This reminds me of the woman who was selling talking"little mermaid' dolls over the internet.She claimed one of them said"you s l u t",which her toddler now repeats.The article in the Mercury news gave her a lot of free advertising.The truth is in talking dolls,the voice box is small enough to distort sounds,compuunded when kids jerk on the string.

Crap.  Definitely crap.  I wouldn't ban them though.  You start banning "crap," where does it end?
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crap, but no way would I ban them, it's a stupid doll.

I find them proportionally disgusting. I would never buy them for my daughter - I swear I wouldn't. She'd have more class than that anyway

Barbie, Bratz, Talking Tina... who realy cares?

I find them proportionally disgusting. I would never buy them for my daughter - I swear I wouldn't. She'd have more class than that anyway



It's all in how you raise your children, not the dolls they play with.  My daughter is 6, she has Barbies, My Scene Barbies (which are almst like Bratz) and Bratz, American girl and others.  My daughter plays with them but doesn't want to look like them.  She doesn't dress like them either, and she won't because I buy the clothes. 

Oh yeah I forgot...They're crap.

They're crap, but they're just dolls.  If you raise your kids right, as Carol pointed out, they won't dress like them or try and emulate them.

It's all in how you raise your children, not the dolls they play with.  My daughter is 6, she has Barbies, My Scene Barbies (which are almst like Bratz) and Bratz, American girl and others.  My daughter plays with them but doesn't want to look like them.  She doesn't dress like them either, and she won't because I buy the clothes. 

Oh yeah I forgot...They're crap.






You're very right. I guess whenever I look at them, they kinda gross me out. I would understand if my daughter wanted one, but I guess seeing myself play with a doll like that when I was 5 or 6, it would just gross me out. I suppose it's possibly a generation thing.

Barbie, Bratz, Talking Tina... who realy cares?


I'm Talking Tina, you better be nice to me!


You're very right. I guess whenever I look at them, they kinda gross me out. I would understand if my daughter wanted one, but I guess seeing myself play with a doll like that when I was 5 or 6, it would just gross me out. I suppose it's possibly a generation thing.

Gross, along with the accessory cat, tail high in the air!
:P
My niece has some of those dolls.  I didn't know about the whole to-do before my niece got them.  They're part of junior skank culture.  But, as SM points out, it's the parenting that matters, not the toys.  Good luck, sis!
;D

i had about 10-15 barbies that i used to play with all the time when i was little, but all girls' dolls have changed in the past 15 years. i think the bratz dolls are junk. although i havent heard anything until now about the words in their songs, i do think that toy companies are making these new dolls (bratz, my scene, barbie, etc.) way to mature for the age group they are for. more over, they are just annoying. they all should be banned.




:P

^ See, that's where I'm conflicted with these things. I guess being a bit of a traditionalist, I would rather have my daughter/niece play with the regular style Barbie (if they even still exist). And, I suppose because I am inclined to liking things that are more life-like, no matter how popular they were, even as a kid I would not demand one just for the popularity of it. I wasn't that way as a kid when I was younger. Unfortunately, there are a lot of kids that make these things popular and for goodness sake, I wish they hadn't.

i had about 10-15 barbies that i used to play with all the time when i was little, but all girls' dolls have changed in the past 15 years. i think the bratz dolls are junk. although i havent heard anything until now about the words in their songs, i do think that toy companies are making these new dolls (bratz, my scene, barbie, etc.) way to mature for the age group they are for. more over, they are just annoying. they all should be banned.




:P

I wouldn't say "mature," I would say "skankily"!
But you gotta start 'em young on the sex stuff.  How do you expect your daughter to amount to anything if she can't catch a man?
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Wait, don't shoot!  I was being facetious, I was being facetious...
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^ See, that's where I'm conflicted with these things. I guess being a bit of a traditionalist, I would rather have my daughter/niece play with the regular style Barbie (if they even still exist). And, I suppose because I am inclined to liking things that are more life-like, no matter how popular they were, even as a kid I would not demand one just for the popularity of it. I wasn't that way as a kid when I was younger. Unfortunately, there are a lot of kids that make these things popular and for goodness sake, I wish they hadn't.

If you had Barbie's body habitus, you'd need those Salvador Dali crutches to prop yourself up!
::)

I wonder...do little girls expect to look like Barbie when they grow up? Do women feel let down because they don't look like Barbie?  Is the message subconscious?  Or is it all piffle?

