Comments on: I’m DEFINITELY Going to This - Anyone Else Interested? We Can Meet IRL… http://outside-the-toybox.com/im-totally-going-to-this-anyone-else-interested-we-can-meet-irl/2007/10/25/ Anyone else find childhood a little stifling these days? Fri, 18 May 2012 05:10:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: A. http://outside-the-toybox.com/im-totally-going-to-this-anyone-else-interested-we-can-meet-irl/2007/10/25/#comment-2324 A. Fri, 12 Nov 2010 23:46:52 +0000 http://outside-the-toybox.com/im-totally-going-to-this-anyone-else-interested-we-can-meet-irl/2007/10/25/#comment-2324 What the heck is up with you people? Sexualization of children? It's what you come up with, not the children, neither their toys. I mean, if the parents teach the children properly, I don't see how they can end up being "messed up" just because a certain period of time they play with dolls that have make up on? I think it's also the parents' "oh, no, no this isn't for you" that makes the dolls even more wanted and attractive. I believe there must have been a lot of people, who were despising Barbie, when Ruth Handler actually created it. Well... I have never, even in a post communist country that I come from, seen children who would be like "mum, I want that doll because it has make up" or "mum, I want that doll because it is sexy". Children like something because it's just good -looking (that's where it ends for them) or because it's modern... Try to get something there's not a commercial for, there doesn't exist such a thing. Everything is in today, there aren't really things that aren't in. Let children play with what they want, probably after a couple of years they come up with something else, they won't stay children forever. And I higly doubt that in families, who give their children a proper education, a child will come to you one day and say "oh, mum, I want to be a prostitute because I once played with a certain kind of doll..." THIS is just messed up. What the heck is up with you people? Sexualization of children? It’s what you come up with, not the children, neither their toys. I mean, if the parents teach the children properly, I don’t see how they can end up being “messed up” just because a certain period of time they play with dolls that have make up on? I think it’s also the parents’ “oh, no, no this isn’t for you” that makes the dolls even more wanted and attractive. I believe there must have been a lot of people, who were despising Barbie, when Ruth Handler actually created it. Well…
I have never, even in a post communist country that I come from, seen children who would be like “mum, I want that doll because it has make up” or “mum, I want that doll because it is sexy”. Children like something because it’s just good -looking (that’s where it ends for them) or because it’s modern… Try to get something there’s not a commercial for, there doesn’t exist such a thing. Everything is in today, there aren’t really things that aren’t in. Let children play with what they want, probably after a couple of years they come up with something else, they won’t stay children forever. And I higly doubt that in families, who give their children a proper education, a child will come to you one day and say “oh, mum, I want to be a prostitute because I once played with a certain kind of doll…” THIS is just messed up.

]]> By: Ginger Carlson http://outside-the-toybox.com/im-totally-going-to-this-anyone-else-interested-we-can-meet-irl/2007/10/25/#comment-617 Ginger Carlson Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:25:06 +0000 http://outside-the-toybox.com/im-totally-going-to-this-anyone-else-interested-we-can-meet-irl/2007/10/25/#comment-617 Enjoying your blog. Thanks for writing it. I'll be presenting at this conference on Friday afternoon and signing books for a short time on Saturday. Hope to see you all there! Happy Wondering! Ginger Carlson, author, Child of Wonder Enjoying your blog. Thanks for writing it.
I’ll be presenting at this conference on Friday afternoon and signing books for a short time on Saturday. Hope to see you all there!
Happy Wondering!
Ginger Carlson, author, Child of Wonder

]]> By: Academama http://outside-the-toybox.com/im-totally-going-to-this-anyone-else-interested-we-can-meet-irl/2007/10/25/#comment-180 Academama Mon, 05 Nov 2007 17:48:30 +0000 http://outside-the-toybox.com/im-totally-going-to-this-anyone-else-interested-we-can-meet-irl/2007/10/25/#comment-180 Oh, how I so would love to go!! If only they had travel grants or something...Or if my department funded me to simply attend really fantastic conferences--argh...Alas, the limits of a two-parents-on-grad-stipend-salaries budget. I'll be there in spirit, though! Oh, how I so would love to go!! If only they had travel grants or something…Or if my department funded me to simply attend really fantastic conferences–argh…Alas, the limits of a two-parents-on-grad-stipend-salaries budget. I’ll be there in spirit, though!

]]> By: mom http://outside-the-toybox.com/im-totally-going-to-this-anyone-else-interested-we-can-meet-irl/2007/10/25/#comment-157 mom Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:20:33 +0000 http://outside-the-toybox.com/im-totally-going-to-this-anyone-else-interested-we-can-meet-irl/2007/10/25/#comment-157 Thx Candace - you made my day. I know the feeling though - the more I viist food and consumption conscious blogs, the more I feel pulled to make new choices. The food is funny - I feel I'm taking in more and more information and feeling increasingly prone to make some significant changes. I'm not there yet, but the critical mass is accumulating. Yippee Amy and TK! This will be fun, and Jessica, Marjorie, and Simple Family - please keep us posted. Yes Midodok, they are on my radar, but glad to have you remind me again to explore/use them and to have you share with others! Thx. Thx Candace - you made my day. I know the feeling though - the more I viist food and consumption conscious blogs, the more I feel pulled to make new choices. The food is funny - I feel I’m taking in more and more information and feeling increasingly prone to make some significant changes. I’m not there yet, but the critical mass is accumulating.

