Children handling your dolls?

I've got this thing about sticky kiddy hands - actually, I've got a think about adult hands too, hehe.

I don't have my doll yet, but I do collect other things, and I'm funny about people touching my collections. Espicially as some of the other things I collect are toys.

I have a nearly ten year old nephew, and two neices, one of a year and a half, one of about 7 months now. Obviously the 7 month old isn't a problem, but my little neice of 1 and a half is in the 'in my mouth!' stage. My nephew would be careful with a doll if I asked him to be, but he is so clumsy he might accidently do something.

So I think its a no from me

 

When I get my doll, I wont resist bringing her to work, and being a store clerk at a shop that mature people come, bringing their kids, I have to start wondering of the scenarios that will occur.
I love kids, on certain terms, so if a kid I see behaves and has a good parent that supervises, unlike some parents that let their kid almost trash the shop, I`d let them see the doll. The touching part I`d consider, if they sit down and wont touch the face and understand that this is something precious and expensive, I`d let them hold it a few moments.

Most people that bring their kids to our shop are people with control on them, because we have so much breakable and expensive stuff, so I dont worry so much when there are kids there.

 

I guess it depends on the child and how much value they hold in other people's possessions. Some repect them and some don't.

Also you have to look at how they treat their own toys? Do they treat them roughy? Or very gently? That will be a clue if your doll is safe or not. And I do advice supervision of the child with the bjd when she/he is handling it. ^_^

 

Like most of the posters said, it depends on the kid and how well they were raised.

Personally? I wouldn't let my very young cousins (aged 1 - till six respectively), touch my dolls. Mostly because they play rough and are pretty destructive, throw tantrums when something doesn't go their way and have a difficult time understanding 'no'.

Like, when one of the boys refused to let the other one play with his little train, the other one got so upset that he snatched it and threw it across the room! Broke into pieces O_O; And let's not forget all those missing and chewed up Barbie heads TT 3TT

So no, I wouldn't let *those* kids handle my dolls, but if I know the kid would be careful and listen as I say, then I might consider it.

 

I agree with what most people have said. It depends on the child, if I know he/she is well raised and will be careful with my dolls I'd let her/him hold my dolls, but only when I'm with them.

I don't think I would dare to let a child that I don't know handle my dolls, not even if I were present all the time I'd worry too much.

 

I have let my 8 yr. old niece hold & carry around one of my msd girls. I was there supervising. I have thought about buying her one of the more inexpensive dolls but I think I might buy her a 1/6 dollfie plus with wigs and clothes to see how she does with it first.

 

I think that 8 is a good age to start with a less expensive BJD. There is a decent selection of dolls less than $200 out there. I know I have one that is earmarked for my daughter when she gets bigger. She holds my dolls all the time, and has even started taking photos of them (she is four).

 

my cousins hasn't met him yet, but i think they will treat him very well. They're careful, and the youngest one is 6. They've held things i care about before, without any problems. (like the six year old borrowing my computer playing minesweeper XD) however, my neighbor's kids saw me when i was about to go out for a while with him, and came running up to me trying to grab him and practically yelling at me to let them hold him. I gave them a straight no, and called their parents over to take them away.
also (he's not really a KID, older than me actually), my oldest brother who's 30 years old now, asked to hold him and then decided to try a few poses with his arms and then check if he really was anatomically correct. obviously, i got mad at him for not showing any respect, and took poor Cain away from him.

 

It's fine as long as they are and they don't:

A.They're carefull and I know them very well

B.Don't take his pants/boxers off.

C. Don't break him

 

Most of you here seem to have such respective little angels as cousins...Lucky. I have eight cousins on my Dad's side alone, from 4 to 11 years in age, and I'd trust only the oldest and the youngest of them ((who are brothers)) because while their parents did spoil them, they didn't spoil them rotten. They both know what its like to have something that you treasure ((the older one has his dream catchers, the younger one has his "guys" (action figures) )). While those two would be really careful and most likely very interested in my doll, the rest of the kids would play tug-o-war over who got to touch its face next.

On my Mum's side I have four cousins, and the older two ((a brother and a sister)) would most likely be careful of it, but I would have to be really careful and stress the whole 'dont touch the face' because they're really into touching things that look painted. The younger two ((sister and brother)) are too young to even appreceate the dolls, so I would only let them see it.

Other kids, I would have to know them before letting them touch my dolls. Parental supervision would also be a must.

 

I don't think when I get a doll that I'd ever let anyone touch him. Maybe A few select friends.. and my cousin who is gentle. Never my nephews. NEVER! They destroy everything.

 

I would never let small children touch or hold my dolls. I still remember how careless I was when I was small, so I simply do not trust the young ones. I'm kinda paranoid about my dolls anyway: always telling people to be careful with them and worrying that something will happen no matter what precautions I take.

 

I think it depends on the child, some can be very gentle with almost anything if they're told and some simply can't be anything but rambunctious. if both the child and doll are in my view, then I dont mind letting a child I know gently handle my doll.

But I dont think I'd let any stranger handle any of my dolls and that goes for adults as well as kids

 

depends on the child really. i know a few that will cry and scream to be able to hold the doll.

my brother mostly said, "buy a barbie instead" but he was careful holding the doll and took great delight to find out that the doll had correct body instead of something like barbie has.

my boyfriend's nieces love my doll, the younger one always wants to see her. and i do let lotte (she's 3) hold her if she's sitting down and i'm near her. but i did allow lotte to carry the doll upstairs the other day. but i was behind so lotte didn't fall and hurt herself and accidently destroy the doll.

she also put the doll on the table and sat up with it. that was really funny and i'll try and get a pic next time of that.

her and her sister lisa also helped dress my doll and found the shoes to be really funny

 

i hate other people touching my dolls, no matter wheter they're children or grown-ups. :/

 

All the time.

This time last year a friend's toddler took my Petite Ai home with her for two weeks after a FilkConvention. She's kidnapped the doll to push around in her stroller during the event and I knew I'd be seeingher within a month to visit with her parents or babysit so I just collected Raphael back when I saw them.

This past weekend I was at this year's version of the same convention and the same child was playing with Elfie (RML/SD hybrid) for chunks of yesterday afternoon. Elfie was with several children over the course of the weekend.

Teddy

 

I know there are parents who have dolls and they let they kids "play" with them, and their children know very well how to look after the dolls. But I don't like that some kind of people touch my Daniel because I think it's dangerous for him, and childrens are in the list.

 

never! haha I'm funny about it enough with my friends! *chases off small children*

 

I work at an elementary school and when I first got Rowan I took him in and showed him off to the staff I bragged to about him and of course some of the students saw him and adored him, one in particular kept trying to fix his hair saying that he needed his hair "did". It was the cutest thing ever.

 

I've never been in a situation with Alexis where children were involved, but I think this question needs to be answered on a case by case basis. All children are different, and have different levels of maturity. I know a 12yr old girl here in Orlando whose father brought home a Volks SDSara as a birthday present for her when she was 10, and she treats her dollfie more carefully than some adults I've met.