What's the boy version of Barbies?

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Toy cars - cars can “talk” through kid

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My kid had a generic Hape dollhouse. He loved it and had all types of figurines in that thing. Ninjas, GI Joe-types, a Barbie, some old Paw Patrol critters, some Lego mini-figs, a regular family of dolls, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:How about stuffies/ dolls that's what my son uses. And yes boys can have dill houses, little people playset and play mobiles playset. It does boys a HUGE disservice in their play skills and social skills to not let them play pretend because of weird stigma.

When my daughter plays with her dolls, she’s a mommy with a baby or her Barbies are friends going shopping. But when my son plays with his Legos or stuffies or pretty much any toys, someone is getting killed and the police/military have to come in. It’s definitely a creative outlet, but a very violent one. In his real life interactions, he’s the sweetest little boy, but someone always has to die and or get arrested when he’s playing with his toys.

Are you joking? Is that because your child has only army men and ninja toys to play with? If this happens when your child plays with doll house, farm or school little people set the play themes should not skew to murder and violence. If it does that is absolutely not normal. What does your child watch on TV?

Ah, leave it to the experts of DCUM to call out perfectly normal childhood behavior as abnormal. My child exclusively watches PBS cartoons and occasionally the news. His toys are the aforementioned Legos and stuffed animals. He used to make guns out of pencils until I bought him a nerf gun. He sometimes takes his sister’s dolls as prisoner. One of her dolls is an evil mass murderer according to him. In other words, he likes to play many variations of cops and robbers.

It’s totally normal role playing for little boys according to my child psychiatrist sister. Where did you get your MD/PhD?

But I’m sorry to disappoint you that he isn’t a gender confused little boy who wants to wear princess dresses and do makeovers on his sister’s dolls. That you’d probably be a-okay with.

PP I'm sorry, but that is not normal behavior. I'm not a psychologist, but am an early childhood specialist who and evaluates children for a living. Boys aren't inherently violent here at cause they are boys. Maybe cut back on the news. Really I think you should be a bit more concerned.

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Anonymous wrote:How about stuffies/ dolls that's what my son uses. And yes boys can have dill houses, little people playset and play mobiles playset. It does boys a HUGE disservice in their play skills and social skills to not let them play pretend because of weird stigma.

When my daughter plays with her dolls, she’s a mommy with a baby or her Barbies are friends going shopping. But when my son plays with his Legos or stuffies or pretty much any toys, someone is getting killed and the police/military have to come in. It’s definitely a creative outlet, but a very violent one. In his real life interactions, he’s the sweetest little boy, but someone always has to die and or get arrested when he’s playing with his toys.

Are you joking? Is that because your child has only army men and ninja toys to play with? If this happens when your child plays with doll house, farm or school little people set the play themes should not skew to murder and violence. If it does that is absolutely not normal. What does your child watch on TV?

Ah, leave it to the experts of DCUM to call out perfectly normal childhood behavior as abnormal. My child exclusively watches PBS cartoons and occasionally the news. His toys are the aforementioned Legos and stuffed animals. He used to make guns out of pencils until I bought him a nerf gun. He sometimes takes his sister’s dolls as prisoner. One of her dolls is an evil mass murderer according to him. In other words, he likes to play many variations of cops and robbers.

It’s totally normal role playing for little boys according to my child psychiatrist sister. Where did you get your MD/PhD?

But I’m sorry to disappoint you that he isn’t a gender confused little boy who wants to wear princess dresses and do makeovers on his sister’s dolls. That you’d probably be a-okay with.

PP I'm sorry, but that is not normal behavior. I'm not a psychologist, but am an early childhood specialist who and evaluates children for a living. Boys aren't inherently violent here at cause they are boys. Maybe cut back on the news. Really I think you should be a bit more concerned.

No one said the boy was violent. You just made that up. If you can't distinguish fiction from reality, you don't belong in a role caring for children.

