Bratz
By tiffiny
@tiffiny (872)
United States
December 6, 2007 6:48pm CST
I know you all have seen these dolls. You can't turn on the TV with out seeing eight million commercials for something of theirs. I won't allow my daughter to have them when she gets older. My husband thinks I'm being overly protective and tells me that it's just a doll. I belive that it is going to give young girls the impression that the way those dolls look and behave on the cartoon and movies is how they are suppose to look and behave. Resulting in a bunch of snotty, drama filled children. Adding on to the fact that our youth will look like mini hookers. But what do you guys think? Am I being over protective? I'm still not going to allow them in my house but I just wanted your oppionions. And how are your daughters behaving with them?
4 responses
@Calais (10893)
• Australia
7 Dec 07
They are just dolls, and you see worse on television anyway..Besides what children wear is totally up to the parents on what they buy, I cant see an 8 year old running down the shops buying her own clothes and kids only learn what they are taught, if your gonna run around saying they look like hookers then thats what the kids are gonna learn ...
@sabbathandruth (567)
• Canada
7 Dec 07
actually Ive never heard or seen them before, maybe its becasue im in canada... who knows
@altari (23)
• United States
7 Dec 07
We're the same. And it's less of the fear of the reactions they'll have, and more of an aversion to promoting materialism. I DO see a lot of influence from TV/movies/etc on my oldest daughter (she's 5). She uses the phrases from the kids on Disney and PBS (her favorite is Arthur's "But that'll take foreevvveeerrrr")
Mostly, though, I'm really afraid of her picking up the idea that she *needs* stuff. We don't let her have Barbies for that reason. You can never just have Barbie. You need the Dream House, the SUV, the pets, the this, the that, new clothes, new...well...crap. A lot of these fad dolls really promote that kind of unbridled materialism, which I think is 10 times worse than dressing like a street walker. You can change their clothes, but you can't easily unspoil your kids.
@tipsyflash (581)
• United States
29 Apr 08
Bratz dolls are so sleazy. I would be mad if my daughter got one of these from a classmate for her birthday. I am totally against Bratz dolls.
