how do you feel about kids playing with baby dolls?? please read?

Question

how do you feel about kids "playing mom" with the baby dolls?
do you think it might make them want to be a mom at a very young age?
please let me know

im not saying its bad to play with them at all.
i just want to know how other people feel.
kids are thinking of sex and things at such a young age even if you talk to them

Answer 1

Kids have played with dolls since the beginning of time!! It has nothing to do with wanting a baby at an early age! Why are people trying to make the most simple and enjoyable things in life a bad thing?

Answer 2

I don't think playing with baby dolls will make someone want to be a mom right away. I played with dolls all the time when I was little and always new I wanted to be a mom, at the same time my sister also played with dolls and always new that she didn't want children. There's something inside a person in my opinion that makes them maternal or not, a baby doll won't change that.

Answer 3

Um, no...
I played with baby dolls all the time. I played house, mom, all kinds of stuff with baby dolls, my sister, cousins, and friends.

I didn't want to have a baby at a very young age..

I think it's fine.

Answer 4

Children mimic the behavior of the people around them. Your child has seen all the adults in their lives act as caregivers. Your child mimics you cooking, folding laundry, putting on your shoes -- whatever behaviors you do, they do.

Young women who want to become moms at a young age are usually doing it to find unconditional love -- the love of a child to a parent. Girls who grow up in homes where they don't have to beg for love (not sexual, but family love) are more confident, and less likely to seek parenthood too early.

Boys and girls should be allowed to model all the positive relationships they see -- parents, teachers, cooks, partners, team members, caregivers -- let them help you do household jobs, and they will be better able to do those jobs when they become adults themselves.

My personal example -- my son chose a kitchen set rather than a toy workbench as a toddler. He had seen his father prepare meals and do dishes -- as part of a marriage partnership where every family member helps keep the household running. He is now a confident teenager, who respects his parents, does well in school, and is considered a great team player *because* he has had role models who encouraged him to help and participate.

Answer 5

Almost every girl goes through the mother baby phase at some point. Baby dolls are harmless. Its just a way for them to express them selves. I remeber when I was younger in school we had to carry an egg as if it were our baby. That taught me a lot.

Answer 6

I dont think there is anything wrong with kids playing with dolls kids have been doing it for years and i dont think that it would make a difference as to what age they decide they want to have kids.

Answer 7

no not at all.Little kids want to be like mommy and daddy in every way.If they put on daddy's tie you don't worry that they will go get a job to soon.Very few young girls get pregnant on purpose.The answer to that problem is teaching them how not to get pregnant. Whether you want to teach abstinence or safe sex teach them! Knowledge really is the best way to prevent teen pregnancy.I played with dolls when I was little and said I'd never have kids.I changed my mind in my 20's but playing with dolls certainly did not make me want kids.

Answer 8

all little girls want to play with dolls and emulate mummy there is nothing quite like eavesdropping on what your young child is talking to its baby .on a really bad day when we all feel like terrible parents to hear your child telling its doll some of the nice things you reguarly say can really cheer me up. my daughter will reguarly tell her dolls stories lullabies and things like im really proud of you i dont think it will turn your child into a underage single mum but help her become a caring loving person.

Answer 9

I think it's great. Kids need to learn nurturing behavior, and they do that by modeling and imitation. In fact, I want to see more boys playing with baby dolls. Quite a few of them want to, but are discouraged because it's "girly," and then we wonder why men don't help change diapers. *grin*

Answer 10

I think it's fine... it's good for children. I think it can teach them to be more nurturing and kind...My 5 year old daughter talks about "growing up and being a mom" at times, but I think it's because she looks up to me not because she has a real desire to become a mom anytime soon.