Posted on 12/04/2005 11:20:04 AM PST by wagglebee
I will be helping out little jeremiah for a few days with this ping list.
I don't disagree about the dolls, though. They are dressed like hookers.
Some of the dolls, though, I don't know who they would be appropriate for.
While you are correct in saying that many of these games are DESIGNED for adults, they are often MARKETED to children.
The Bratz dolls are getting much more shelf space this year than Barbies. By comparison, Barbie seems sweet and non-sexual!
If you are a parent and you are so stupid as buy "Rated Mature" stuff for little Johnny whether it is games, music, books or movies, then these items are the least of little Johnny's problems.
I don't disagree that this stuff is unsuitable for children, but DON'T BUY IT! There are actually other things out there that are suitable, and I tend to not buy my kids that many toys, anyway, because they don't need them.
I don't know, the gaming community as far as I see it is comprised of mostly adults. I'm not sure how rampant it is for youngsters to be playing games beyond their maturity level: maybe it is a problem. And even still, there's a bigger potential problem in an adult buying the game and letting a kid play it.
I'm not against violence in video games, even for young kids as long as it's tastefully done (as much of it is not).
Bratz make the Barbie dolls of old look wholesome but Barbie has also come out with a line of dolls (American Idol, maybe) that look very like the Bratz dolls. I got presents for a poor child in our church's Jesse tree program - she requested a Barbie so I got her Veterinarian Barbie. Hope she wasn't looking for one of the sluts.
Unfortunate but true. Many parents in society today are just completely irresponsible, about that as well as other stuff.
Not just toys, but clothing. You can more easily dress your toddler girl as a streetwalker than you can dress her as a little girl. The clothing thing drives me bannas. I end up buying at certain very expensive stores just because they have "real" little girl clothes. I've purchased a sewing machine also. I can sew things that are age appropriate and modest, even though its not really cost effective. Who would have thought it would cost more money to dress a 4-year-old like a 4-year-old???
Click here for a recent vanity on the same subject, from a different angle. Warning: It starts out on quite a different topic and then pulls a "right hook".
Cheers!
Gosh. A guy could go to the store and look for other toys, I'd guess. I did that the other day, and there were plenty of good wholesome toys. I bought some of them for my great nieces and nephews for Christmas.
Indeed, there are adult video games. THEY'RE FOR ADULTS. Don't buy them for children. Sheesh!
"You can put a plastic bag over your head, and Hey! You're a kookie space man."
And longer. LJ will be busy playin' guitar. ;)
Mostly with the boys. My daughter does not care for those kind of games anyway. Female wiring I guess. She prefers role play and strategy although the Sims step over the line as well and we have had to ixnay some of the titles.
I think the last Sims game had "reproduction" in it, if you know what I mean.
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