Topic: There is speculation in a variety of places saying barbie has been a bad role model for young girls in america these days.... Giving girls unrealistic body goals, and self image.
For me,I have loved Barbie since I was a little girl. I had a whole world of Barbies and all the neat little things that accessorized her. I had the Barbie Hotel, the Barbie convertable, the Barbie airplane, and all the Barbie furniture. I think my parents must have spent a small fortune on all of the things I had for Barbie - but I adored her and she helped spark my imagination. Barbie always could do all the cool things in life. Barbie could travel, Barbie could preform, Barbie could be a doctor, a lawyer, a dancer... she could become anything in her life and most importantly - she always believed in herself, and so success always followed Barbie.
I never saw Barbie as a bad role model or as something that was not attainable and therefore set a bad standard for girls growing up. For god sakes - she is a DOLL. And like all dolls and toys our children play with - poor self image and lack of confidence does not originate from toys we play with from childhood - it originates from how we are raised in the home. Barbie has and will always be fabulous and fun. Little girls around the world will spend countless hours with her, she can execute every goal, hope, and dream that little girl has, i dont think barbie is a bad role model i think she is the american dream.. and as long as someone has a dream there will always be a kid waiting to ask " wanna play barbies?"
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