bratz dolls, apparell etc . .
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Topic: bratz dolls, apparell etc . .
Posted By: Candkids
Subject: bratz dolls, apparell etc . .
Date Posted: 12 July 2008 at 5:09pm
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ok
personally i really DO NOT like bartz dolls at all, and sarah is not allowd them which is just my preferance, i know other parents who are the same and i have no problem buying them as pressies for my friends kids. but ive just been told by a relative of mine that she thought it was " extremley rude of me" to add on the bottom of sarahs birthday invites and also tell people at christmas that i would appreciate it if people didnt buy her any of the bratz stuff. i didnt think it was rude , as i didnt think it would be nice if someone did buy her it as sarah knows shes not allowd it anyway! so was it rude or not??? ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  DD 10.5yrs DS 6yrs DS 11mths 5 little angles watching from above |
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Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 12 July 2008 at 5:13pm
Not rude, I was thinking about doing that with barbies. Luckily we didn't get any  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 12 July 2008 at 5:17pm
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No! I don't think its rude at all, so long as you phrased it as a polite request.
I've had invites requesting all kinds of things like 'No toys please" as the parents prefer books or donations to the kids bank accounts or another one requesting "No toy guns or weapons please" Surely people would prefer you put things like that on the invitation than them unknowingly giving her a present she can't use. Oh and btw, DH and I totally feel the same way about Bratz stuff, skanky and freakishly large heads! Ella's not having any either. ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 12 July 2008 at 5:17pm
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theres probably a nice way and a rude way to word those types of things..
like, for example... "We are a Bratz free home - please respect that" is polite "Dont buy bratz we dont believe in them" may be considered a bit rude.... ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: AliaDawn
Date Posted: 12 July 2008 at 5:19pm
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Personally I would put no plastic toys etc, but I guess you might be ok with the rest of those... I'm sooo sick of all the junky plastic toys Seb has, Would much rather get home made things/books/little wooden toys. -------------  
 
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Posted By: Andie
Date Posted: 12 July 2008 at 5:21pm
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I don't think there's anything rude about it - it seems a really good idea, come to think of it. Ella was given 3 Bratz... 2 of the 'baby' ones (not as offensive as the usual ones) and a 'normal' one, which is sitting in her cupboard until she's a little older, and I've gone out and bought it big puffy dorky princess dresses, like I feel little girl's dolls need, to replace the skanky outfit it came in. ------------- Andie |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 12 July 2008 at 5:22pm
i know - you should see the big pile of plastic that the MIL brought for tobys birthday yesterday.... its in the form of a huge plastic fire truck with plastic accessories that will break very soon and then will clog up the landfill...  ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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AliaDawn wrote:Posted By: AliaDawn
Date Posted: 12 July 2008 at 5:25pm
My MIL is pretty bad for the plastic... but at least I think she will listen if we ask her not to buy that kind of junk for him (must remember to ask her! probably too late this year  ) We've bought him a cute little wooden table and chair set this year, which should last him till he's 5-6, and will be usable for plenty more kids afterwards. My mum is great, doesn't even need to be asked, always buys him clothes/books/2nd hand things. (some of the 2nd hand things were a bit junky, like his play tent, and toddler bike, but they are also great toys and rather that than new rubbish)-------------
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Posted By: Deez
Date Posted: 12 July 2008 at 5:48pm
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No not rude at all...i would rather get a present that a child is allowed than one that is not.... -------------  
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 12 July 2008 at 5:58pm
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ugh ! i hate bratz dolls ! i do NOT want my daughter to think its ok to wear a belt as a skirt and a scarf as a top and ...that you can wear pale pink lipstick with dark red lip liner and dark eyeshadow, we are NOT members of the rikki lake audience people !
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Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 12 July 2008 at 6:03pm
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Bahaha Kelly!
I hate Bratz dolls too, although I used to play with Barbies and never saw the harm in them. The whole 'impossibly perfect' thing never got to me at all. |
Posted By: pepsi
Date Posted: 12 July 2008 at 6:22pm
Yeah those dolls are all skank. I don't think it's rude by stating it on your invite espcially if you worded it nicely .. but in saying that - depending on how I felt on the day and who had sent the invitation I may also think to myself "well really you should get what your given".. So yeah that depends on how many bitch pills I had that day 
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 12 July 2008 at 6:33pm
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No its not rude,
But some people get really precious about being told what they should and shouldn't buy for presents. I know there was a similar argument on the wedding forum about gift registries. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 12 July 2008 at 6:43pm
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We are a big bratz free house too - we do have a couple of the baby ones which are fine. We have gotten a couple of the bratz babys videos from the vid store (mike took them) and they were ok. but he let them get a big bratz vid the other day, and noooo way, i was no happy - it was soo inapparopriate. I was glad they lost interest.
