She said WHAT? (6 Comments)
When I circled the item in the catalog as an idea for my Mom to get Pixie for Christmas I had no idea. What was it that I so innocently thought was a good idea? One of those heads on which a child can style hair and apply makeup. Pixie is so into clothes and making her hair cute- I thought it would be a fun thing for her to have. Sounds safe enough. Little did I know.
Pixie opened it on Christmas morning and immediately found the button that made her talk. I hadn’t noticed that feature in the catalog description. OK, slightly annoying aspect to the thing but we’ll get by. Maybe by not replacing the batteries when they run down. But then we listened to what that dumb blonde in her best Valley Girl voice was saying, and I quote:
“Back to school, need to look intelligent!”
Excuse me?
“O la la! I need to look slick and chic to go with my new outfit!”
This was supposedly for ages 3 and up.
“I feel like a Princess get me ready to Party!”
And the final straw-
“Make me look wild…. grrrrr!”
Yes, the thing actually GROWLED!
Pixie’s Papa took the batteries out while she cried on her Grandma’s shoulder. It was a sad thing but one we felt we had to do. Who comes up with this stuff? Who thought that a doll that growls was appropriate for ages 3 and up? Not us. Sigh.
I would have done the exact same thing! And not just because of the growling, lol, but I hate noisy toys in general!
Also, since I’m here, I wanted to share one of my favorite blogs with you. It’s by a home schooling mom of 7 kids who lives in Maine. 🙂
http://www.notesfromthetrenches.com/
Enjoy!
Nicole
Comment by Nicole — January 16, 2008 @ 12:04 am
I read Notes all the time. She really makes me laugh. She is a great writer. I want to be her when I grown up. LOL!
Comment by JustMe — January 16, 2008 @ 9:03 am
So NOT cool. 🙁 They wring their hands because kids these days are growing up too fast and oh my, what are we going to do with this social issue? Hello, maybe stop producing stuff that makes them grow up so quick?
I’m with you there on that toy. 🙁
Comment by Audra Marie — January 17, 2008 @ 5:43 pm
I have a friend who is the father of a four-year-old daughter. He lumps together all the things he thinks are working to make his daughter grow up too fast or teach her things she doesn’t need to be aware of yet as part of the “prostitot” mentality. (Think “prostitute” + “tot”.) The concept applies to everything from kids’ TV shows laced with adult humor and talking dolls with adult mouths to “cleavage”-baring skintight t-shirts printed with Dora the Explorer and size 4T short-shorts with “HOTTIE” printed across the butt.
Comment by Arat — January 22, 2008 @ 11:03 am
Exactly!
What about shirts with “attitude” statements across the front? (I can’t think of a good one to give as an example at the moment.)
And then we wonder about our kids’ attitudes and “mouths” and lack of respect. The culture scratches it’s collective head and bemoans it all. But then they all go out and buy the latest videos, clothes and toys that are all the rage and they don’t see the connection.
Comment by JustMe — January 22, 2008 @ 11:26 am
It’s the “and they *don’t see the connection*” part that worries me most. Just think: All those people today who don’t see the connection are raising children who also don’t see the connection.
Comment by Arat — January 24, 2008 @ 11:13 am