I guess it's time to start encouraging your daughter's inner artist.

Where's the one of two barbies swapping spit at a hypothetical music award show :)

Not getting a kid a toy they want just makes you the stingy bastard of a parent in the eyes of the kid and they eventualy get the toy one way or another. [/b][/quote]



As a single father I think your view is shit. I Believe my daughter should be brought up in an enviroment that doesnt suggest Barbie is a model women for her to grow up in beliving in. She didnt get a barbie doll for christmas as I think they put women in a bad light.

Eg; Barbie has long legs, big tits and blue eyes, maybe for you thats the hooker you score with every Friday but for me it puts women in a bad light.

and im sorry if this only my second post but what you said is just acting like a twat

toys should be given to children with the understanding that these are for fun and enjoyment not for the mediarolical pressures us parents are under today

My friends made the mistake of letting their kids play with Incredible Hulk dolls, and now their kids are lifting weights and painting their bodies green.

Really?

Eh, get her legos and tinkertoys. Capsella when she's older. Gotta start the engineering training early, ya know?

- Pie, never had a "barbie" but had a whole bunch of stuffed animals

How do you pronounce your name? Is it like the dessert, or the spanish word for "foot"?

Pie, as in a la mode, or 3.14159265358979323846264...
Badger tells me I'm irrational. And transcendental. At the same time.

- "Sweetie" Pie

snicker.................. *me???????*

That's a scary example. I really hope you don't think you can program the kid.:eek:

Dar, maybe the extent of your rage stems from your dislike of the dirtyrottensomafabitch to begin with. Of course that doesn't excuse her behavour.:)

My college roomates gave me a Barbie for my 19th birthday and look...nevermind

It's just an analogy. Programming is analogous to teaching. But parents do have the same sort of sense of ownership over what their kids learn as programmers do about what goes in their programs.

OK, just don't make yourself nuts if it doesn't work out "exactly" as you wish.:)

Why do you have three 'xo's in front of your name?

Lotta love for my fellow (wo)man.:)

when i was younger i was always given barbies. tonnes of them, i even had the convertable and the condo and ken dolls and every imaginable accessory.

i do not have any form of eating disorder, i am a strong minded career woman, i drive a sensible car and i couldnt give a shit about how long my legs are...

its not the movies, or the toys, or the ads on TV.. its the parents. be good parents and you [i]should[I/] have good kids.