I had a ton of Barbies when I was growing up, and I don't recall ever wanting to look like that when I was older.  She had some nice clothes I wished I had, but that was as far as it went.  When I got older, I STILL didn't wish I looked like that.  I don't feel "let down" because I'm not some tall blonde with big tits.  My parents raised me right, raised me to love who I am and what I look like, not wish I looked like a plastic doll.


I think there are some girls who want to look that way and when they get older, go through plastic surgery to achieve the look, but I find those people to be severely f*cked up.

If you had Barbie's body habitus, you'd need those Salvador Dali crutches to prop yourself up!
::)

I wonder...do little girls expect to look like Barbie when they grow up? Do women feel let down because they don't look like Barbie?  Is the message subconscious?  Or is it all piffle?


I am in no way saying I wanted Barbie's waistline; What I mean is that she didn't have a gigantic head with bulging eyes and Angelina Jolie beestung lips. Barbie had a different message back then than maybe what she is offering now. There was Doctor Barbie, Dentist Barbie, Airline Stewardess Barbie, Vet Barbie, etc.  Maybe it was all a fantasy, but I guess that was the fantasy I preferred to live in. We all have our different tastes, and if kids like Bratz dolls, so be it, but I wouldn't buy one or want one if I were a kid now or twenty years ago - I just plain don't like them!

Bratz are little whores...I swear!! Just kidding. But seriously.....I wouldn't let my child have them...they are just too...I don't know, trashy looking I suppose.

Definitely crap

Crap.

Bratz are little whores...I swear!! Just kidding. But seriously.....I wouldn't let my child have them...they are just too...I don't know, trashy looking I suppose.

I don't think "little whores" is off the mark at all. 
::)

I don't think "little whores" is off the mark at all. 
::)


Yes, it's actually right off the mark - they're actually men in drag  ;D

I find them proportionally disgusting. I would never buy them for my daughter - I swear I wouldn't. She'd have more class than that anyway
I know.Why can't dolls have big noses,rather than big lips?Or big thighs?

I know.Why can't dolls have big noses,rather than big lips?Or big thighs?


Yeah, they are focusing on this certain look that only plastic surgeon's could create. What about the real women out there?  >:(  ;)

Yes, it's actually right off the mark - they're actually men in drag  ;D

Oh yeah, I see now.  They do have that drag queen thing going!

Bratz are little whores...I swear!! Just kidding. But seriously.....I wouldn't let my child have them...they are just too...I don't know, trashy looking I suppose.


Actually I think My Scene Barbies are worse...

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(her bellybutton is pierced)

http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000EMJ9TC.01._AA280_SCLZZZZZZZ_V38194470_.jpg



Bratz aren't nearly as bad, to me they're very cartoonish.  I guess some of the clothes are revealing, but none that I've gotten for my daughter.  Mostly the clothes reflect the trends in real fashions.

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000EPFEVG.01._AA280_SCLZZZZZZZ_V38250058_.jpg

http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000FLA9C8.01-A23NLORBGXOLEO._AA280_SCLZZZZZZZ_V51504364_.jpg

Actually I think My Scene Barbies are worse...

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/f4/79/e5887220eca068a8c3408010.L.jpg
(her bellybutton is pierced)

http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000EMJ9TC.01._AA280_SCLZZZZZZZ_V38194470_.jpg



Bratz aren't nearly as bad, to me they're very cartoonish.  I guess some of the clothes are revealing, but none that I've gotten for my daughter.  Mostly the clothes reflect the trends in real fashions.

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000EPFEVG.01._AA280_SCLZZZZZZZ_V38250058_.jpg

http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000FLA9C8.01-A23NLORBGXOLEO._AA280_SCLZZZZZZZ_V51504364_.jpg





oh gosh...you are right..I've never seen those particular Barbies....the old school Barbie is gonna roll over in her grave for that one! ;)   Trends like that make me glad that I have a boy! LOL! ;D :D

Complete. Sh!t.

Complete. Sh!t.




hahahaaha...this is why I love you so! :D ;D

Srsly. Nobody likes a spoiled brat. Why would we flock out to buy one?

Good call....  ;D

Yeah, they are focusing on this certain look that only plastic surgeon's could create. What about the real women out there?  >:(   ;)
Well.I actuallu Do have a big LOWER lip,but not THAT big.And why go to a plastic surgeon to get a look that's not even pretty?