Comments on: A Doll for my Son: Easier said than done

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s a r a h c a s m » Blog Archive » Not so terrible… two! — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:20:44 +0000

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s a r a h c a s m » Blog Archive » Little Miss Convicted — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:38:54 +0000

[...] I think this conviction is part of my temperament… wired into my brain somewhere, but I have to give credit to my parents for fostering it and exposing me to things that would support it and help it grow. One of those things was music, and Free to Be You and Me influenced me a great deal when I was young. The album dealt a lot with gender role stereotypes and expectations and those lessons have stuck with me; I find myself teaching them to my son. [...]

By: Sheri

Sheri — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:02:02 +0000

great post! I only had white dolls as a kid, despite the fact that I am 1/2 B&W. There’s still a void there from childhood! LOL
The world is so much more progessive these days; now I need to get a black/brown doll for my mini-me (altho she still likes her stuffed animals!)

By: Maria @BOREDmommy

Maria @BOREDmommy — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:15:34 +0000

Nice choice Mommy. Can’t wait to see Q with a picture of his dolly!!

By: Sarah Carmichael

Sarah Carmichael — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:56:56 +0000

Yeah, that’s where I finally found this one (it was the 3rd Walmart I went to, though… all the other black dolls were girls)!

By: Barbara Lewis

Barbara Lewis — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:11:13 +0000

I know the difficulty in buying these dolls! Walmart to my surprise has many!! and we are happy with knowing that. Its wonderful to see my daughter Kayleigh and Zack play with black babies and white baby dolls! Ickle Pickle who is blue is his favorite tho Barbi

By: Loukia

Loukia — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:10:27 +0000

Very touching, and your quest to find your son the perfect doll for him is a beautiful example of your great mothering skills. My boys love to play with the dolls at my inlaws house – (the dolls are their girl cousins) and I think it’s cute, to see them ‘feeding’ their babies in the doll high chairs and taking care of them.

By: Sarah Carmichael

Sarah Carmichael — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:49:14 +0000

Thanks, Christine!

By: Christine LaRocque

Christine LaRocque — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:29:22 +0000

You are an awesome mama!

By: Carolyn HP

Carolyn HP — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:09:47 +0000

I know this was a problem in trying to find a baby to let her play and hold to understand what it would be like when her brother Zack was born, so a lady we knew had a black cabbage patch doll and we borrowed it until Zack was born.

In buying toys, we try to find toys that kay and zack can identify with but I think sometimes it just isn’t possible and we have to do the best we can with what we have.

Glad Q loves his baby, and the fact that he loves it is what is most important.