For a while, our daughter had so many Barbies it was insane. When she was a little older, she graduated to American Girl. I consider myself to be maybe one of the few dads who totally experienced everything you’ve written here. Witnessed a lot. Learned even more.
I still consider never having a Barbie Dream House to be a memorable childhood disappointment. Although we did have the Barbie hair salon and the Barbie dune buggy. And I also remember getting older and playing different games with Barbie and Ken 😹 Mattel understood the assignment of what to do when you have a ubiquitous brand. Max and X should take note.
I long coveted the luxury Barbie accessories but when I didn’t get them, I got creative - bookshelves as levels of a house, big mixing bowl was a swimming pool, upside down Tupperware containers for all kinds of furniture, thimbles were vases for tiny weed-flowers...When I started getting Rolling Stone magazine and my sister inherited my dolls, I made tiny records for her from the album review pics. ☺️ Barbie was always inspirational for us, in a variety of ways. 💕
I was not a Barbie girl. I only had a Fluff because she came with a skateboard. My older sister had Barbies and her two girls loved them too. When I had my oldest my husband was like "no Barbies for our girls" but I couldn't help it. My daughters loved them and Barbie is an icon. We just recently got rid of the last of the Barbies in our recent move.
My mom issued a Barbie Ban until a family member gave my older sister a Barbie, and the floodgates opened (swoosh!!). I had Malibu Barbie and Ken and Skipper... and all of this Barbie talk nudged my memory that the doll I really wanted was Francie. Why? Why this Francie derivative of Barbie?~ so I looked her up. While Barbie actually resembles a Playboy Bunny, Francie was much more normal-looking. Her curves weren't as extreme, her eyelashes not as intense; she was a regular, young woman. Ultimately, Barbie or Ken or Francie was an extension of our imaginations and my Barbies were usually outside, placed in my bike's basket or in their Country Camper. I do think that looking at that shape of a woman, whose physique was so exaggerated was not such a great thing for all of us.
For a while, our daughter had so many Barbies it was insane. When she was a little older, she graduated to American Girl. I consider myself to be maybe one of the few dads who totally experienced everything you’ve written here. Witnessed a lot. Learned even more.
Bravo!!!
I still consider never having a Barbie Dream House to be a memorable childhood disappointment. Although we did have the Barbie hair salon and the Barbie dune buggy. And I also remember getting older and playing different games with Barbie and Ken 😹 Mattel understood the assignment of what to do when you have a ubiquitous brand. Max and X should take note.
We 70s feminists (no one actually burned anyone's bra) produced women who could write like this. What could be bad?
I long coveted the luxury Barbie accessories but when I didn’t get them, I got creative - bookshelves as levels of a house, big mixing bowl was a swimming pool, upside down Tupperware containers for all kinds of furniture, thimbles were vases for tiny weed-flowers...When I started getting Rolling Stone magazine and my sister inherited my dolls, I made tiny records for her from the album review pics. ☺️ Barbie was always inspirational for us, in a variety of ways. 💕
Love love love this ❤️
I was not a Barbie girl. I only had a Fluff because she came with a skateboard. My older sister had Barbies and her two girls loved them too. When I had my oldest my husband was like "no Barbies for our girls" but I couldn't help it. My daughters loved them and Barbie is an icon. We just recently got rid of the last of the Barbies in our recent move.
My mom issued a Barbie Ban until a family member gave my older sister a Barbie, and the floodgates opened (swoosh!!). I had Malibu Barbie and Ken and Skipper... and all of this Barbie talk nudged my memory that the doll I really wanted was Francie. Why? Why this Francie derivative of Barbie?~ so I looked her up. While Barbie actually resembles a Playboy Bunny, Francie was much more normal-looking. Her curves weren't as extreme, her eyelashes not as intense; she was a regular, young woman. Ultimately, Barbie or Ken or Francie was an extension of our imaginations and my Barbies were usually outside, placed in my bike's basket or in their Country Camper. I do think that looking at that shape of a woman, whose physique was so exaggerated was not such a great thing for all of us.