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Originally posted by FileNotFound
Maybe. But I probably wouldn't have a bladder seizing fit over it.
Plus I think it's misguided at best to assume that the child sees the babie not as 'just a doll' but as the sum of all that is evil that promotes 'unhealthy' ideals, vanity and the desire to posses stuff.
Not getting a kid a toy they want just makes you the stingy bastard of a parent in the eyes of the kid and they eventualy get the toy one way or another.
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for me the issue-- the bladder issue, if you will-- was more than the barbie, i guess.
my daughter is two...she will be three in a couple of weeks. and no, sooner or later, i probably won't object, but right now, while she's this young, we're still building ideals that we want her to have. but for me, the point was-- i set rules for her, and asked my family to follow them, and melissa disregarded them willfully, and with a smirk on her face that DARED me to do anything about it. THAT i object to.
the barbie thing is just something that i don't want for her right now in her life. and since she's only two, i get to make those rules!!!!!!!!! she doesn't want guns given to her kid..that's her right. she gets to set her rules for her kid, and she would be angry if i disregarded them. however -- i wouldn't do that. it's all about respect, and about the VERY childish behavior about taking a two year old's birthday party to do something bitchy, just because you can.
but i can't beat melissa with a stick...so i hate barbie.