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are your 8 year olds still playing with barbies/p pocket/dolls etc?

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t875 · 23/03/2009 12:54

Majority of my daughters friends in her class dont play with any of these things and me and her have been falling out with me saying to her they are too babyish, she even watches timothy goes to school on tiny pops..i have said to her we dont mind you watching and playing the younger stuff but to make sure she still does things of 8 year olds.

Am i just over re-acting and its them girls at her school who are just growing up too fast?

we thought she may be playing with too much stuff that is keeping her young as she is very bad behaved stroppy, disobedient at the moment.

Thanks for any advise!

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Mercy · 23/03/2009 16:30

Playing teachers/school is still very popular with dd and her friends too.

NorbertDentressangle · 23/03/2009 16:32

Of course shes not too old to be playing with dolls. Shes still a child.

DD is 9 and still plays with her dolls and Polly Pockets but not Barbies.

She and a 10yr old neighbour play nurseries/families/schools etc with the dolls, cots and pushchairs all the time.

Ivykaty44 · 23/03/2009 16:34

sorry dolls

dd has her ears pierced and does like to play with makeup aswell I don't think it matters, but realise others may see it as grwoing up to fast but thats up to them and theirs.

PlumBumMum · 23/03/2009 16:36

My dd was never into barbies until HSM came along now she plays with those, but she has started watching Saddle club, on pop, she loves it, and Santa got her appletree stables so all those dolls are the mummies and daddies bringing their children to the ponies

Plonker · 23/03/2009 16:38

Dd2 is 6 and loves her dolls - dd1 is 9 and will play dolls occasionally with dd2 but it wouldn't be her first choice of game ...

Dd1 doesn't really play with dolls and certainly wouldn't play alone, but then she's never really played with them so it's not so much her age as her personality.

MarmadukeScarlet · 23/03/2009 16:41

My 9.5 yr old DD still likes polly p and barbies, she also still plays with her Sylvanians.

When I look at some of her peers at Brownies, the way they speak to each other/parents and behave - I am really quite greatful!

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t875 · 23/03/2009 17:37

Yeah your right, i've even been playing with the dolls with her tonight!

YOu wait--any of them parents say to me about it all being too young playing with dolls, pp etc ill tell them to refer to this thread!

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t875 · 23/03/2009 17:45

I have never followed the crowd, i wasnt and havent been stopping her it was just something I was wondering about as it doesnt seem to be what a lot of her class are into but this thread and your responses have reafirmed what I was feeling about it.

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christywhisty · 23/03/2009 18:04

My DD 11 was never into dolls, but she and her friends are still into Littlest Pet shop and sylvanian families.

squilly · 23/03/2009 18:05

DD (8) wasn't a doll girl but is so into her cuddly toys. I'm grateful that she still likes 'childish' things as well as her DS, WII and CBBC.

The Christmas before last she got into In The Night Garden (that freaked me out slightly) but it was short lived and it didn't kill her. She also made a little bit of money on Ebay recently selling off her ITNG toys which had barely been played with, so that made her happy

I do think dd is so mature in school (or so the teachers say) and works so hard that she quite likes being a baby sometimes when she gets home. Don't worry. Your dd will grow out of this when she's good and ready. Til then, let her enjoy!

StripeyKnickersSpottySocks · 23/03/2009 18:06

My 8yo still playes with PP and Littlest Pets. As do all of her friends, they often take Littlest Pets in to school to play with them at break time.

psychomum5 · 23/03/2009 18:14

you know what, I would bet anything that all her friends do actually still play with toys and dolls, but feel the need to hide it away as tho it is a dirty secret, because of how society is now!

my girls have never felt bad about playing with dolls etc for longer than what is considered the 'norm', but I do know that they don;t really talk about it with their friends.

they all spoke fashion, music, make-up, from about 7yrs old.

sad really.

feel proud that your DD is happy to do this, and ignore the 'crowd'. shows a strong girl!

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t875 · 23/03/2009 19:24

I should get her to tell them how much fun it is then the parents will have to go out and get it all again or dig it out the loft.

I 100 percent havent been discouraging her from playing with these toys its just i went out with a group of mums at the weekend and they all said their children arent into them anymore and havent been since 6 which is i think is very sad.

I was just putting the question out there to see.

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