stoneroses86 wrote:
I feel very fortunate that my daughter has never expressed any interest in these ridiculous American Girl dolls and seems content to play with good old fashioned Barbies.
Sing it, sister!
Peoria Matt wrote:
RPB, we were in the same boat. Was not going to buy our daughter one.
We finally caved and 2 years later she still loves it. Check Craigslist for clothes and all the other stuff. The doll we bought new but just about everything else has been used off of Ebay or Craigslist.
Yeah, I saw the clothes can be had other places. Ill probably end up doing that.
Elmhurst Steve wrote:
The American Girls dolls are not only well made dolls with top notch clothing, they actually help educate girls. They come with a story about the girl they represent. Many are from the 1800's and kids learn about how/when the character they represent came to America. They learn about how some kids were forced to work, before labor laws prohibited such exploitation. It's really pretty educational, besides the dolls being of higher quality. My Daughter has 5-6 of them and she will probably keep them for her children and grandchildren. Samantha was her first, Kirsten and Nellie came after Samantha. The last doll she got was Addy, who was a black slave, who escaped a plantation in North Carolina. Each doll comes with a book that tells the story of that girl and the stories are really quite good.
Thanks, that's pretty informative
Why do you know so much? I thought you only had a son.
K Effective wrote:
I just asked my daughter- we did buy her one (Kit), when she was in third grade. That was too late, according to her, the doll-playing-with stage is more like Kindergarten. Hers is now in the box, played with for about a year. She regrets choosing the doll with short hair- she lacks a styling activity
Yeah, that's one drawback. Im probably a year late for timing.
Colonel Angus wrote:
Dude, just buy her the doll.
Fine
Hatchetman wrote:
Colonel Angus wrote:
Dude, just buy her the doll.
Pretty much concur. There's so much worse shit out there for her to get involved with.
Not sure I love that logic, but ok
Scorehead wrote:
rogers park bryan wrote:
Myself and my daughter's mother have long agreed the whole idea of this thing is pretty ridiculous and borderline morally wrong (what with hunger and everything)
But my daughter remains staunch in her requests. She's had an awesome year at school and I dont wanna to deny her big christmas gift, but we've always been firmly against it
Am I just cheap or does anyone else think speding 40 dollars on one outfit or 20 dollars on a haircut for a doll is dumb?
American Girl dolls are ridiculous & morally wrong??? What does hunger have to do with American Girl dolls? Bryan...if she wants an American Girl doll, then buy her an American Girl doll.
First of all, I dont like your tone.
Secondly, havent you ever looked at the price tag of some stupid thing and thought about how crazy it is what we spend money on with the fact that we have people starving? I just think its a little crazy to be spending 30 and 40 dollars on dolls clothing and things.
man of few opinions wrote:
we bought my daughter an american girl doll and she loves it and has her friends over with their dolls all the time and they have a blast. whats the harm? yes, they are expensive but its not like you have to take out a home equity loan to buy one. id feel worse about buying video games and sinking a bunch of money into that. at least i dont have to buy the latest version of a doll every year like we do madden.
That's a fair point, but if were talking worth, Ill bet she'll spend more time on the new tablet then with the doll
Spaulding wrote:
Why is it more wrong than anything else? Why make the stand on this one?
I guess the price of the doll and the fact that there is a continued cost with it just rubs me the wrong way. Im sure Im coming off cheap in this thread, but I just dont like getting ripped off THAT much. I mean I find this to be a higher level of rip off than most.
Anyway, I think Ill get it. She asked last year but it was like two days before Christmas and we had already got her the DS as her big gift. This last year she made a friend who has an American Girl doll so it got ramped up.
I can put aside what I consider the moral issue and just buy my daughter the thing she wants for Christmas just because it's Christmas and she's 7 but Im not crazy about the whole deal with these dolls.
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