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Mommy’s little girl
Little girls have always tried to model the styles and mannerisms of older girls (read: young women). It’s part of growing up, and as far as I know, it always has been. So what’s different between the little girls of yesteryear and today?
And can we really blame dolls?
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2 Responses to “Mommy’s little girl”
“These are the clothes that are worn if you go to schools anywhere in the USA,”
Um, yeah. Four-inch stilletos are all the rage in kindergartens.
Of course, I don’t think the dolls are to blame. It’s definitely a combination of factors. The media culture that helps make the dolls popular sure does little to help.
If I had a young daughter I wouldn’t want to buy her one of those things — the very name Bratz grates on me to no end. But I played with Barbies when I was a kid, and I don’t think any issues I have thirty years later are a result of Barbies’ unrealistic body image or the style of outfits I dressed her in.
dj — funny about those shoes. Some years ago, I noticed that it was very difficult to find shoes for my daughter that were “appropriate”. My criteria, though, were “something a little kid can run and play in without breaking her ankle”.
Shoe stores were only selling platforms or heels (very low by adult standards), and it was obvious that they had no clue what it is that little kids do. Presumably some parents bought them (rather than travel around to multiple shoe stores) — but that would be a ding on the parents.