To think 10 is too old for a doll?

[AtSea1979]

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?

For God's sake, let the poor child watch the remaining Harry Potter films.
I'm glad she's not on You Tube, doing make up, but Harry Potter won't stunt her development.
And, it's on you if she has plastic tat. 👌

My dad is 10 and still has dolls. She like to do things with them like cut their hair, redesign their outfits, run their faces off with nail varnish remover and redo them. Sometimes with rather scary consequences 😂.

Just let her enjoy her childhood.

Also re the Harry Potter movies, 12A doesn't mean you have to be 12 to watch it. It means if you are under 12, you need an adult with you.

*DD of course!!!!

Let her have what she wants. I've got a strapping 6'3" 17 year old son. Recently we changed his bed from a single to a double.

He had some cuddly toys (teddies, etc) on his old bed. I asked him if he wanted us to bag them up and store them for him. He told us no, as he just likes having them there. Fine by us, he has them there for as long as he wants.

My dd is in year 7 and collects dolls. She has some reborn types and she and her friend make their clothes and equipment. They'll spend hours doing it. As a teacher I am extremely thankful she still plays, uses her imagination and relaxes in this way. Far too many of my class the same age just sit looking at a screen or filming themselves. Let her have the doll!

Op, I'd agree with the pps. Let her watch the other Harry potters. 12 a means suitable with an adult for much much younger kids. And the film industry has been cautious here, she's ten already, let her watch them.

This is sad, no wonder studies show that children in the UK have unhappy childhoods.
In the country I grew up in, children go to high school at around thirteen which I think is far more sensible. At ten you then still have years of primary left and are safe not to have to grow up too quickly.

I think it's nice there is a child that wants to act her age!!
At 10 I still had buggies and dolls, I really loved them.
When she's ready she will move on to something else... in the meantime enjoy them with her and what she wants to spend her time playing with.

@PositiveVibez

My dd is 10 and still has dolls. She like to do things with them like cut their hair, redesign their outfits, run their faces off with nail varnish remover and redo them. Sometimes with rather scary consequences 😂.

I love this lol

my very grown up 12 year old has asked for a specific doll for her birthday and over the summer we were at a cousin's b'day where they asked for a specific barbie - it was their 20th

YABVU. Let her have her childhood; it's short enough, in all conscience, and she'll be an adult for life.

My dd1 chose a doll for her Y6 SATs reward, so 11, and we had fun making clothes for it. It came out recently for a visiting child and got left out. After dd's recent visit I saw it had been dressed and posed. I won't say how old she is now!

My DD is a year younger but is still very much into playing with her teddies and dolls. She had them all lined up giving them a Spanish class yesterday! Many of her friends aren't, but it's something she still likes (although I don't think she tells hers friends 😂), so it's never occurred to me to think anything. It keeps her off screens for a while, which is good!

I do think you need to chill about Harry Potter, crop tops and make up. Harry Potter is fine, every kid is into crop tops at the moment and they're just shorter T-shirt's, it's not like they're wearing black lacy thongs or something like that!! Make up is something DD has, but just for playing. She prefers to put it in me. She never wears it to school or anything like that. You'll make it a 'thing' otherwise. DD used to ask to wear some lipgloss or sparkly eyeshadow to parties, but now doesn't want to and thinks too much make up looks bad.

There's 30 year olds out there collecting reborn dolls. Adult males collecting action figures. 10 is still very young to want a toy 😁😁

My daughter played with dolls till she was about 15. She's 18 now and though she doesn't really play with them any more, she styoll has them.
So do many of her friends
She is not weird, and she was not mocked
Why be in a hurry for her to grow up?

Not too old at all. I love dolls and I'm 31.

I really wanted a Tiny Tears doll when I was 12 but my parents said I was too old and bought me a tennis racquet for my birthday instead.
I was gutted.
Finally got my Tiny Tears from Ebay this year.
I am 61!

I think this is sweet TBH.So many children (and their parents!)seem to be in such a rush for them to "grow up".It seems a shame to me .Let her have her dolly and enjoy childhood a little longer !

She'll probably grow up to be a mid-wife

Certainly not ! Really ☹️

Well to be totally honest I see where you are coming from.
My DD 8 loves dolls and I love seeing her play with them. At 10, I'd maybe be a little less enthusiastic about buying the latest doll. Even at her age now I am aware she only likes to play with her dolls with her cousins and within the confines of the family. When we have her friends over to play the other children 8/9 shun the dolls and I've even noticed the dolls hidden from view when friends are due to arrive lately.

You've said no to Harry potter films? Jesus my 5 year old has watched the first film and loves it! Your dd is 10, I read the first HP book in school with a teacher when I was 9! Also if she's asked for make up and piercings then she's on the right track for her age, if she's told no to older stuff then it's completely normal for her to ask for other "younger" seeming toys instead. Your dd can't win with your attitude.

When I was 12 (in the 80’s) Cabbage Patch Kids were the craze and I desperately wanted one. I still have him now.

Enjoy her being a child while it lasts.

I've just remembered a conversation with some of the Year 9 lads at work (school- age 13/14)
Confident kids, funny, good sense of humour, typical 'lads' into football, bikes, rugby etc.
They were discussing Lego and action figures and how they still 'played' with them. They were laughing about it but made it clear that when they were home and not watching films or playing computer games (virtual action figures) - that's what they did!! 😂👍🏻

with regard to Harry Potter, personally I have far more time for parents who wait until their DC are old enough to understand exactly what is going on. On no planet are the later books and films designed for primary-aged kids. I can guarantee that most young kids who've watched all the films won't have understood half of what's going on (if for no other reason that huge chunks of the books are left out and there's massive great plot holes). I think where HP is concerned there's a real rush amongst parents to get their DC into it, and then brag about it.

I agree Cassian. I wouldnt let mine watch the films until they had read the books. And while I have caved a bit with 12 films for my nine year old my default is still not to let him watch thrm until I have vetted them. They are rated for a reason.