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.

YABU, they are fab, I so wanted one when I was younger but I never got one

SIL bought DD1 (4yo) one for Xmas and she loves it, but she has also been doing DH's hair for a couple of years now. DH has lovely loooooong hair It certainly doesn't mean that DD is getting 'the wrong message' it's just a bit of fun fgs,she also plays with her younger sisters toy tool box

I was the girliest kid in the world (yes, I was BRAINWASHED by my parents) - My Little Pony, Strawberry Shortcake, Sindy,Barbie, bring it on. Fast forward thirty years and I love make-up, perfume and all things grooming-related. I also have a history degree from a top universtity (oooh, studied wars and everything! ) and a serious corporate job in a traditionally male industry. Chill!

Yabu, get a grip.

My three year old has a vanity table and barbie one of those heads you've described and loves it, and its given my delicate scalp a well earned rest. She brushes it and puts clips all over it, no makeup though, just hair.

Some people have ishoos

Sounds like a great present for a 4 year old. I remember playing with a friend's one and always wanted one of them. I'd be happy if my 5 and 3 year old were given one as a present, they'd probably have great fun with it.

YABU to give it to charity if your dd likes it.

dd has one, it is used rarely

the whites of its eyes are semi luminescent

i would chuck it out but tbh it looks like it would know how to come back

brrrrrrrrrrrr

There is something inherently disturbing yet hilarious about gifting a small child with a disembodied head

YABU what exactly do you think will happen? I had one when I was 3(ish, based on house I remember it being in). I grew up to be relatively normal. Even managed a decent English degree, good job. Can't style hair for shit & if I wear lippy or eyeshadow I look like a 5 year old let loose with a girl's world head...on the other hand...

at disembodied head. That's what we used to call DD's one.

Kladdaka that is brilliant. Reminds me of this which is decades old but something I always vowed to try once I became a parent.

DD had one when she was 5 and I must admit I never gave it a thought. (hers didn't have make up though so if it has I perhaps would as I have a pathological hate of little girls being given make up). It may be helped by the fact that the only time she touched it was to scrawl blue ink all over it's face.

If you disagree with the idea that much the giving it to charity so that it can be sold on and given to another girl (probably) makes no sense at all. Why allow another child to be brainwashed or whatever your objection is but not your DD? I think you need to burn it if you feel that strongly.

I never had one and I really wanted one but strangely never asked for it? As an adult I'd be freaked out a bit but only because I find them a bit Chuckyish...

I don't think conforming to a stereotype is an issue at such a young age. If a kid doesn't want to play with one thing they'll play with another. Eventually the lot ends up bunged at the back of a cupboard anyway.

I think presenting these sorts of issues to children at such a young age is really overdoing it, even if they aren't directly aware of it.

What would you give a son to play with? There's only so much fun you can have with wooden blocks and maracas.

Girlsworld was my favourite as a child. I've a wild imagination :)

To stop her having a toy like this for tge reason you have given us disgusting, selfish and lazy IMO. Children like to copy. Brushing and doing your hair is part of daily life. Do you stop her from pretend feeding her toys? Your attitude needs adjusting as rather than teaching her she can be all she wants to be, you are restricting her. Not letting her play with this will not stop her from liking makeup and wanting to play with hair.

you are also bu to take it to a charity shop rather than exchanging it for something else. The giver gave it to your daughter is there a reason you want to waste their money?

GoingForGoalWeight Mon 23-Jan-12 02:38:48
Girlsworld was my favourite as a child. I've a wild imagination

As was mine, although by cutting her hair I did restrict alot if 'styles'

Quick! Ask MNHQ to delete the entire Style and Beauty section on the grounds that it might turn us into simpering brainless bimbos!

Let me know which charity shop you take it too, dd and I would love it.

I wouldn't buy it, but I wouldn't ban it. Think of it as fine motor practice, for when she becomes an electroic engineer.

My SIL got my 5 year old and my 3 year old sub-machine Nerf guns for Christmas - which I'd put in the same category.

vogonmothership too late, obviously you are all a product of such dangerous brainwashing.

I had a girls world, it's ok, I'm still a feminist!

Although I do distinctly remember covering her entire face in green make up amd writing 'gone to the sewers' across her forehead. I wonder if that's a sign of psychopathic tendancies...

I LOVED my 'Girl's World'.

Within a week (a week of a lot of styling fun) I'd shaved it completely and turned it into a macabre severed head with blood and scarring and everything.
My mother was mortified.

Best gift I ever got. It doesn't HAVE to be 'girly' to be enjoyed.

I had a girls world.. I loved it.

All girls have hair. Most girls like playing about with and styling their hair.

A four year old is hardly likely to announce she wants to be a brain surgeon when she grows up. But she is likely to have hair, which she wants to style.

I wanted to be a soldier when I was about 8. I wanted to be a probabation officer when I was 13. I ended up as a payroll software developer. I still have to brush my own hair.

What does the OP want, a medal?

Most kids have a very broad range of toys. What they play with today, will be next month's clutter.

If you think your 4yr old will suddenly lose her imagination because of a plastic head with a bit of nylon hair and make up, you probably need to read with her more and do other activities.

I was so imaginative as a child, I gave my sister's Girl's World a Mohican, a tattoo and a 6inch scar.

That taught her not to throw my teddy bear in the paddling pool.....

I don't understand why some parents make such an issue about what their children play with. Just let them play with whatever they choose.

My DD stands in her fairy outfit hammering nails into her Bob the Builder table. So what?

She likes cars and isnt interested in dolls at the mo. When/if she does become interested in dolls, I'm not going to stop her from playing with them.

Lighten up.

I had a Girl's World and I'm not focussed on beauty.

Why does everything these days have to be a Political Act?

Can't it just be a bluddy toy?