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[lgfan]

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@bikerbabe wrote:
Very weird that anyone would take offense to this.

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I agree with you.  Why would anyone be offended by this doll.  If the situation doesn't apply to someone then they shouldn't buy the doll.

[smoochy]

I am not offended by the doll. Just seems like childhood play these days is being manipulated, engineered. When I played with my doll house I had a little celluloid family of people. They had articulated joints. After much use, arms and legs used to fall off. I pretended that they had had accidents. I didn't need an armless, one legged prepackaged doll to steer my imagination.

Toy manufacturers have started something they will not be able to keep up with. Parents who have special needs children cannot reasonably expect same-needs dolls for every condition. 

What's next? Introducing Poppy, the doll with the lazy eye. Or how about a doll wearing a helmet ⛑️, he is neurodivergant (not allowed to say autistic any more)  Do you see how utterly crazy this could get

[manny2]

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@smoochy wrote:

I am not offended by the doll. Just seems like a money grab, exploiting parents and helping them part with their money.  Childhood play these days is being manipulated, engineered. When I played with my doll house I had a little celluloid family of people. They had articulated joints. After much use, arms and legs used to fall off. I pretended that they had had accidents. I didn't need an armless, one legged prepackaged doll to steer my imagination.

Toy manufacturers have started something they will not be able to keep up with. Parents who have special needs children cannot reasonably expect same-needs dolls for every condition. 

What's next? Introducing Poppy, the doll with the lazy eye. Or how about a doll wearing a helmet ⛑️, he is neurodivergant (not allowed to say autistic any more)  Do you see how utterly crazy this could get

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Talk about empathy! Wow, you need to develop it.

[smoochy]

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@manny2 wrote:

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@smoochy wrote:

I am not offended by the doll. Just seems like a money grab, exploiting parents and helping them part with their money.  Childhood play these days is being manipulated, engineered. When I played with my doll house I had a little celluloid family of people. They had articulated joints. After much use, arms and legs used to fall off. I pretended that they had had accidents. I didn't need an armless, one legged prepackaged doll to steer my imagination.

Toy manufacturers have started something they will not be able to keep up with. Parents who have special needs children cannot reasonably expect same-needs dolls for every condition. 

What's next? Introducing Poppy, the doll with the lazy eye. Or how about a doll wearing a helmet ⛑️, he is neurodivergant (not allowed to say autistic any more)  Do you see how utterly crazy this could get

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Talk about empathy! Wow you need to develop it with this type of post.

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I have lots of sympathy for special needs kids and parents. My point is about how full inclusivity can never be achieved in children's toys. And in trying, some will be excluded. And some will lose the opportunity for self directed imaginative play, and some parents will get their noses out of joint because their child was left out. 

[bikerbabe]

Wondering if there is also a “problem” with American Girl offering bald dolls (they have) for kids with cancer, alopecia etc?

Still SMH (shaking my head) at the insensitivity.

[Trinity11]

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@Jacie wrote:

@Trinity11 well,as I child I lived through my own chronic illness, I no more would have wanted a doll with the same thing. I just wanted to be a kid. To each his own, but thanks for the lecture. 

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Please have some grace @Jacie . Maybe you would not have wanted a doll but for the thousands of small children that would benefit from such a doll? You are saying it never should have been made? And if you think I was lecturing you, you not only lack empathy but reading comprehension as well.🙄

[Jacie]

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@Trinity11perhaps you need to take some your own advice on grace.

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@Jacie wrote:

@Trinity11 well,as I child I lived through my own chronic illness, I no more would have wanted a doll with the same thing. I just wanted to be a kid. To each his own, but thanks for the lecture. 

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Please have some grace @Jacie . Maybe you would not have wanted a doll but for the thousands of small children that would benefit from such a doll? You are saying it never should have been made? And if you think I was lecturing you, you not only lack empathy but reading comprehension as well.🙄

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