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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

And the opposite is also true.  OP's shouting the word BOY in the middle of her post made it clear that she's not comfortable with the opposite.

If she had said "he isn't interested in Barbies" that would have been fine.

For my kids who weren't into Barbie (boys and girls), I think rescue heroes were the toys that came closest to Barbie in the kind of play (narrative play with multiple small figures), and hotwheels and Thomas were the things that came closest to collecting piece.  For those of my kids (boys and girls) who do like Barbie the same toy filled both those niches -- something to collect, and something to play with narratively.

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No, it really doesn't mean she's uncomfortable. Some boys don't like Barbies. Some girls don't like Barbies. A lot of women hate Barbie so why should they be forced on uninterested boys? OP predicted that someone like you would come along to derail the thread and she was correct.[/quote]

If OP had said "my son doesn't like Barbies" then no one would have come along.  If she'd said "my son doesn't like Barbies because he is a typical boy" I wouldn't have come along, but her use of capitalization was weird, and kind of offensive.  She asked for it. [/quote]

Don't forget the OP has also called posters who buy their sons doll houses "men hating lesbians".[/quote]

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