Most of the parents i know share the same idea - and paris has asked a few times to buy ones for her friends - I told her that no, I would never buy something for someone elses child that i wouldn't buy my own - even if they apparently "were allowed them" - there are plenty of other things to buy kids. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: Candkids
Date Posted: 12 July 2008 at 7:28pm
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i have no problem with barbies, at least they dont look like they should be on a street corner.
but not the my scene dolls!!!! i think they might be by barbie??? there awful!! funilly enough the person who today said it was rude of me to ask for no bratz stuff, bought sarah a myscene doll, in a awfull high cut (looked like a g-string!) silver swim suit! even dh was like OMG WTF thats suposto be a doll for kids! ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> DD 10.5yrs DS 6yrs DS 11mths 5 little angles watching from above |
Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 12 July 2008 at 7:30pm
| I think myscene are almost a combination between Bratz and Barbie ....Hmmm Ken and Jayla Bratz love child ?? |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 12 July 2008 at 8:37pm
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lol
yeah those growing up glam dolls.. what the heck?! oooh look mummy - when i grow up i want to be a skank too. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 12 July 2008 at 8:59pm
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Brooke (although older than most of the girls on here) has had Bratz dolls and loves them. She has never said she wanted to dress like them nor has she tried to make her clothes into bratz clothing look alikes.IIn fact like most of her dolls they lie clothes-less..I do see your point of view of them though
Actually Brooke said today she was growing out of her Bratz and doesn't play with them that much - Anyone want to buy some Bratz dolls LOL Kidding ------------- Ann 
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Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 12 July 2008 at 9:10pm
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We have Bratz and Barbies in this house...
Personally I think that they are just as bad as each other. Nyah knows that they aren't "real" she also knows that there is no way in heckens that she will ever be able to dress that way. Bother sets of dolls have clothes that show the dolls mid section, strapless tops, short skirts etc. I'm not going to stress about a doll, IMHO the kids see alot worse IRL. ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 12 July 2008 at 9:19pm
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I wouldn't have had a problem with a request like that for any particular item. I'm with ya'll on the Bratz dolls. Even the name - who wants to be a brat even, let alone the skankiness. Ugh.
I was brought up not allowed Barbie dolls because of the impossible perfect body thing, I don't think it really ever occurred to me as a kid anyway, and I certainly played with other girls' dolls. They were just another way of playing going shopping or mothers and fathers. So i don't have a problem with them, and at least they dress nicely! But I do think that preschoolers (that's as far as I've got but probably a bit older?) should be having baby dolls, not grown-up dolls. It's what they seem to like best, anyhow. -------------  |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 12 July 2008 at 10:08pm
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I don't like them, but I don't have any problem with Barbie. Maybe that is because that is what I was brought up with?? I know with barbie I never wanted to look like her. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: shaz
Date Posted: 12 July 2008 at 10:24pm
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I think it's fine to let people know if you don't want a certain toy be it Bratz, toy guns etc etc.
There are so many more appropriate toys to buy young children. I'm more of a books, clothes, crafts kind of buyer. But I have had a bit of a giggle reading this. Alex (10) loves Bratz bolls, she's has a few which other people (not me) have brought her over the years but that didn't really start until about age 7. And she hasn't ever wanted to wear "a wide belt" as a skirt She knows that the clothes the dolls wear aren't the sort of clothes I'd let her out in public in. Ah well I can't say I have really strong feelings about them now. But I wouldn't waste my money on them. I just think they are truely ugly.------------- Mum to Natasha Aroha 9/12/1995, Alexandra Makareta Waimarie 22/4/1998 and....Alyssa Frances Hopaea 18/03/2007 
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 12 July 2008 at 10:51pm
| The main problem I have with bratz is their makeup , its a beauty crime, tis ,it tis ! |
Posted By: Peace
Date Posted: 13 July 2008 at 9:59am
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I dislike them myself and refuse to buy into their propaganda. It's not just plastic toys but colouring in books for 5 year olds with "Baby Bratz" (toddler versions of the doll) in string bikini's and suggestive poses. My sister made me colour one in over last holidays and I thought it was the most rank thing ever. I think has the potential possibility to desensitize children and the adults buying the material to sexual themes.
In saying that though, I don't judge people for buying it for her own kids, do what you will and all but it's just not my cup of tea. If someone gives Olivia a Bratz themed toy, it's going to be given to St Vincent De Paul, I don't think it's rude to ask people/relatives to go for a cheaper toy (because the brand is disgustingly expensive) or make a deposit in a bank account. ------------- DD1 May 2006 DD2 March 2011 DD3 August 2012 |
Posted By: ellen
Date Posted: 13 July 2008 at 10:25am
| Don't know anything about Bratz toys.... but I wouldn't have a problem receiving an invitation stating that - I'd be more upset giving that toy as a present and then finding out it wasn't allowed. |
Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 13 July 2008 at 6:53pm
| haha especially if , when you handed the present open , the room went so quiet you could hear a penny drop (or a gold coin ) ....and people murmering "did you see that ?" ...."a bratz doll , she gave her a bratz doll " ..... |