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Anonymous wrote:Does this exist? My four year old gets lost in playing pretend with inanimate objects that he makes into characters. Are there doll houses/dolls/figurines for boys?

He's a BOY and likes traditionally boy things (i.e. his story lines are superheroes, firefighters, PJ Masks saving the day, etc.), so please don't suggest getting him actual Barbies. I know how DCUM gets lol.

lol what are you afraid of?
He might turn gay if he touches a female doll?

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Anonymous wrote:How about stuffies/ dolls that's what my son uses. And yes boys can have dill houses, little people playset and play mobiles playset. It does boys a HUGE disservice in their play skills and social skills to not let them play pretend because of weird stigma.

When my daughter plays with her dolls, she’s a mommy with a baby or her Barbies are friends going shopping. But when my son plays with his Legos or stuffies or pretty much any toys, someone is getting killed and the police/military have to come in. It’s definitely a creative outlet, but a very violent one. In his real life interactions, he’s the sweetest little boy, but someone always has to die and or get arrested when he’s playing with his toys.

Are you joking? Is that because your child has only army men and ninja toys to play with? If this happens when your child plays with doll house, farm or school little people set the play themes should not skew to murder and violence. If it does that is absolutely not normal. What does your child watch on TV?

Ah, leave it to the experts of DCUM to call out perfectly normal childhood behavior as abnormal. My child exclusively watches PBS cartoons and occasionally the news. His toys are the aforementioned Legos and stuffed animals. He used to make guns out of pencils until I bought him a nerf gun. He sometimes takes his sister’s dolls as prisoner. One of her dolls is an evil mass murderer according to him. In other words, he likes to play many variations of cops and robbers.

It’s totally normal role playing for little boys according to my child psychiatrist sister. Where did you get your MD/PhD?

But I’m sorry to disappoint you that he isn’t a gender confused little boy who wants to wear princess dresses and do makeovers on his sister’s dolls. That you’d probably be a-okay with.

PP I'm sorry, but that is not normal behavior. I'm not a psychologist, but am an early childhood specialist who and evaluates children for a living. Boys aren't inherently violent here at cause they are boys. Maybe cut back on the news. Really I think you should be a bit more concerned.

No one said the boy was violent. You just made that up. If you can't distinguish fiction from reality, you don't belong in a role caring for children.

You don't think pretending to be a mass murderer is violent?

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Anonymous wrote:Playmobil

+1 my DCs (boys and girls) loved playmobils. Also, nothing wrong with a BOY playing with Barbies

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My boys played with dinosaurs, legos and octonauts around that age. They played with ninjago all through early elementary. Pokémon also got very popular- toys and cards.

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Anonymous wrote:Does this exist? My four year old gets lost in playing pretend with inanimate objects that he makes into characters. Are there doll houses/dolls/figurines for boys?

He's a BOY and likes traditionally boy things (i.e. his story lines are superheroes, firefighters, PJ Masks saving the day, etc.), so please don't suggest getting him actual Barbies. I know how DCUM gets lol.

lol what are you afraid of?
He might turn gay if he touches a female doll?

What are you worried about if a boy doesn't want to play with a doll? Does he need intensive therapy? It's ok for boys to not want to play with dolls and it's ok for girls to play dress up and pretend to shop with their dolls.

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Anonymous wrote:How about stuffies/ dolls that's what my son uses. And yes boys can have dill houses, little people playset and play mobiles playset. It does boys a HUGE disservice in their play skills and social skills to not let them play pretend because of weird stigma.

When my daughter plays with her dolls, she’s a mommy with a baby or her Barbies are friends going shopping. But when my son plays with his Legos or stuffies or pretty much any toys, someone is getting killed and the police/military have to come in. It’s definitely a creative outlet, but a very violent one. In his real life interactions, he’s the sweetest little boy, but someone always has to die and or get arrested when he’s playing with his toys.

