Just curious, how many of you have family members that don't appreciate AG? My husband and daughters really like them. But, to my dismay both of my brothers (31 and 36) think AG items are expensive and "just dolls" I just don't understand how buying a $100 robotic dinosaur for my nephew is fine with my brother; yet, he doesn't buy anything AG for my girls. Just venting... does anyone else experience this type of thing?
Oh yeah. Most definitely. My youngest brother has a video game habit. He will spend major $$ on video games, like 2 or 3 every time he gets paid. He pays online fees to play online multiple person games. But he thinks that collecting dolls is just a waste. [img]graemlins/wonder.gif[/img]
Oh yes, I know how you feel. My mom is like that.. I'm turning 17 this year, and whenever I walk around with a doll, she gets all snotty and says "aren't you a little old for dolls?" Well, she's the one who bought them all for me..so she should be happy I still adore them.
My dd is 11 1/2 and she plays with dolls,but she did not tell her friends that she got doll clothes for Christmas.She said that they think dolls are for little kids.Tweens can be VERY mean.Girls aged 9-12 should be playing with dolls instead of I-pods,I.M.,chat rooms,cell phones etc.
This is why I want to spoil my 4-year-old DD with dolls. I know she'll probably "outgrow" them in 5-6 years, and I want her to have something that she will enjoy now and cherish later. And, let's face it, I'm all for anything that gets interested in reading and takes history a step or two beyond boring fact memorizing.
Now why on earth would anyone want a robotic dinosaur anyway (LOL)? Sigh - only a man.
My mom doesn't get AG. I think it's because 1 - she has never been a girly-girl doll person even as a child, and 2- she grew up in the Depression and believes that if something doesn't have a basic purpose in life, it's just plain useless. I seriously doubt if she EVER buys DD anything for her collection. And it's not just the 18-inch dolls she doesn't get, it's also Hopscotch Hill and Bitty Baby.
Just smile and walk away from those clueless men when they talk about such nonsense as robotic dinosaurs and X-Boxes . [img]wink.gif[/img]
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">If you think Tweens are mean ... you should see the social dynamics at my daughter's pre-kindergarten class. I never knew 3- and 4-year-old girls could be so nasty to each other. The boys aren't like that, just the girls. And they don't need chat rooms and cell phones, they just flat out tell certain girls they won't play with them.Originally posted by goldberry:
Tweens can be VERY mean.Girls aged 9-12 should be playing with dolls instead of I-pods,I.M.,chat rooms,cell phones etc.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Um, OT I know, but my DD's godfather got her the RoboRaptor for Christmas. It lives on top of her dress-up chest... next to the AG horse herd. She loves it.Originally posted by balletmom:
Now why on earth would anyone want a robotic dinosaur anyway (LOL)? Sigh - only a man.
Um...9 to 12 is too old for dolls? I got my Molly at 9! 9 to 12 was the Molly era for me! lol. Then again, I was still playing with my model horses well into my teens. And then I collected Pooh plushies and Beanie Babies after I grew out of that. And now I'm back to AG. [img]tongue.gif[/img]
Honestly, I think we all could stand a little play time! It's very stress relieving, and I find it helpful as an artist to keep me creative and fresh. And anyone who thinks that's silly can go jump into a mud puddle! <g>
9-12 too old for girls to play with dolls? I hear this SO much in the peds. office where I worked as a teen. A little girl, maybe nine or ten, goes over to our doll house, and the mom says (very disgustedly) "Don't play with that, you're too old!" It really upsets me, because then these girls turn to "acceptable" hobbies like hair and makeup, and role models like Britney Spears and Ashlee Simpson. By 13, they're coming in dressed like little, uh, you know whats. Then, their moms complain, "My little girl grew up too fast!" Well, gee, I wonder why?
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I don't know, I tend to think outright meanness is a lot *EDITED* EASIER to deal with than the evil undercover stuff girls start practicing when they hit the tweens and continue on until college. Sometimes even after. My highschool "friends" just went out of their way to invite me to a bowling "reunion" party, then spent the whole evening snubbing me and trying to make me feel left out of their "fun," post-highschool hijinks. Eg, a trip to New York everyone but me was invited to, etc. etc. Little do they know, running around Grand Central Station at 2 AM blind drunk isn't something I feel bad about being left out of. But it was like highschool all over again.If you think Tweens are mean ... you should see the social dynamics at my daughter's pre-kindergarten class. I never knew 3- and 4-year-old girls could be so nasty to each other. The boys aren't like that, just the girls. And they don't need chat rooms and cell phones, they just flat out tell certain girls they won't play with them.
I highly HIGHLY recommend ANY mother with a girl approaching the tweens (or in it!) to pick up the books "Queen Bees and Wannabes," by Rosalind Wiseman. It goes into a lot of detail on tween bullying, girl tactics, and the social totem pole. This was a book I REALLY wish I'd had in highschool because it's SO accurate as to how girl groups work.
<font color="#051E50"><font size="1">[ December 30, 2005 02:49 PM: Message edited by: only1genevieve ]</font></font>
Because she stupidly said the opposite of what she meant :-P
<font color="#051E50" size="1">[ December 30, 2005 02:57 PM: Message edited by: only1genevieve ]</font>
My sisters, age 11 and 14, got American Girl Dolls for Christmas. The 14 y/o was even more excited than the 11 y/o, although both were thrilled. Neither of them put their dolls down for days and they still play dolls togther.
My sisters are homeschooled, as I was, and I really think that helps them as far as peer group nastiness and growing up too fast. They watch some TV and do lots of activities, so it's not like they don't know what the world is like, but they don't have constant peer pressure to be "Britney Spears" type "cool."
I went to school for 5th grade, after being home schooled prior to that (my mom was ill that year). One of the teachers told my parents how impressed they were at how nice I was and how I had friends from different races and socio-economic classes. They've had the same experience with my brother who went to high school.
My mom says it's because they don't teach their kids to discriminate at home and that by home schooling, we also don't learn it from peer groups at school.
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