Rant against Bratz dolls

[BuddyLee]

green eyes.

Wenchy eyes.

 

[Skanky]

That all depended on how one played with her.

Seriously, I am tall, thin, and have heard the "Barbie" stuff all of the time.

As I get older, it's less, but still, at least one comment a day.

I just laugh my butt off all day long, and make light of everything I can.

It's NEVER been about looks, and my daughter has NEVER had a Barbie.

When we are out together, she laughs at why people pay attention to me like they do.

I am nice to everybody, and the men usually look, just a fact of life.

I'm not a "BRATZ."

I am just me

I tell her it is NOT important!

Poor kid is scared I will be following her to her IVY League University.

Such is life.

"Mommy Barbie"

That is astonishing. I've never been called Barbie, Heaven forbid, I would hate to be compared to a piece of plastic. When I go out though, guys are always staring at my crotch. Makes it unbelievably hard to eat.

 

[StarCat]

When I go out though, guys are always staring at my crotch. Makes it unbelievably hard to eat.

 

[Wenchy]

Unfit mother. You have been reported.

It's about time!

 

[StarCat]

Yeah, we never got to the black hair and green eyes.

I've got red hair and green eyes

 

[StarCat]

Wow Tonio

You must REALLY hate Bratz Dolls

 

[MysticalMom]

My girls are well rounded, like themselves and as far as the dolls they play with (or used to play with) they know they ARE just dolls. Make-believe. Not real life.

I wanted to be Barbie when I was a kid, but not because of how she looked, but because of how accomplished she was.

If you're PARENTING, I think it's all about the values you instill in your kids, not the dolls they play with.

 

[meangirl]

My girls are well rounded, like themselves and as far as the dolls they play with (or used to play with) they know they ARE just dolls. Make-believe. Not real life.

I wanted to be Barbie when I was a kid, but not because of how she looked, but because of how accomplished she was.

If you're PARENTING, I think it's all about the values you instill in your kids, not the dolls they play with.

MysticalMom, you rock! Really!

 

[MysticalMom]

MysticalMom, you rock! Really!

 

[Nickel]

He's 4, but I know how he'll be when he's a teen. If you continue to allow your child to idolize Bratz, expect her to be pregnant by 14.

My 6YO daughter does not want to play with dolls that are sexual. She only wants to play with Barbies that are well dressed.

You have got to be kidding me. As far as I see it, there is absolutely no difference between Bratz and Barbie dolls, except for the way their faces are shaped, and the fact that Barbie has obscenely large boobs.

 

[Nickel]

I can see this being a 20 page thread already.

One single doll is not going to influence your daughter or son into pimpin' and ho'n around, if it does then you AS A PARENT aren't doing your job. If a doll has a better influence than you do on your child, something is a miss. You can pick and choose what you want your children to be exposed to and I agree with this. However, to say a plastic doll will do all of this just seems like you're a lazy parent in tune to pessimistic music.

And all from someone who's never reproduced!

 

[Bustem' Down]

I can see this being a 20 page thread already.

One single doll is not going to influence your daughter or son into pimpin' and ho'n around, if it does then you AS A PARENT aren't doing your job. If a doll has a better influence than you do on your child, something is a miss. You can pick and choose what you want your children to be exposed to and I agree with this. However, to say a plastic doll will do all of this just seems like you're a lazy parent in tune to pessimistic music.

Your just mad cause you like them Bratz dolls and don't want anyone making fun of them, right BL?

 

[FromTexas]

You have got to be kidding me. As far as I see it, there is absolutely no difference between Bratz and Barbie dolls, except for the way their faces are shaped, and the fact that Barbie has obscenely large boobs.

Bratz are innocent.

 

[Bustem' Down]

and the fact that Barbie has obscenely large boobs.

What's wrong with that?

 

[slotted]

I don't think I can stop anything from happening to my daughter, but I do know that I can take steps as a parent to influence her values. I refuse to throw up my arms and say "since the other girls are sluts, it's okay for my daughter!"

Why is that different with your son?

 

[aps45819]

That is astonishing. I've never been called Barbie, Heaven forbid, I would hate to be compared to a piece of plastic. When I go out though, guys are always staring at my crotch. Makes it unbelievably hard to eat.

:cameltoebratz:

 

[Tonio]

Hey! Don't you go there. Barbie is pure and her heart belongs ONLY to Ken.

I think Barbie is OK for my kids, except for the Barbie Mall I saw the other day. It comes with a toy credit card. It's enough to make Milton Friedman become a Marxist.

 

[citysherry]

I didn't know Bratz existed until I went shopping for toys for my daughters. I hate those damn dolls. It's not just that they look like whores. It's that they seem to embody the Paris Hilton ethic. They have that same look of arrogant, materialistic entitlement that Paris often has. Maybe it's because I'm a father, but I would expect the Bratz dolls to come with pull-strings that make the dolls say, "Hey, let's go to the mall and max out Daddy's credit cards!"

As a parent, I feel that dolls like Bratz, Flavas, etc., are scantily dressed, have heavy makeup, and a lot of jewelry. The dolls are marketed to primary school girls and I personally don’t want my girls emulating them.

 

[vraiblonde]

One single doll is not going to influence your daughter or son into pimpin' and ho'n around, if it does then you AS A PARENT aren't doing your job. If a doll has a better influence than you do on your child, something is a miss. You can pick and choose what you want your children to be exposed to and I agree with this. However, to say a plastic doll will do all of this just seems like you're a lazy parent in tune to pessimistic music.

It's aggravating to me when I see people insisting that pop culture doesn't influence our children's behavior. And it also annoys me when they toss out the old, "Well, don't expose them to it if you don't like it."

So I have to lock my children up and not let them watch TV or movies or listen to music because we have a sex obsessed society that thinks skeezy dolls that look like they've been rode hard and put away wet are appropriate for children? And I should homeschool them so they don't fall prey to peer pressure of the other kids whose parents DO let them get all sexed up?

I've literally spent 22 years - that's longer than you, BuddyLee, have been alive - on guard against American pop culture. "Turn that off." "Go change, please." "That is not how we talk." "I don't care what the kids at school do, you are not doing that."

And that's fine - it's my job, after all. But why make it tougher?

 

[kwillia]

I've literally spent 22 years - that's longer than you, BuddyLee, have been alive - on guard against American pop culture. "Turn that off." "Go change, please." "That is not how we talk." "I don't care what the kids at school do, you are not doing that."

And that's fine - it's my job, after all. But why make it tougher?

Another thing... I've been fortunate that my kids are not into watching music videos. Can the videos get any skankier...