I recently attended a TWO year olds birthday party that was themed around the bratz dolls. This child recieved at least 2 dozen pieces of bratz merchandise and to be honest I thought they were bit sexual for a such a young child. My daughters birthday rolled around and the same couple who threw the bratz party bought my 2 year old a bratz sheet set for her "big girl bed" . The images on the sheets were girls with full blown floozy make up on and teeny tiny hot pants pjs....I disturbs me and I am hoping that these dolls are generaly aimed at older childern (say like 13?) I am just curious as to the trends others have seen and if in fact it is normal for such young children to play with toys like this....thanks!
2006-09-25 11:19:36 · 14 answers · asked by lscrighton 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
Okay okay I suppose I am "old" I was born in 1980 (I'll let 'yall' do the math) but the if the ONLY thing available for anyone to wear was grey overalls...thats what everyone would wear. Two year olds (and 3,4 and 5s) don't have a "style" maybe a preference to a certain nightime diapar and a hatred for tights (in my daughters case) but no real style. She really could care less.
And yes I truly think that giving a child a doll that looks more like a carititure of a hooker than a toy is a little creepy. Scratch that EXTREMLEY CREEPY.
I have never used this question thing before so I am trying to follow all rules as I understood them (language-floozy I didn't think I could say skanky! lol)
2006-09-25 11:47:14 · update #1
Thank god, I am not alone. I am only 24 and I do not have any children, but I used to work at a wal mart. It was amazing to see how fast they sold and who they were selling to. I find them disturbing. What kind of a message are people sending to their children? On more then one occasion I had parents, with their children with them (as young as about 3 or 4) picking out the one they don't already have and then turning and commenting to me about how cute these dolls were!!!!! Cute? A far cry from cute if you ask me. What happened to Cabbage Patch Dolls, and Strawberry Short Cake? Now that is CUTE! I can tell you if I had any children, that would be the last thing in the world I would be letting them play with. Even if they are meant to be aimed at older girls, what kind of a message is that sending them. I think kids are already in too much of a hurry to be grown up and that is just trying to encourage it, in all the wrong ways. Kids just need to be kids.
2006-09-25 11:45:43 · answer #1 · answered by edge 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't worry... I am "older" than you- and I also dont' think that these Bratz are appropriate for my 7 1/2 year old. We don't buy them, and she has nothing that is related to them. Children grow up too fast anyway... I don't want anything that is going to perpetuate a "floozy" type attitude. She also isn't allowed to wear clothing that would be more appropriate for teenagers. I don't think that a child in elementary school should be dressing like a 16-year-old, and for that matter, a 16 year old should not be dressing like a 21 year old. I understand that the clothing trends have moved down in age, but some things are still inappropriate in my eyes. The toys you let your children play with are an indicator of the values you have... if you allow your children to play with guns and other inappropriate toys, you are basically giving your consent and the impression that it is ok. I say, show your values through the toys you allow them to play with as well as with what you say.
2006-09-25 12:47:21 · answer #2 · answered by dolphin mama 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I would never buy my daughter a bratz doll -- at 4 (which she is now) or over 8. As a parent you can to decide if you are going to let the world and its influences into your home. I would never want her to think their clothes or the attitude the portray are appropriate or acceptable.
It is a sad world if a girl over 8 can't play with dolls. What should they do -- be surfing the net, making profiles on myspace? And one dad said to try to find the less slutty looking ones. I think that about says it all, if you are trying to discern which is the least slutty, you should probably just say no.
But, it is the same with clothes. Go into target and walmart and see all the hoochie clothes they sell in size 4/5.
If parents would not buy slutty looking dolls, and slutty looking clothes, maybe we would end up with less slutty acting girls and maybe manufacturers would make things more age appropriate. But unfortunately, people have bought into it. They make it so it must be okay.
