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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.[/quote]

lol what are you afraid of?
He might turn gay if he touches a female doll? 
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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.[/quote]

+1, despite all insistences to the contrary, I have never known even one boy who wanted to play with dolls or Barbies in the same way that girls want to. And yet, there’s the omnipresent message that it’s perfect alright.

I have, however, seen a woman, the mother of one my son’s preK classmates, who insisted that her daughter hated dolls and to please not get her one for her birthday. No problem, I got her a Friends Lego Set. The sad thing is that when she came over for a play date (that her mom basically begged for), she insisted on playing with my daughter’s dolls. My son got “bored out of [his] mind” and left her to go play with his train set. The alleged doll hater spent the entire time until her mom came to pick her up, by herself, relishing in the dolls that her mom insists she hates so much.

I realized that her mom is crazy and started avoiding them all together.[/quote]

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