Yippee Amy and TK! This will be fun, and Jessica, Marjorie, and Simple Family - please keep us posted.

Yes Midodok, they are on my radar, but glad to have you remind me again to explore/use them and to have you share with others! Thx.

]]> By: candace http://outside-the-toybox.com/im-totally-going-to-this-anyone-else-interested-we-can-meet-irl/2007/10/25/#comment-154 candace Tue, 30 Oct 2007 02:06:17 +0000 http://outside-the-toybox.com/im-totally-going-to-this-anyone-else-interested-we-can-meet-irl/2007/10/25/#comment-154 I love that you have so much information! I am slowly schooling myself. I have gotten rid of every topless mermaid with boobs in the toybox. I would never buy a brat but I was unaware how much other crap was so inappropriate. the more I read the less I want to buy. It's like seeing the light and you can't go back once you do. I love that you have so much information! I am slowly schooling myself. I have gotten rid of every topless mermaid with boobs in the toybox. I would never buy a brat but I was unaware how much other crap was so inappropriate.
the more I read the less I want to buy. It’s like seeing the light and you can’t go back once you do.

]]> By: Amy http://outside-the-toybox.com/im-totally-going-to-this-anyone-else-interested-we-can-meet-irl/2007/10/25/#comment-153 Amy Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:51:32 +0000 http://outside-the-toybox.com/im-totally-going-to-this-anyone-else-interested-we-can-meet-irl/2007/10/25/#comment-153 Hey, thanks for the great suggestion. This looks like a fantastic conference and just a few miles away - hooray! Unless I'm vastly mistaken about my commitments for next April, I'll be there! Hey, thanks for the great suggestion. This looks like a fantastic conference and just a few miles away - hooray! Unless I’m vastly mistaken about my commitments for next April, I’ll be there!

]]> By: The Simple Family http://outside-the-toybox.com/im-totally-going-to-this-anyone-else-interested-we-can-meet-irl/2007/10/25/#comment-150 The Simple Family Mon, 29 Oct 2007 01:27:52 +0000 http://outside-the-toybox.com/im-totally-going-to-this-anyone-else-interested-we-can-meet-irl/2007/10/25/#comment-150 OH. MY. GOSH. This is soooo up my alley. Now, if I can only figure out a way to get them to pay for me to go..... OH. MY. GOSH. This is soooo up my alley. Now, if I can only figure out a way to get them to pay for me to go…..

]]> By: radical mama http://outside-the-toybox.com/im-totally-going-to-this-anyone-else-interested-we-can-meet-irl/2007/10/25/#comment-147 radical mama Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:39:08 +0000 http://outside-the-toybox.com/im-totally-going-to-this-anyone-else-interested-we-can-meet-irl/2007/10/25/#comment-147 That sounds amazing! And exactly why I am leaning towards moving to the east coast in the future. You guys have all the fun! That sounds amazing! And exactly why I am leaning towards moving to the east coast in the future. You guys have all the fun!

]]> By: jessica http://outside-the-toybox.com/im-totally-going-to-this-anyone-else-interested-we-can-meet-irl/2007/10/25/#comment-143 jessica Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:41:55 +0000 http://outside-the-toybox.com/im-totally-going-to-this-anyone-else-interested-we-can-meet-irl/2007/10/25/#comment-143 wow, that sounds awesome. i don't have kids, but i think i just might go. i have two sets of friends who live in boston that i'm supposed to visit within the next year. perfect excuse. wow, that sounds awesome. i don’t have kids, but i think i just might go. i have two sets of friends who live in boston that i’m supposed to visit within the next year. perfect excuse.

]]> By: Marjorie http://outside-the-toybox.com/im-totally-going-to-this-anyone-else-interested-we-can-meet-irl/2007/10/25/#comment-142 Marjorie Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:34:28 +0000 http://outside-the-toybox.com/im-totally-going-to-this-anyone-else-interested-we-can-meet-irl/2007/10/25/#comment-142 Wow, this would be fantastic. I'm from Massachusetts, love it there, and have tons of friends and family there still, so don't put it past me to show up. I'm now in Virginia, so it would be hard, but not impossible. This part: a "special focus on how marketing contributes to the sexualization of young children" really interests me in particular. I die inside a little bit every time I see evidence of that happening... Wow, this would be fantastic. I’m from Massachusetts, love it there, and have tons of friends and family there still, so don’t put it past me to show up. I’m now in Virginia, so it would be hard, but not impossible.

This part: a “special focus on how marketing contributes to the sexualization of young children” really interests me in particular. I die inside a little bit every time I see evidence of that happening…

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