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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A boy and a girl, now teens.  No guns (not nerf, not water guns) and no Barbies.

A pp was correct, our boy turned everything into a gun for a while, sticks, fingers, even biting a pancake into the shape.

If ever guns of any kind, or Barbies, were given as gifts, if a gift receipt was attached, we exchanged, and if not, we donated.

Why? Because I do not believe guns are appropriate toys in any way shape or form.  [b]As for Barbies, you do know Mattel modeled them on Lilli, a German sex toy? (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.messynessychic.com/2016/01/29/meet-lilli-the-high-end-german-call-girl-who-became-americas-iconic-barbie-doll/&ved=2ahUKEwj84Pvt59vmAhWRnOAKHTd1BBkQFjAAegQIAhAE&usg=AOvVaw2QqweRqsMjQ6dkAA6ehN0B)  Sorry, I don't want her as a role model for my daughter.[/b]

As I said earlier, both are now teens, and neither seems to be mal-adjusted or suffered in any way for not having played with guns or Barbies.[/quote]

I could almost guarantee that ZERO kids think they are playing with a sex toy.  I mean, unless you tell your kid that, how would they know?  It’s a doll for Chrissakes!  Get a grip, people. [/quote]

+1 totally ridiculous to ban Barbies. I grew up with a mother who banned Barbies, among other things. I also grew up with a lot of resentment. Why wasn’t I allowed to have Barbies, like other girls? I always felt different and weird. I wish my mom had loosened up. I don’t think Barbies would have affected me negatively. [/quote]

+2, I also grew up with a mother who banned Barbies in the name of feminism (late 80s- early 90s) and always resented it. I really thought most people were past this nonsense by now.

I happily bought my daughters the Barbie dream house I never had and imagine a large percentage of the current crop of girls for whom Barbie is banned will do so for their own children

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