July 17, 2006

Baby Love

I love toys. Hell, I used to work here. But now that I have children, I have a better excuse for regularly cruising the toy aisles at Target and other places. Peach and Olive enjoy it too, even though we rarely buy anything - just lots of looking, which they are totally cool with. They have a nice amount of toys - enough to have lots of variety but not so many that they are overtaking our house or being neglected. In fact, it seems that everything gets thrown into the rotation at one time or another. That said, one thing that will never, NEVER enter this house is anything associated with Bratz. I hate the name, I hate the idea, I hate the whole damn thing. The blogger mamas have all discussed how inappropriate and offensive these skanky dolls are, but I think the brand has hit a new low with this. I just don't get it. First, they made hoochie Barbie rip-offs, now they make baby hoochies? That wear makeup and gansta jewelry? What the hell is that about? Frankly, if I saw that when I was 3-5, or whatever age they're targeting with these, I would have been terrified. And yet steeled by the strength of my little moral outrage.

3 comments:

Karla May said...

(Because I know how much you love the flagrant use of "z" in place of "s.")

Oh holy shit. I am simultaneously laughing at how flippin' ridiculous these things are and cringing at the very sight of them.
Why stop there? "Baby Porn Starz" line, complete with little sex toyz and sexual position guide--now with extra stickers!!"

I'd like to kick the dudez who came up with this idea and then greenlighted it in the ballz.

And SHAME on any parent or grandparent who buys these for their kidz (or grandkidz).

Bookhart said...

I saw "My Bling Bling" dolls for the first time at Tar-jay this weekend and was horrified. That whole hot pink aisle is a little terrifying.

Unknown said...

My daughter is three and I cringe at these AND Barbie these days. She will never have a Bratz doll if I can help it. While the Z is bad in and of itself, why call a doll Brat? What kind of idea does that put in a kids head? That it is cool to be a make-up wearing, barely clothed brat?

And Barbie - jeez she sure has changed from when I was kid! I keep waiting for Prostitute Barbie because that is what they all look like. I am lucky my daughter is still really young and doesn't know "cool" because I gave her a big box of Barbie clothes that I had when I was a kid, some of which were made by my grandma and are far from cool. That's not going to fly for long though. When I buy her Barbies, I always get the ones with the most clothes on, usually a ball gown or fancy dress. I just think that they are trying to market to an older age group that doesn't play with Barbie anymore (such as my nine year old neice, although most of Barbie's clothes aren't even appropraite for her).