To think ELC doll 'head' is an inappropriate gift for four year old...

[Wolfordwonder]

A 'head' lots of blonde hair for 'styling' she has false looking eyelashes and an array of make up. I'm taking it to charity tommorow.

I thought hairdressing apprentice types used these.

I want my four year old to be fuelled on imagination, not Barbiedom.

The op seems to be more concerned about what she wants her child to like rather than what she actually likes. If she doesn't like it she won't play with it so I don't see the problem.

It's about the message it sends to the child imo

Entropy girl who say's you wouldn't buy it for a boy tho? Just because it is aimed at girls doesn't mean it's against the law for boys to play with it, same goes with girls and toy trucks etc!

if your 4 year old likes it whats the problem.

Slightly ironic that the op says they want their child to be fuelled on imagination too. I take it she means imagination - provided it is confined to within what her parents deem to be acceptable.

Oh fgs - she'll have a bit of fun with it putting clips in and asking you to put plaits in it & take them out again. Lighten up. One toy does not make a child.

Yuh huh, a GirlsWorld. Big swinging mickie.

B&s can't some toys just be there to play with tho, I'd the dc enjoys playing with mummy's hair or there own surely that is enough reason to let them play with it? Without the implication said child is being brainwashed?

YANBU, mainly because those things are creepy. I know that they're just toys, and they are sold because kids like playing with them, and it's not good to overthink etc. etc. but this kind of toy does seem to be a way of prepping little girls to accept the whole women-should-spend-ages-on-beauty-routines thing.

That said Y would BU to take it away from your DD if she likes it.

Oh ffs, ere, ave a to chew on whilst you mull over your twattishness.

oh you spoilsport!

I chucked dd1's out when it got matted but she played with it first...

I would have happily sold my sister into slavery for a GirlsWorld when I was little. I finally got one when I was about 6 and was overjoyed. Until half an hour after getting it when my evil older brother covered it's face in boot polish. :(

It's about the message it sends to the child imo

What? That it's fun to do hair and make-up? It is

I happen to think it's pretty fucked-up to assume that any female who takes pleasure in her appearance is a braindead bimbo. You can have blonde hair+fake tan+big tits AND and first-class degree from Oxbridge. Beauty and brains are not mutually exclusive.

I must be traumatizing my 4 year old dd. You can't move in her room for pink dressing tables, mirrors, pretend hairdryers and kids make up and nail varnish.
It's just kids having fun, learning about the world with pretend play. Loads of imagination needed. And my ds lives it too!

I know peoplesprincess, and I'm the shining example :o

Well I had one and I don't wear a scrap of make-up or shave body hair in the winter so it's not damaged me.

If the op really wants to encourage imagination then she would be letting the child use her imagination and play with the toy as she sees fit.

Get a grip - playing hairdresser/beautician as a child does not a Jordan-wannabe make. Go with what your child's interests are, and not what you want them to be.

YABU, we have one and my ds and dd both love it. Far from being ultra girlie with it I got a few extra eyeshadows in blue and green and they have had great fun making her into a monster or vampire, they see it as face-paint as much as make up. I say this as someone who hates girls being told to be all princessey and soppy. The lip-gloss is a sticky nightmare though (especially when applied freely to eyelashes)

Also, I was a pink-FIEND as a child, I highlight my hair, love make-up and nice clothes, enjoy having lovely nails, but am not an airhead as my favourite subjects were Maths and Science and I have a PhD. Oh, and I also I play rugby at a very high level competitively - how's that for a bag of contradictions?

What is the 'message'?

That you brush or sometimes style your hair? Yesterday we went out and my dds were watching me doing my hair and make up.
They have also watched me many times working, cooking, banking, doing DIY.

What are your children are allowed to play with then?

I always thought Girl's World was very odd...having a Sindy head without a body, very strange...My 2 Sindy dolls had huge wardrobes of clothes, mostly made by my granny, and the dressing up was the fun part, I wasn't nearly so interested in doing their hair or make-up.

in fact I gave my Sindys and Tiny Tears crew cuts with my mum's nail scissors because I thought the hair would grow back

Oh dear. I have just bought the exact thing for DD's 4th birthday next week - I'm hoping it will prevent me walking out of the house with random sparkly whatnots in my hair after DD has 'styled' it for me.

Ultimately mine used to get stuck on the end of a long pole and was used to terrorise younger siblings late at night. [evil]

at Kladdaka!

oh get a grip, chill out. Girls like these so let her play with it (incidentally if it were a boy I would also say the same thing - my boys love playing with their sisters). Chill it is you who has issues not her