The challenge of finding toys that aren’t R-rated

The Virginian Pilot ^ | 12/4/05 | Diana Zuckerman

[Gondring]

...she requested a Barbie so I got her Veterinarian Barbie. Hope she wasn't looking for one of the sluts.

Who says a veterinarian can't be a slut?! ;-)

[doodad]

Several have questionable items. Nudity is prevalent. Sims dating was a no no.

[pcottraux]

Buy her an old copy of "Sim Tower." It is fairly clean, fun, and will teach her about capitalism.

[Jim Noble]

they don’t think its appropriate for a family shopping mall.

What on earth is a "family shopping mall"?

[daybreakcoming]

I end up buying at certain very expensive stores just because they have "real" little girl clothes

Same here and try finding jeans with a waistline where it is supposed to be. Remember when the media criticized Judge Robert's children for being dressed like real children?

[Gabz]

It sickens me to see what society is doing to children.

My 7 year old thinks Bratz are gross. She is currently playing a 3rd grade adventure game on the computer with Nnimal Planet on the TV. I can see both the TV and the computer from where I am sitting - and both are in her room.

Marketting to children as if they were short adults is offensive to me....and so I monitor what she watches and plays and reads........It is not society's resonsibility to do that - it is mine as a parent.

[Roses0508]

Oh yes, jeans with a waistline. Another thing I can rant on for hours. I wear a size 4, but I have real curves and I don't believe that displaying my belly button or the small of my back appropriate under most circumstances, ditto for my toddler.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

I went to the movies twice this year, "the Great Raid" and "Serenity" both were great but they were adult movies. In both cases there were at least two families that brought their pre-teens to watch with them.

What is wrong with these people?

[sweetliberty]

"It sickens me to see what society is doing to children."

What sickens me even more is the parents that don't notice or care, or who have adopted an "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" kind of attitude.

[doodad]

Yeah she loves rollercoaser tycoon. She is 15 though so games are starting to wear thin. Friends and music is the order of the day lately.

[wagglebee]

I was at a mall recently with my nieces and nephew, my wife and I told them to pick out any toy they wanted and we would get it for them. My five year old niece wanted one of the Bratz dolls, and I told my wife there was no way that we were getting it for her -- I convinced my niece that what she really wanted was a Barbie digital camera.

[Gabz]

Excellent "vanity"!!!!

[MineralMan]

Try Eddie Bauer. They have some natural waistline jeans in several styles.

[Gabz]

Good for you :)

Someone up thread mentioned a Veterinarian Barbie - I wish I had know about that. Our duaghter asked for a new Barbie, which daddy has already gotten. She is so into animals and everything I wish I had known, I would have insisted he get that one....OH well, I guess I 'll be able to find an accesory set like it.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I don't know who they would be appropriate for.

Kinda looks like Michael Jackson.

Or, more acurately...what Michael Jackson wishes he looked like.

[two134711]

A guy could go to the store and look for other toys, I'd guess.

Good grief, not that old "shop somewhere else/change the channel/don't pay attention" to it argument again. Do you think it's responsible for toy merchants to sell this pedophile's fantasy:

I don't disagree with you about the videogames, as they are marketed differently. But dolls like Baby Bratz should not be marketed to children. I would go as far to say that they shouldn't be sold anywhere.

[wagglebee]

I didn't want to look like I was breaking my promise to buy her what she wanted, but I was prepared to buy her a real pony if necessary to change her mind about the little slut doll.

[two134711]

Curses. Formatting is not my forte.

[MineralMan]

"Do you think it's responsible for toy merchants to sell this pedophile's fantasy"

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Well, I don't see the attraction, but I'm no pedophile.

This Bratz series of dolls seems pretty popular this year. Most of the ones I've seen are teen figures, and look a lot like the kids I see on the street.

That's not surprising.

However, the same stores that sell them also sell more traditional dolls. I guess it's up to the parents to make a choice of what to give their child, don't you?

Any parent who just gives in to what the kid wants isn't doing his or her job, in my opinion.

I'm not in favor of banning things. I'm in favor of parent's making appropriate choices for their children.

[two134711]

My seven year old loves Zoo Tycoon, NeoPets and Animal Crossing. They're nice, innocent games with cute litle characters, and she learns a good lesson in capitalism. Heck, I play them, too.