Are you joking? Is that because your child has only army men and ninja toys to play with? If this happens when your child plays with doll house, farm or school little people set the play themes should not skew to murder and violence. If it does that is absolutely not normal. What does your child watch on TV?

Ah, leave it to the experts of DCUM to call out perfectly normal childhood behavior as abnormal. My child exclusively watches PBS cartoons and occasionally the news. His toys are the aforementioned Legos and stuffed animals. He used to make guns out of pencils until I bought him a nerf gun. He sometimes takes his sister’s dolls as prisoner. One of her dolls is an evil mass murderer according to him. In other words, he likes to play many variations of cops and robbers.

It’s totally normal role playing for little boys according to my child psychiatrist sister. Where did you get your MD/PhD?

But I’m sorry to disappoint you that he isn’t a gender confused little boy who wants to wear princess dresses and do makeovers on his sister’s dolls. That you’d probably be a-okay with.

PP I'm sorry, but that is not normal behavior. I'm not a psychologist, but am an early childhood specialist who and evaluates children for a living. Boys aren't inherently violent here at cause they are boys. Maybe cut back on the news. Really I think you should be a bit more concerned.

No one said the boy was violent. You just made that up. If you can't distinguish fiction from reality, you don't belong in a role caring for children.

You don't think pretending to be a mass murderer is violent?

The boy is pretending someone else is a violent mass murderer, not that he is. Sounds like he has a vivid imagination. My son likes to pretend that natural disasters are happening and the figures need to escape tsunamis and earthquakes. Sounds more imaginative than yet another girl putting on a princess dress, doing what so many of the other girls already do, without much imagination.

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Anonymous wrote:How about stuffies/ dolls that's what my son uses. And yes boys can have dill houses, little people playset and play mobiles playset. It does boys a HUGE disservice in their play skills and social skills to not let them play pretend because of weird stigma.

When my daughter plays with her dolls, she’s a mommy with a baby or her Barbies are friends going shopping. But when my son plays with his Legos or stuffies or pretty much any toys, someone is getting killed and the police/military have to come in. It’s definitely a creative outlet, but a very violent one. In his real life interactions, he’s the sweetest little boy, but someone always has to die and or get arrested when he’s playing with his toys.

Are you joking? Is that because your child has only army men and ninja toys to play with? If this happens when your child plays with doll house, farm or school little people set the play themes should not skew to murder and violence. If it does that is absolutely not normal. What does your child watch on TV?

Ah, leave it to the experts of DCUM to call out perfectly normal childhood behavior as abnormal. My child exclusively watches PBS cartoons and occasionally the news. His toys are the aforementioned Legos and stuffed animals. He used to make guns out of pencils until I bought him a nerf gun. He sometimes takes his sister’s dolls as prisoner. One of her dolls is an evil mass murderer according to him. In other words, he likes to play many variations of cops and robbers.

It’s totally normal role playing for little boys according to my child psychiatrist sister. Where did you get your MD/PhD?

But I’m sorry to disappoint you that he isn’t a gender confused little boy who wants to wear princess dresses and do makeovers on his sister’s dolls. That you’d probably be a-okay with.

PP I'm sorry, but that is not normal behavior. I'm not a psychologist, but am an early childhood specialist who and evaluates children for a living. Boys aren't inherently violent here at cause they are boys. Maybe cut back on the news. Really I think you should be a bit more concerned.

No one said the boy was violent. You just made that up. If you can't distinguish fiction from reality, you don't belong in a role caring for children.

You don't think pretending to be a mass murderer is violent?

Omg, you are really dumb. I’m the mom of the “violent” boy. He’s not pretending to be a mass murderer. His Lego police officers apprehend and arrest the doll and bring her back to the Lego police station, where she is then tried in court. It’s completely normal creative play for a 6 year old boy.

You are not an early childhood specialist. Otherwise, you’d know that elementary school age boys like to roughhouse and play cops and robbers and other “aggressive” games. It’s not societal. It’s inherent to their natures. And it’s unhealthy to try to curb their rough creative play.


