up in any way. So, yes. I agree. Let 'em have a Barbie.

re: Smackdown: Aw, Just Let Her Have a Barbie

Mamallama — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:33:31 GMT

I agree with Alicia...no BRATZ. Those dolls are awful. It is impossible to avoid Barbie and if I don't make a big deal out of them, they just join the other toys and even offer up some imaginative play. Never underestimate their peers...my daughter knows who Hannah Montana is and she has never watched it.

re: Smackdown: Aw, Just Let Her Have a Barbie

alicia — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:12:25 GMT

I do allow barbies...but no BRATZ!

re: Smackdown: Aw, Just Let Her Have a Barbie

Manjari — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:48:59 GMT

Never mind - I found it!

re: Smackdown: Aw, Just Let Her Have a Barbie

Manjari — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:48:07 GMT

I really wish there was a brown-skinned version of that Learn to Play Emma. Does anyone know of an equivalent?

re: Smackdown: Aw, Just Let Her Have a Barbie

Dad — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:39:30 GMT

I agree. Surround you daughter with strong role models, and Barbie will not be the only (or maybe even any) influence on her life.