Children handling your dolls?

~*Look, but don't touch....that's my motto.....*~From a distance, that is...


xen

 

Well I'm not around children much (if at all) but if I was then there is no way that I would let them touch my doll. I mean I feel worried when I let adults touch/hold my boy, and most of the children I know aren't the quiet, gentle type that would play with him gently.
The youngest person who I've let hold my doll without worrying was my little sister and she is 15 lol.

 

i don't like kids. so i would never let a kid touch my doll...i probably wouldn't even let my kid brother hold my doll(and he's 15!). ha ha, i don't even let him touch my action figures "those cost me 40$!! don't touch!" imagine how agro i would be if it were a doll! lol!

 

my cousin is 15 and she has fallen so in love with BJDs, she doesnt have her own yet but when she visits me, she carries Shawn around almost the entire time. she's very careful with him.

my brother is 11, and he likes to make my dolls wrestle, because they are more posable than his WWE figures. i alwase tell him to never force anything with them, it they wont hold a pose or the joint doesnt move easily, just dont force it and he alwase listens.

as for LITTLE little kids, one of my best friends has a 3 year old daughter and a 5 year old son, both love my dolls. i alwase tell them to be careful, because they can break, hold tight and dont drop them, and they are alwase very careful, they alwase ask first if they can play with them, they never just grab them.

i'd probably let some other kid play if they asked nicely and i was right there.

i dont really let a lot of people hold Kimi because she's a LE lydia, not the standard, but my other three are fairly replacable if necisary, and i dont worry too much about them.

 

I don't even let many ADULTS hold my dolls, much less children. Several members of my family know how much the dolls are worth and know to be incredibly careful with them, and I'm still wary when they hold them and have to be sort of supervising. I don't care for children in general, so I doubt I'd let any touch my boys. I realize many of them are probably careful enough that nothing bad would happen, but I still don't trust them. *shifty eyes*

 

I let my six-year-old cousin play with her when ever I have her and the doll in the same place. It's just resin in my mind so if she wants to play with her she can have at it. She is always gental and careful so I see no problem with it. Though I have been around children my whole life so I guess I am way laided back about this sort of thing.

 

I'm with the people saying absolutely not. I have enough of a panic attack when adults hold my dolls! ^_^;; Even my own mother is afraid to touch them and will only pat their foot or hand (even though I've told her it's okay) From my experience, kids mostly don't INTEND to break things, but it just sort of happens and they feel bad. I really wouldn't want to risk it with something so expensive and important to me.

 

Uh… no.
Luckily, I don't come in contact with children often because I'd hate to make them cry by dismissing any requests to hold one of my guys. I just don't trust them.

 

OO No way. No way no way no way no way no way!
Your cousins must have been great... you've never met my siblings. I live in a house with 7 siblings and there's 1 more that I don't live with. Yes. That's a grand total of 8 siblings. EIGHT! I may let the oldest 3 hold her... But ALL the others would have to be GONE 'cause then they'd beg and try to snatch... I may let the 3 year old hold her because out of all of the younger ones, he's the sweetest. He's come over to my laptop and pointed to the pictures on my computer and gone "Doll. Doll." And he'll sit and look at them with me just going "Doll. Doll." So I think he'd understand and be gentle with the doll... But none of the others... NONE OF THEM! *shiver* Oh I can just imagine the 6 year old pulling on a limb... poking at the eyes... pulling off her hair... GOD THE NIGHTMARE! *Hides under covers*

 

I don't take my dolls out of the house...I would not let anyone ever touch them! But then of course i'm a kid. But I would never let another child touch my dolls! Muahhahahah

 

I don't even let my husband touch my dolls, he's worse than a kid. My 20 yo daughter is allowed near them, the grand children..nuh uh!!!

 

I let my 10 year old sister touch my dolls. But very rarely; mainly because said doll is upstairs and I'm busy so I'll say "Go bring me Lucy please" and she will. But other than that I'm very scared to have my dolls touched by children. >,< But I let anyone else hold my dolls xD... I even give them away for looooong visits. My Vince has been away for 4 months :3

 

yeah, same here! i think i would have a panic attack if i let ANYONE other than fellow doll owners hold my doll(at least then I know THEY know how to take care of him!). i mean, i don't doubt that my mom and dad would be careful but i don't know HOW careful they would be. XD on a scale of one to ten i want them to be either 9.5-10 careful. nothing else will do! you never know what could happen!

 

Generally I'm very big on the no touching rule with my kids, unless it's another doll person but I'm always a bit worried. My one little cousin was a baby sister and does a good job holding her. I'd let him hold one of the dolls if he washed and ried his hands and then held it in a small recieveing blanket like a real baby.

Most kids we keep away from as far as possible. I'm mad enough to take mine shopping at the mall, Firends 2B Made fits minis and some 1/3s, and have been followed by grabby little hands. Fortunately I can lift the doll out of reach.

I'd shudder to think parents would let their children treat a real baby that way. On the other hand I do wish I lived near a young doll mommy I could trust.

 

I have a 2 year old brother and I let him hold my dolls. Especially the smaller ones, because he tends to drag the big ones.

I trust him enough... But I still watch him when he is handling my dolls.

 

I don't even let my older brother near my G.I. Joes! If I had a doll I would freak out if anyone touched it!

 

I wouldn't let any child under the age of 13 touch my dolls.

They are too expensive to chance that!!!!

 

I would feel rather uncomfortable with children holding my dolls. They are pretty fragile afterall.

 

It depends on the maturity of the child (or even adult).. I know I can trust my little brother and sister with both of my dolls, but -not ever- my nieces, who are a tiny bit younger.
I always keep a eye on whoever is near them.