Oh Wow Dora Got a New Look.
So what we all have to change sometime and yeah im a teen but if i was little i would have loved a tween dora instead of a airhead pre-schooler. The “old” Dora showed many young kids a girl who talked to animals and was not very good at finding stuff. She was blind! So go ahead and change Dora. Anyways Bratz and Barbie alreaady set examples for your children.

Well dora is just a doll. The kids(7 OR UP) might injoy her. My 11 year old sister is looking for doras new look. Ahe doesnt like kiddie dora. But if it shows any more info than it needs to i will permanily block her from my t.v. . my 2 year old son likes her adventures and he learns spanish words on EVERY episote. E very time my daughter listens to doras theme song she will always puts the tv on mute and im trying to work on the PC. Now this fall i will buy my daughter a t.v and she can watch her tween dora. My daughter is also looking for straw berrys new look. Its a trick so the tv show will still have population. Remember when it first comes on watch with them . Its just like you you grown up so will your children. Dora will still be on tv. its just her in sexy legs but at least it will have education on the show.

I do let my 6 year old watch Dora. I’ll tell you why: Like my daughter, Dora is bilingual with friends who are not. Like my daughter, Dora translates between her friends without judgement or isolation. Like my daughter, Dora’s hair is short and childlike. Like my daughter, Dora has a little preschooler’s belly which sticks out of her shirt in a totally age-appropriate way. Like my daughter, Dora is a girl who likes to climb trees, run through the woods, and go on adventures.

Unlike those princesses, Dora is fearless. She doesn’t need a man to make her life complete. She is strong, smart, imaginative, kind, and helpful.

We do not watch TV with commercials. We buy DVDs. Aside from the Dora and Diego branded megablocks sets (which are really good and sure beat the star wars and princess branded legos) my daughter is blissfully unaware of the huge marketing campaign that is Dora.

I am horrified by the concept of the single bilingual female character who is not a princess yet wears her pink shirt to go climb trees is getting curves and the knack for shopping.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/no-makeover-for-dora-the-explorer

This is a link to a petition. I love letting my daughter watch Dora she now thanks to Dora knows more Spanish than i do and im Mexican lol. This is all going to be very confusing for preschoolers and i for one do not want to explain to my daughter why Dora has all of a sudden grown up.

“I honestly never believed any dolls shaped me into the person I am today. Yes, there is all this stuff out there, but it’s up to the parents to consent or not consent to.”

Here’s the fault with your thinking. YES parents need to set the rules and boundaries and say “No” when it’s necessary. But, when you’re surrounded by it everywhere you turn…it’s not just on dolls or TV; it’s bedroom furniture and bedding sets, silverware and plates, notebooks, clothing, hair accessories, food (fruit snacks anyone?), movies, and the list goes on and on and on. When your children are surrounded by a constant bombardment of images and media, not just from TV. How do you keep them from it all? the honest truth is you can’t. You may ban it from your house, but they’re going to come across it at some point; at a friend’s house, at another relative’s house, the kids at school.
I agree you need to teach your sons and daughters to be educated and strong and to set an example of that yourself; but if you think back to your childhood was it ONLY your mother who influenced you and your decisions and ideas? Your friends and what you saw in the society around you had no impact whatsoever? I think you’re fooling yourself if you say it was only your mother who influenced you.

We don’t allow our 3 yr old to watch Dora and never have. I’ve always felt that she talks to the kids like they’re idiots. I also don’t like how commercialized Dora is. It’s interesting this is happening because I’ve been reading the book “So Sexy So Soon” and it discusses this aspect of toys today. They are commercialized and tend to steer our young kids in specific directions of thinking.
That being said…..Here’s Dora who for all intensive purposes was a girl and an explorer; a SCIENTIST of sorts. And now suddenly her main attraction is that she’s growing up so now she has to focus on how she looks and what clothes and accessories and make-up she “needs?” Not only that, the doll is geared toward the ages of FIVE and up? Personally I don’t think a 5 year old should be worrying about what make-up she’s going to be wearing to kindergarten. This is really sad.

I recently saw the news article on ‘Tween Dora.

1) As the parent of a pre-schooler, I am concerned that she will become confused between Dora and her ‘Tween. I don’t want/need my preschooler playing with Tween Dora at her age.

2) I do understand the need to expand Dora. Has any thought been put into maybe a ‘Tween Daisy instead of Dora? As you know, Diego has a sister named Alicia. However, Dora went to her cousin Daisy’s party and Daisy was Diego’s sister. So, what happened to Daisy? Where did she go? She’s not mentioned in Diego, Animal Rescuer, at all – just Alicia.

I would be much happier if the ‘tween version were a different character than Dora. Dora could also visit her older ‘tween cousin in the big city and that would be a great adventure. But, to have Dora in two different age groups is a) confusing for my child, and b) concerning for me as a parent.

With the level of the “grown up” ideal that the badly created Bratz dolls has placed on our young girls these past couple years, I think for Dora to grow up so abruptly is a mistake. Why can’t she just stay young for years just as “Maggie” from “The Simpsons”, so sweet and innocent. Eventhough our young girls should know what it is like to grow up, they should do it around well beings of their families, the right way. The problem now is that children gan so much of their wrong ideals from TV and for changes like this, on how reality isn’t, is false hope for the youth!

Oh, also, what happened to the whole teach-your-kid-spanish aspect? I always thought the main component of Dora was education.

I am so grossed out by this. But honestly we don’t watch Dora anyway. I like Yo Gabba Gabba because they aren’t human and they don’t act like ass-hats.

lol, Patricia I just read the article, and I am soooo glad my daughter does not know about Dora!

Ugh…I was really looking forward to the day when my little girl outgrew Dora. The actual show isn’t as unicorn and rainbow filled as the merchandise…but it still makes you feel like you just had a lobotomy after you finish watching it.

Thanks daycare for introducing this little gem into my child’s life!

The editors covered “Tween Dora” from Toy Fair a couple of days ago:

http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2009/02/17/liveblogging-toy-fair-part-2-everything-you-need-to-know-about-tween-dora.aspx

And the person at the demo had to ask the toy rep, “Does she do things besides shop?”

Horrible.

Didn’t the revamp of Dora start a while back? Honest question: are the episodes on television still about a girl exploring? Because part of the reason I’ve never watched with my preschool daughter to find out is because the merchandising (playsets, dvds) all seem to now be *Diego* goes to outer space/the jungle/shark diving. And Dora’s stuff is all ‘Unicorn Butterfly Dora Rescues the Princess Fairy Mermaids’. Is the series like that now too?