You've seen the commercials for these scantily dressed dolls. Quite a far stretch from the classic Barbie™ doll we all grew up with. Some refer to Bratz™ as the "new, hip Barbie™". Although their tagline reads, "The only girls with a passion for the fashion™", some say that it drastically downplays the image presented by the dolls.
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My daughter played with Bratz™ dolls when she was young. We just thought they were cute, but now that you mention it, maybe they are sending a materialistic message to little girls: Dress like this and be cool.
My preschool aged DS and DD both play with them. They aren't greatly intrested, mostly in dressing them. They don't really "get" the whole idea behind them, thankfully, and it's just another doll. I find the Rugrats, for example, a much worse influence.
Now if they were prepuberty stage, I would have a totally different opinion. Hopefully by then they would have gotten Bratz out of their system and won't want to play with them when they're older.
Yeah, I have the same worries, that is why I don't even give them the opion now. I only have 1 boy and he doesn't play with them but my much younger siblings would but I don't give them any to play with. I absolutly agree that the Rugrats are not much better. I feel that some of these Saturday morning cartoons can just get kicked into the gutter too. They are filled with violence and bad attitudes.
My preschool aged DS and DD both play with them. They aren't greatly intrested, mostly in dressing them. They don't really "get" the whole idea behind them, thankfully, and it's just another doll. I find the Rugrats, for example, a much worse influence.
Now if they were prepuberty stage, I would have a totally different opinion. Hopefully by then they would have gotten Bratz out of their system and won't want to play with them when they're older.
My fear would be sensitizing girls to poor taste in clothing at a young age. I don't know what Bratz dolls look like exactly (I have two boys) but I wouldn't let my daughters play with them for the same reason I don't let my boys play with very violent toys.
That way, when they do get older and are making choices for their own dress or actions, they have a lifetime of good influences to help them in their decisions.
My preschool aged DS and DD both play with them. They aren't greatly intrested, mostly in dressing them. They don't really "get" the whole idea behind them, thankfully, and it's just another doll. I find the Rugrats, for example, a much worse influence.
Now if they were prepuberty stage, I would have a totally different opinion. Hopefully by then they would have gotten Bratz out of their system and won't want to play with them when they're older.