Many modern mothers notice that before toys were much kinder. Especially for girls. Every baby dreamed about a doll with blue eyes, a bow and a beautiful dress in the past.
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Dolls that convey to children too adult values
But now, some toys cannot be called cute and harmless at all. An example is Bratz dolls (the name is translated explicitly - “pranks”). They are completely different from the pretty dolls of the past. Aggressive makeup makes them more likely prototypes of dancers or women of easy virtue. It is difficult to imagine a girl who would play the Bratz doll as a “daughter” or “mother”.
The idea of Nikolai Lamm
One of the first to “remove” bright makeup from dolls was invented by the American artist Nikolai Lamm. “I thought once: Will children's toys look better if they remove all this diversity? When this idea hit my head, I just went to the store, bought some dolls and corrected them a bit. ” Here is what came of it.
By the way, initially Lamm became famous for creating "Normal" barbie with body proportions closer to reality.
Sony Sine Solution
The same opinion is shared by the Australian Sonya Sayn. She “removes” makeup from her daughter’s dolls, transforming them for a new life. “I want my daughter to be a child, and not succumb during the influence of these dolls. I myself never buy such toys. Too early these “girls” make adults out of our little ones. But if for some reason they appear in our house - for example, someone gives a doll - I radically change her appearance«.
How Sonya transforms toys, you can see in the following photos.
Sonya believes that modern toys deprive girls of the opportunity to be small, instilling in them teenager values too early - style, attractiveness for the opposite sex, independence. But a child will grow up sooner or later, and will face the realities of this world. Why should adults do it too early?
“My sisters and I grew up playing old dolls. Many of these toys were homemade. We frolic in nature with our darlings, made them at home, sewed clothes. I really felt like a happy child, and I do not want my daughter to lose this joy, ”explains the Australian.
This is how the process of removing “makeup” from the appearance of dolls looks like.
