As body image expert Marci Warhaft-Nadler, author of The Body Image Survival Guide for Parents, explains: “Barbie sends our girls one message, and it’s this: ‘You can do anything and you can be anything-as long as you look like this: very tall, very thin, very Caucasian, and very beautiful.'” The best-known reason to avoid Barbie is crucial: The doll has an unrealistic body type and a rigid beauty ideal that studies show can be harmful to girls. Let’s begin with the reason everyone’s heard about.
Barbie’s beauty ideal is unhealthy and damaging. Here are five good reasons to avoid Barbie altogether:ġ. Thanks to these new offerings, there’s no longer a good reason to buy Barbies for little girls. Fashion dolls can be really fun, but the most common fashion doll-Barbie-has become so riddled with problems that it’s a poor choice for little girls, even when balanced out by other toys. And I don’t just mean the body image issues everyone has heard about: many other problems pervade the brand, too.įortunately, many fun, healthy new fashion dolls have debuted in recent years. All kids should have a true diversity of toys to play with-dolls, construction toys, play food, craft supplies, vehicles, and so on-to encourage a richly imaginative play life.įashion dolls, however, have long been the sticking point in this plan. When selecting children’s toys, balance is critically important.
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