I have a 15 year old SD that has played with Bratz at her moms, been dressed in hoochie clothes since she was knee high. I just pray she makes it thru HS w/out getting pregnant! It is just part of her culture. She doesn't understand the concept of thinking carefully about what she wears and what it portrays, she and all her friends are very sexual in nature......
I don't think bratz are the cause, but we live in a sexual culture. At the turn of the century my great great aunt played with dolls at 13 and no one thought anything wrong with it. When Oprah went to Africa she gave dolls to girls as old as 13. But, their culture is not infused with sex like ours.
2006-09-25 14:25:06 · answer #3 · answered by Beth M 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Not so crazy about the Bratz either. I bought my 3 1/2 year old her 1st Barbie doll. They're more tame than Bratz and less expensive. My daughter probably doesn't know the difference and loves her Barbie! The doll(ballerina) w/o accessories (don't need those anyway for a toddler) costs under $5.00 and are sold in 3 different ethnic versions.
2006-09-25 13:15:41 · answer #4 · answered by mooseny35 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
my 10 year old loves bratz & started with one or two when she was 8.
I don't agree with 2 or 3 year olds playing with them.
At first I had a hard time with the concept of them, but once I got to know the system I was okay with it. If you watch one of their movies or a video game- they don't act sexual- honestly!
They are into fashion & friends... like most girls. Yes, the clothing is a bit over the top but what I most liked about them was hod odd their proportions are. Look at an actual doll- she has no torso, is all legs & has the most gigantic lips & feet. I felt like they promoted the idea of being unique & following your passions rather than being perfect (barbie comes to mind).
I too was born in 1980... did you play with Jem? I bet our moms wern't thrilled with her back in the day!
Kids go through phases, the more you freak over them the more the kids will go in that direction.
Bratz are pretty harmless, save the sheetz for when your little girl is older :o)
2006-09-25 14:19:47 · answer #5 · answered by jms_ladybug 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I'm 23 with a 3 year old daughter. Today the bratz commercial came on and she was saying, "i want that, i want that." Guess what...I'm one of those moms that arent afraid to say, NO! I think those dolls are very trashy looking! They look very, please dont take offense to the term, ghetto. I dont like the baby bratz either. I dont like the whole, bling bling, necklace hanging down to the who-ha thing. My daughter plays with barbie and her little friends, but i dont want her thinking that its fine and okay if she wears clothes that show her crotch off to the world! Think about it, with all the child molestors running around and your kid thinking its alright to dress like that. No freakin way! My little girl plays with makeup and puts it on her dolls, but even at 3 I have taught her what looks good and what looks trashy! (I'm a cosmetologist so she is use to seeing me do other peoples hair and makeup) Point being, I think they should take the damn dolls off the shelfs. Thats just my opinion.
2006-09-25 14:37:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I am SO thankful to see your question, I thought maybe I was just being mean by not letting her have those ugly things. Those dolls are SO hoochy its disgusting!!!! My husband and I tell my 6 yr old she cant have one because we dont think little girls need to wear makeup that young. It shut her up. I buy her Barbies and she loves those. Thank you thank you thank you for being another concerned parent about these ugly, hoochy, slutty looking dolls. They are the trash of all dolls, no wonder young girls dress the way they do because they dumb things are on the shelf.
2006-09-25 11:23:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
I hate those dolls - I just saw something on tv for "bratz babies" and I was appalled that these dolls look just as trashy and you know they're aiming towards the toddler crowd.
My plan is to steer my daughter away from those dolls for as long as I can.
2006-09-25 11:32:31 · answer #8 · answered by Jennifer K 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
How Many Bratz Are There
2017-02-26 04:56:31 · answer #9 · answered by pizzo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont know what the deal is with those dolls there bad the clothes are usually horrible but you can buy barbie clothes seperate and put less provacative clothes on them but at age to i wouldnt put those sheets on her bed i think it should be an older kid thing I AGREE WITH YOU
2006-09-25 11:32:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