To think 10 is too old for a doll?

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DD has gone in to Y6. She’s 10. She wants a doll for Xmas and is still very much in to pink plastic things. I thought she would have grown out of this by now. AIBU to be concerned that she’s heading for high school next year and acts too young?

So sad that we push our daughters to grow up so fast. Yabvvvvu.

Ah! Now you're talking EustaciaPieface

I also had a Lundby doll's house. I absolutely loved it! And it's still in my DM's loft. I could play with that for hours. It was a house with a family so the stories you could invent were endless.

For me, pushing a doll round the local streets in a pram was just very dull.

It's not too old. Let her be a child. Childhood us so short.

We are currently moving and asked our 12 and 14 year old about getting rid of their teddies that had been in the attic for the past three years. Well all hell broke loose and they now have 3/4 cuddly toys on their beds. Their dolls have been rediscovered as have the slyvanian families! I was hoping for a car boot sale soon but if they are enjoying even for a couple of months so be it!

At DS’s primary, a couple of times a year, at the end of term, they had toy day, when you could bring something in to play with. When he was in Y6 nearly all the girls brought in their baby

I remember being quite surprised because my own girls weren’t particularly into baby dolls. They liked those My Scene fashion dolls.

Could it be an American Girl doll or the British equivalent? They are very expensive and definitely aimed at an older market. Loads of stuff about them on the internet. It was a passing faze for us and thankfully recouped most of the money spent by reselling on ebay.

10 is not too old for a doll!
Get the one she wants and let her enjoy it.

I wish more kids were like this. Rather than trying to be grown up before their time. Childhood is precious. Don't wish it away.

She'll be starting puberty soon and maybe even her periods.I had mine at 11. I've seen kids babied and they continued to get babied as adults. If i'd still been into dolls at 10 I would have been laughed at. No-one did that. At 10 I was helping out with chores and thinking about going to high school and music and jewellery and clothes.

I also started my periods at 11. It didn't mean I wasn't still a child, however. Physical maturity doesn't equal adulthood and the idea that it does is frankly pretty disturbing.

It is also perfectly possible to be interested in 'music and jewellery and clothes' and also like playing with dolls. My niece loved dolls and was definitely still playing with them at 10 - but she wasn't 'babied' in any way, shape or form. She did certainly plenty of chores.

Last of all 'People might think it's strange' is pretty much never a reason not to do something you enjoy. It's odd that people would encourage a child not to be themselves, but if a child is embarrassed about playing with dolls they don't have to tell their friends they do it and can put them away when people come round.

i was still heavily into my barbies at 11. my gran was a tailoress and made outfits for them way beyond what was available on the high street or internet now

i had a scarlett ohara barbie. (until my bitch mother sold it)

she is not too old. relish that she is still a child at 10 unlike so many others.

I had a baby doll when I was 10. I think I played with it until I was about 13. YABU.

Harry Potter practically saved the children's book industry when it came out so you're being vvvv ur there. Children as young as 7 were reading it back then.

My son is nearly 11 and obsessed with teddies

You what? Why?! YABU. My teen still loves his teddy! just don't tell anyone I told you
You're never too old for dolls or teddies.

My daughter is 10, she wouldn't want a doll but if she did I wouldn't have a problem with it.

I do think that when your daughter goes to secondary school, if her friends found out about it, they may say negative things about it so I would advise her not to mention it. It's not right that they would be nasty but inevitably they would be so I would try to protect her from that. I think most kids change a fair bit once they attend secondary school so she probably won't want a doll for much longer.

One of my favourite things about having a little sister was we got a dolls house when I was 11 and she was 6. I loved it but could always say oh it is little sister's. Quite sad that age 11 I felt the need to. I still have my teddies and a collection of fancy Ted's. Never grow up, it just makes you old.

I played with my barbies every day till I was 13 or so. That was the last year I asked for them for xmas. I started collecting dolls again at about 19. Don't try to make her feel she shouldn't play with them, it is hard enough when you realise you no longer enjoy them anymore without having them taken from you early.

I started my periods at 12 still wanted my toys and dolls nothing wrong with it

A girl in my DD’s year at school has been sending nudes of herself to boys. She’s 13. A mere 3 years older than your DD. Let her enjoy her childhood OP, there’s plenty of time for her to behave more like a “grown-up” in the future.

It does sound OP from your updates that you baby her. Nothing wrong with her wanting a doll, but trying to keep her deliberately young is a different matter. She can play with dolls, watch harry potter and wear crop tops.

Ten is really very little still. If it's what she wants and it'll make her happy I'd buy it for her.

I used to babysit in my late teens/early twenties, and as well as putting the children to bed I'd always put dollies in their cribs and make sure they were nicely tucked in.

Be delighted that she is being her age and realise how lucky you are to have a little girl who wants a doll and not make up etc and trying to grow up too fast like a lot of kids these days.
This might be your last year buying a doll so cherish every moment because one day soon you won't be going in toy shops anymore and you might just wish you could go back to the days you were buying her dolls 😏