When my daughter was four, someone gave her her first Barbie. She took her out of the box, played with her long, blonde hair a bit, fluffed up the party dress, looked at her pump-ready feet and then looked at me and said, "Mommy, her feets broke."
That was the end of her interest in Barbie.
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09-23-2009, 06:08 AM #1
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09-23-2009, 06:21 AM #2
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I dressed my Barbie in my brothers GI Joe fatigues, then she and I kicked commie butt.
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09-23-2009, 06:22 AM #3
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I have two boys, and the youngest went through a princess, barbie phase when he was 4 or so. We didn't buy him any dresses, but he found things to make do with - a bathrobe of mine, for example. We didn't discourage him or encourage him, although we did buy him a Barbie doll or 2. He even took the Barbie to preschool for show and tell a few times. Negative peer pressure kicked in by kindergarten, and he can't believe it now when he sees pictures of himself dressed up. It did no harm, but I believe it would have been harmful to not allow him that expression that he seemed to need for whatever reason.
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09-23-2009, 07:00 AM #4
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Originally Posted by channlluv
And here I'm the one with calves full of trigger points, unable to dorsiflex my ankles beyond about 85°, when I've never in my life worn heels over 3" and heels that high only for a lifetime total of maybe 30 hours... only ever spent an hour or two a day walking in low-heeled pumps.
And my feets broke.
Get that Barbie some night splints, a Stick and a Thera-Cane.
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09-23-2009, 08:18 AM #5
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Oakleaf, your comment about how your parents made you feel really brought home my decision to accept my son's decision to join the Marines. I still didn't like it, but I couldn't reject my son. With almost six years perspective, we are as close as ever. Perhaps it also has to do with the fact he has made the decision that he will be done in 2 years and go back to school, but there have also been several other things that he has said recently that reflect the values he was brought up with. Eventually, they come to the surface and I feel like my parenting skills have been validated.
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