You’ve obviously never read any literature on the subject, so stop pretending you’re an any early childhood specialist. Yeah right.

Here’s an article I suggested googled, with actual specialists sharing their studies:

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/bring-it-boys-may-benefit-aggressive-play-flna1c9477173

It might be a better starting point for you to understand the basics of boyhood creative okay.

You’re also clearly not a mom of boys, otherwise you’d have seen your sons and their friends doing something similar. So why are you on here with your opinions about boy friendly creative toys?

Your misandry is gross.

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Anonymous wrote:How about stuffies/ dolls that's what my son uses. And yes boys can have dill houses, little people playset and play mobiles playset. It does boys a HUGE disservice in their play skills and social skills to not let them play pretend because of weird stigma.

When my daughter plays with her dolls, she’s a mommy with a baby or her Barbies are friends going shopping. But when my son plays with his Legos or stuffies or pretty much any toys, someone is getting killed and the police/military have to come in. It’s definitely a creative outlet, but a very violent one. In his real life interactions, he’s the sweetest little boy, but someone always has to die and or get arrested when he’s playing with his toys.

Are you joking? Is that because your child has only army men and ninja toys to play with? If this happens when your child plays with doll house, farm or school little people set the play themes should not skew to murder and violence. If it does that is absolutely not normal. What does your child watch on TV?

Ah, leave it to the experts of DCUM to call out perfectly normal childhood behavior as abnormal. My child exclusively watches PBS cartoons and occasionally the news. His toys are the aforementioned Legos and stuffed animals. He used to make guns out of pencils until I bought him a nerf gun. He sometimes takes his sister’s dolls as prisoner. One of her dolls is an evil mass murderer according to him. In other words, he likes to play many variations of cops and robbers.

It’s totally normal role playing for little boys according to my child psychiatrist sister. Where did you get your MD/PhD?

But I’m sorry to disappoint you that he isn’t a gender confused little boy who wants to wear princess dresses and do makeovers on his sister’s dolls. That you’d probably be a-okay with.

PP I'm sorry, but that is not normal behavior. I'm not a psychologist, but am an early childhood specialist who and evaluates children for a living. Boys aren't inherently violent here at cause they are boys. Maybe cut back on the news. Really I think you should be a bit more concerned.

No one said the boy was violent. You just made that up. If you can't distinguish fiction from reality, you don't belong in a role caring for children.

You don't think pretending to be a mass murderer is violent?

Omg, you are really dumb. I’m the mom of the “violent” boy. He’s not pretending to be a mass murderer. His Lego police officers apprehend and arrest the doll and bring her back to the Lego police station, where she is then tried in court. It’s completely normal creative play for a 6 year old boy.

You are not an early childhood specialist. Otherwise, you’d know that elementary school age boys like to roughhouse and play cops and robbers and other “aggressive” games. It’s not societal. It’s inherent to their natures. And it’s unhealthy to try to curb their rough creative play.


You’ve obviously never read any literature on the subject, so stop pretending you’re an any early childhood specialist. Yeah right.

Here’s an article I suggested googled, with actual specialists sharing their studies:

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/bring-it-boys-may-benefit-aggressive-play-flna1c9477173

It might be a better starting point for you to understand the basics of boyhood creative okay.

You’re also clearly not a mom of boys, otherwise you’d have seen your sons and their friends doing something similar. So why are you on here with your opinions about boy friendly creative toys?

Your misandry is gross.

Okay that's your assumption and your wrong on both accounts as I am a mother of boys and do work with children. Why would I lie? If I saw a child only playing how you describe your child does with only themes revolving around murder it would definitely raise some eyebrows. Clearly you are very defensive because something is weird here here or you are troll because what you are writing is absolutely crazy. For example, shooting pencils as guns is not inherent to boys nature.

