Children handling your dolls?

To be honest I wont want ANYONE touching my dollfie when i get her! Im going to be very defensive ^^

 

My daughter is 8 and she knows not to go anywhere near my dolls unless I am around and give her permission to touch one lol.
I am not as worried when she holds them as all her toys, dolls are kept in pristine condition, she is very careful.
When her friends come over she is quick to tell them "Dont touch my mummies dolls"

 

Some kids are destructive little beasts and only want to get thier hands on your BJD so they can poke its eyes out and pull its head off......some kids are genuinely desperate to hold your doll and are truly interested and enchanted by BJD's.
Depending on what type of little beast you are dealing with i think it is up to the owners discretion whether they allow a child to hold/touch thier dolls.

Personally i don't mind brats, ooops sorry kids, interacting with my dolls with me supervising.

BTW - my grandson is two and half years old and is scared of my dolls so i have'nt had to fend him off yet............i use them to get him to behave

 

I agree l think kids should not be handling the dolls due to they are not toys there collectables. (l don't have any kids)

 

Once I get one, I'll probably let my friend's little nephews hold her. They're five and six, I think, and they really like me apparantly. I think if I supervise them and tell them to be VERY careful, they'll do fine. The older boy even told me once, "I like your booful clothes."

It was so cute ^////^

 

I don't think I would let children handle my dolls. Heck, I don't like it when most adults handle my dolls! The only exception would be if I know the child very very well, they have just washed their hands, and I am supervising them the entire time. Also, I think it would have to be one of my less favorite dolls. I just wouldn't want to take the chance on something happening to my favorites.

 

No. No way. Never.

I don't plan on ever having kids and since I have a lot of valuable stuff when my siblings and friends have kids I shall be visiting them instead of them visiting me. The thought of kids running around my house makes me break out in a cold sweat.

 

Hm, this weekend I had my first experience with the 'children vs. dolls' thing. My cousin's children - a boy and a girl, 8 and 10 years old - were politely disinterested. The most Ezra got was a soft brush of hair, and a careful touch on his arm - after the children's grandma came in and started to fawn over Ez, and they felt the need to do something, too. Heh if she hadn't came in, Ezra would have remained totally unnoticed (I'm not one to say 'hey, lookie, here is my precious doll, go and play with it!')

 

I have to admit I absolutely despise children, there is no way I would let a kid touch one of my boys.
So far I've only let four non-BJD owners actually hold my boys after stressing how careful they need to be with their face-up and those we adults. I'm paranoid when adults touch them and with all the chavy brats around here theres no chance one is coming within touching distance of my boys.

 

NO. KIDS.
I hate them.
It's really sad, because I've had a problems with adults handling my babes.
I'll only let people who I know are responsible touch them. ^w^;;

 

I'd actually be terrified to let a child handle one of my dolls. I might do it and stress to them on how careful they need to be, but i'd still sit back biting my nails every second she/he handles them. Maybe that's why I plan to not take them anywhere and rather leave them at home. XD

~Kumi

 

Well, I'd rather let my cousin (boy, 11 y.o.) play with my BJD, than let his sister (16 y.o.) touch it. That's only because he understands how dear my doll is to me, and the girl cousin is still a big brat (in fact, the biggest I've ever met, I swear) and acts much less mature in comparison to her brother. I wouldn't trust her with my doll, even when she grows up.

 

Ooh, I have a slight horror story involving a teenager at a meet. I had JUST gotten my doll the day before and I brought him to a convention and to the meet therein. Everyone seemed accustomed to people handing each other's dolls (to an extent) and a girl sat down near me and told everyone she was new to dolls. She then took her friend's (or so I assume, they seemed close) doll and played with it a little, and all seemed okay since this doll was a well-handled doll and the owner basically flung him about as her normal mode of protection. The girl then looked at me, reached over and took my doll. I smiled nicely since it seemed like no harm could come from this girl touching my doll a little, until she forced him to sit cross-legged and in the process bent his knee backward. No harm was done, but my new doll had been handled by someone beside me and, in my mind, mistreated, so I am now reluctant to let anyone handle my doll unless I am absolutely sure they know about BJDs and own some or are very careful.

