What toy do you refuse to allow in the house?

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Here it’s slime. There’s no need for it and it’s just a load of mess. I don’t want it all mashed into the carpet which my 9 year old would do. He is the type who would also leave it somewhere, then staining and ruining stuff

Barbie. For obvious reasons.

@Dandelionsarefree what's the "obvious" reason?

@Fifthtimelucky What was the problem with the diy lip gloss kit? Dd has asked for a different but similar thing for Christmas.

Barbie represents an impossible body image. In real life to be like Barbie with propotions like her, it means your diet must be very restricted and even like that, she has an impossible thin waist. That Barbie movie tried to fix somehow what Barbie is about. I do think we should be mindful of the messages our girls are getting from us.

My girls didn't have barbies and didn't ask for it. I didn't buy pink outfits either. I don't think is a good message for girls.

My kids (2 girls and 1 boy) got good interesting toys, same everyone. It was important for me that my girls didnt get the message that they need to focus in how to make herself pretty.
My eldest is a teen now interested in achieving at school and focused in sports, same as her brother. Hoping the youngest will follow up when becomes a teen.
I do believe it's important what we get them when they are small.

I think that's a shame really, but totally your choice of course. I always had Barbies, but never felt the need to look like her. They were just great for imaginative play. My dd loves her Barbies, she also loves science kits, playing football with her dad and her favourite colour is blue. For me it's about balance.

We all think differently and I hate Barbie with a passion. Of course I don't think my way is the only right way and I'm sure your balanced approach can work too.

@UpTheMagicFarawayTree; I thought it was a completely inappropriate present for a 6 year old. I didn't want her to be thinking about her appearance and to think that she could make herself prettier by covering her lips with sparkly glittery goo.

I have never worn lipstick myself (or lipgloss past my teens) and think it's horrible stuff. I checked the ingredients in this kit and it was full of chemicals. I didn't want it anywhere near her mouth. This was about 20 years ago. It might be better these days.

Mine did have Barbies, which I didn't really like but gave into. I was glad that they weren't really interested in dolls by the time that the Bratz dolls came out. I hated those.

Nothing was off limits although I suppose some things I didn't buy because we didn't have room Butterscotch the pony for example or because the reviews were dreadful like the chocolate coin maker. They weren't banned as such though.

My parents refused to have Barbie, Sindy, My Little Pony, Care Bears, those naff plastic high heel dress up shoes, Popples and loads of other stuff, I just thought it was a bit joyless and I didn't want that for my children.

@Dandelionsarefree there's Barbie dolls in all body shapes and sizes (and skin colours and disabilities) these days and there has been for years.

Lol dollz. I was my DD to be a kid a little while longer, and those dolls seem like a bad influence 😅

Barbie is a good role model (despite the body shape)... she gets into such a wide range of careers! Astronaut, scientist, singer, sportssuperhero, pilot, Equestrian... not to mention looking after her younger sisters.

I never really got the body shape objection... a lego minifig is unrealistic, as is a Teddy bear, or most dolls.

My biggest objection is violent video games. Fortunately mine aren't interested.

What do the kids even do^^ with slime? 🤷🏻‍♀️

Apart from squish it, i'm out of ideas.

I do find it (getting ready to duck) it a bit sad that people seem to be mostly banning messy things. Don't you have any non carpeted floors, a hoover and a mop?

Anything by V Tech - in my view they are the loudest toys on the market and rarely have adjustable volume settings.

@CurlewKate have you tried hoovering up glitter?
It's there for life 😂
I found that shop bought PlayDoh would be easy to brush out of carpet once it had dried but homemade version was a nightmare to clean up.

Slime was an outside toy as it was messy.

When we in military housing, doing our marchouts, we always found stray bits of glitter in odd places! I'm sure it bred! It really does get everywhere

I don't ban stuff. I dud used to have a weapon van, but so many other things were repurposes, it seemed silly. We do lots if messy stuff, I just put down old sheets first. I am all for encouraging their creativity.

@Dandelionsarefree I get why Barbies are objectionable but they do come in an actually bewildering range of shapes, heights and skin colours now https://images.app.goo.gl/WnaE561PDdtHxP8g7

We don't have guns but then I find it hard to draw the line - is a medieval Playmobil catapult alright? Or a beano style slingshot, or a paw patrol thing that shoots plastic discs?

Playdoh we do on a PVC tablecloth thing on the floor and only on that, saves a lot of cleaning. You shake the bits outside every now and then. Kids need to be trained well to stay on it though!

No glitter. Awful stuff.

Anything massive, like Barbie houses, we just don’t have the room!

Slime, hat the damned stuff, if she gets it as a gift it goes outside in her playhouse.
When younger anything Peppa pig, she was never allowed to watch the show and the toys were banned.
Toy guns
Furby's and those larger dolls like the Our Generation dolls, creep me out 😀

Slightly different but I banned a toy we already had because it was a ball shaped plastic electronic toy that made noises when you pushed buttons or rolled it - I was up BF in the night and the bloody thing randomly started making noises ... out it went into the garage - freaked me out when one of the kids brought it back in again and it started randomly singing 😱

Only slime, she does loads of crafty things with glitter, glitter glue, tinsel, felt tips, sticky gems etc etc, she also does those science kits you can buy which can be messy. I just hate slime.

The only things I really banned where lose glitter (I bought glitter glue instead) and realistic guns.

I wasn't overly keen on barbie but DD loved them for a short while in primary so she had a few, actually more the Disney pricess dolls. But she also had all the toy story dolls as well, she went through a real buzz lighter phase. And a mix of other dolls I don't think she ever thought she should look like them.

Ipads/tablets. I'm not a screen free mum, my child watches TV more than i'd like, and this wouldn't help with that! I also don't want to get my son addicted to watching a tablet in the buggy or in the car.