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My boy loved monkeys

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Anonymous wrote:How about stuffies/ dolls that's what my son uses. And yes boys can have dill houses, little people playset and play mobiles playset. It does boys a HUGE disservice in their play skills and social skills to not let them play pretend because of weird stigma.

When my daughter plays with her dolls, she’s a mommy with a baby or her Barbies are friends going shopping. But when my son plays with his Legos or stuffies or pretty much any toys, someone is getting killed and the police/military have to come in. It’s definitely a creative outlet, but a very violent one. In his real life interactions, he’s the sweetest little boy, but someone always has to die and or get arrested when he’s playing with his toys.

Are you joking? Is that because your child has only army men and ninja toys to play with? If this happens when your child plays with doll house, farm or school little people set the play themes should not skew to murder and violence. If it does that is absolutely not normal. What does your child watch on TV?

Ah, leave it to the experts of DCUM to call out perfectly normal childhood behavior as abnormal. My child exclusively watches PBS cartoons and occasionally the news. His toys are the aforementioned Legos and stuffed animals. He used to make guns out of pencils until I bought him a nerf gun. He sometimes takes his sister’s dolls as prisoner. One of her dolls is an evil mass murderer according to him. In other words, he likes to play many variations of cops and robbers.

It’s totally normal role playing for little boys according to my child psychiatrist sister. Where did you get your MD/PhD?

But I’m sorry to disappoint you that he isn’t a gender confused little boy who wants to wear princess dresses and do makeovers on his sister’s dolls. That you’d probably be a-okay with.

PP I'm sorry, but that is not normal behavior. I'm not a psychologist, but am an early childhood specialist who and evaluates children for a living. Boys aren't inherently violent here at cause they are boys. Maybe cut back on the news. Really I think you should be a bit more concerned.

No one said the boy was violent. You just made that up. If you can't distinguish fiction from reality, you don't belong in a role caring for children.

You don't think pretending to be a mass murderer is violent?

Omg, you are really dumb. I’m the mom of the “violent” boy. He’s not pretending to be a mass murderer. His Lego police officers apprehend and arrest the doll and bring her back to the Lego police station, where she is then tried in court. It’s completely normal creative play for a 6 year old boy.

You are not an early childhood specialist. Otherwise, you’d know that elementary school age boys like to roughhouse and play cops and robbers and other “aggressive” games. It’s not societal. It’s inherent to their natures. And it’s unhealthy to try to curb their rough creative play.


You’ve obviously never read any literature on the subject, so stop pretending you’re an any early childhood specialist. Yeah right.

Here’s an article I suggested googled, with actual specialists sharing their studies:

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/bring-it-boys-may-benefit-aggressive-play-flna1c9477173

It might be a better starting point for you to understand the basics of boyhood creative okay.

You’re also clearly not a mom of boys, otherwise you’d have seen your sons and their friends doing something similar. So why are you on here with your opinions about boy friendly creative toys?

Your misandry is gross.

Okay that's your assumption and your wrong on both accounts as I am a mother of boys and do work with children. Why would I lie? If I saw a child only playing how you describe your child does with only themes revolving around murder it would definitely raise some eyebrows. Clearly you are very defensive because something is weird here here or you are troll because what you are writing is absolutely crazy. For example, shooting pencils as guns is not inherent to boys nature.

You’re the troll here. You have clearly never spent any time around any elementary school age boys. Stop lying about it.

Why do I think you’re here? Because you hate men and boys and want all of them to play house with their dolls and magically become lesbian women like you.

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Mine had a lot of toys they would use to create worlds and scenarios and dialogue, just like i used my barbies. examples: thomas trains, playmobil (esp the medieval castles etc), legos legos legos, tubs of baseball and football guys (hopefully those are still in existence - my kids would build stadiums and fans with legos and magnatiles and then play with the sports guys in those worlds), and yes little plastic soldiers and figurines from the game Risk which they would use to plot out battles but not actually enact the fighting