As far as smaller children go, I would not let a child handle my $300 doll unless I wanted it to be broken. No offense to children of any age, but if a teenager can be so careless with a doll she KNOWS is so expensive and important to its owner, a little kid could do some major and lasting damage.

 

I tend to keep my collection off on its own so that no one can touch it. I have problems with even some adults handling my collection, because they tend to be rough if they don't collect on their own.

I don't think I'd let any children touch my more valuable dolls. I get attached to my dolls, and I'd rather have them be safe than to have someone break a leg or an arm. I think it would break my heart.

 

Depends really on the kid to me. I'm really not a kid person at all. Once they hit sixish I can talk with them..but till then its like I'm staring at an alien from another planet ( No Offense to parents! I just wasn't raised about small children so they confuse me when they ask something...and I have no idea what they just said to me ) anyways. Just depends on who the kid is and who they behave. I have cousins that I will allow to run freely in my room without a second thought...but others I will lock the door and push a dresser against it...so yeah..just depends with me

 

No, and it's not gonna happen any time soon either ^^

 

I have a 6 year old son, who really couldn't give a hoot about my dolls, but my 2.5 year old daughter is in love! How couldn't she be with 60+ dolls in the house, LOL? I have given up and now let her play gently with some of my American Girl dolls. Many of my dolls I wish to keep mint are kept in curio cabinets, but some are out on display, mainly because I have way more dolls than I should and couldn't possibly contain them all, LOL. I REALLY fight to keep her away from them. I have found poor Soah already with her head cap off, and laying askew more than once. AAHH!

 

I have only my 8 year old daughter who loves my Dolls she plays with them more them me so I'm going to get her one for her birthday so she can leave my boys alone hee hee

 

My three nieces live with me (now 9yo and 12yo twins) and they have proven themselves to be trustworthy with my 'little kids'. They always ask before handling the dolls. And I know that dolls are not even touched when I am not around. They were with me two years ago when Sora arrived and I knew almost nothing at all about BJDs. We learned together that clothes with snaps can scratch little resin foreheads if we were not careful. (It was quite a learning experience for us all, now we are much much more careful.) They ask before they can change their clothing, and I am usually okay with that, but ask them not to change clothing that have to go over the dollies' heads. I say 'no' when they ask to change eyes or wigs, or to bring the dolls over to me and I will do it for them. But I let these girls hold and handle the 'little kids' because I know how well they take care of their own toys. I am not too worried about the hands of the girls, they are usually quite clean. (I am very lucky.)

When we still lived in the city, there were weekends when we would all pick a little kid and take them to the mall, or to the comic store, where a friend, who likes BJDs, works. The twins would pick their favourite and the youngest would pick a much smaller doll/toy from my 'family' and take it. (I think it was because she would find the BJDs a little heavy.)

In fact the twins are currently saving up for BJD's of their own (an excercise in how to save and budget money) --the eldest already chosen the doll she wants and has named him. The youngest niece has already bought a mini-Pullip and absolutely babies her. As an added bonus, it does teach the girls just how valuable these dolls are.

Now as for the girls' friends, probably no touching... Unless I make sure the hands are clean and if I have them under strict supervision... Some of them, probably not, no matter what...

 

I am getting my daughter her first MSD for Christmas as this is what she has decided she wants. She loves my dolls and loves to make clothing for them and I know she will look after her own doll. She is 14.

My boys couldnt care less about dolls, but they know not to touch.

Its other peoples kids I am wary of. Before I had any BJDs I still had a large collection of other dolls. We had a visitor one day with two girls who desperately wanted to play with my dolls. Their mum got really offended when I said no and couldnt seem to grasp the word "collectable". Needless to say it was a short visit and they were not invited back.

I am sure she wouldnt let her precious little darlings play with an expensive porcelain ornament - so why should they feel the right to play with my dolls?