So there ARE parents concerned with children and the Barbie image other than my mom. Here’s a link to a post and survey on lilsugar.com under the title “Do You Let Your Daughters Play with Barbie?” Apparently, Barbie’s anniversary was 2/12 so this series of posts from me is somewhat timely.

Here’s the link: http://www.lilsugar.com/1036077

Another blog site femina.reformedblogs.com poses a similar point of view on Barbie and other, as she puts it, “hoochie mama” dolls.

Here’s the link: http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2008/02/24/lets-play-dolls/

I even found a post about a lady who has put a Muslim spin on the Barbie concept for girls in Indonesia. Now that’s deep. I’m not sure that Barbie’s image is a good one to convert to the Muslim faith, but I’m not Muslim.

I bet you’re wondering what I think?

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When I was little, my mom never let me play with white dolls or Barbies of any race. My sole interaction with those dolls were at my friends’ houses. I didn’t get it when I was young, but it makes sense to me now, and if I had children, I would do the same thing with them.

It’s all about developing a positive self image. The no-Barbie rule was because my mom felt she was too “developed” for a child to be playing with. As I’m writing this post, I’m thinking I should call my mom (or talk to her when I see her this weekend) and ask her firsthand, as an adult, if what I believe she was thinking was actually true. I’ll update this post after interviewing her.

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