I'm with Sheila on this one. I dont find Kaya's hair unmanageable at all- perhaps because it's very similar to my own.

Sometimes, we think things that are different from what's familiar are too hard- "unmanageable." Sometimes, you have to take the time to learn to appreciate the differences of others. This goes for dolls and it goes for people. It might seem like a small thing to get rid of a doll because her hair was hard to brush (a good misting bottle and brushing from bottom to top would help that), but that same kind of thinking translates into unwillingness to befriend or respect other people because something about them is "unmanageable."

I happen to love Kaya. As a child, I never saw respectful representations of American Indians (Native American is not the preferred term to use). Most dolls that sharing my ethnic background were very, very stereotyped. Kaya is perhaps the only doll available that was created with the full respect American Indians deserve.