Children handling your dolls?

I always let my cousin handle her, she's four but she's incredibly careful, so I have no worries with that. Though we did meet some people at London Zoo during a meet and we let the children hold our dolls. I never worry too much xD but I don't let anyone at all touch my dolls when I'm not there. I think it depends on the child!

 

I barely let people my own age touch them, let alone children. All of my dolls would be difficult and expensive to replace, especially my old F-27, so I don't want to tempt fate.

 

LOL - no never. I'm not a kid person. and don;t allow most PEOPLE to touch my dolls. I'd never let a child, as most tend to be sticky or have something on their hands.

I'm childfree; so I'll never have to deal with the -what if you have kids n they touch ur dolls- stuff.

but. no never.

 

i'd never done it, but i think children can be more careful than adults. Despite this, i think i don't borrow my girls to my cousin (he's a boy) or they can result quartered ^_^

 

I wouldn't. Perhaps it's just the kids I know. I'm not fond of kids in general, but if I met one whom I trusted enough to handle a BJD, I'd probably let them... maybe.

I'm not saying every kid on earth is like the ones I'm *lucky* enough to be related to. But my little cousins, one in especial, are a little hyper. The especial one is also a Grade A BRAT who is spoiled, selfish and has far too many toys of her own that she destroys. She's "played" with my toys before [action figures, and the like]. I suppose it's been my own fault for leaving them within reach, but she doesn't visit often and to be honest, she's not supposed to be tearing up the house and running uninvited into my bedroom. I might understand if I were closer to her age, but I'm 21 and she's four. I don't want her in my room!

Anyway, basically she will see something that looks nice to play with, grab it even though you say "no", ignore you when you tell her to put it down, ignore her mother who says the same, "play" with the thing for five minutes, then demand that she wants to keep it. When you say no, she will demand again, and scream and stamp her feet. Obviously if you have any sense you're still going to say no [I'm not letting her take my stuff to shut her up] and then she throws the toy on the floor [and often stands on it, if she can].

...would you let my cousin touch YOUR doll? XD

xxSam

 

Kids, Sticky Grabby Hands, Doll... @_@ No Way!

 

Personally, I wouldn't let any children touch my dolls. Most of the ones I've had contact with have been the type who won't listen to any kind of "be careful" warning, so any doll they got a hold of would probably be destroyed. >_>

Although, I'm very nervous around children in general, so I try to avoid them if I can. So that would give my dolls a bit of saving grace. XD

 

My kids (7 and 10) have their own BJD's. It all depends on the child. We have a lot of small animals in our house (chinchillas, rats, guinea pigs, birds) so my children definitely know how to be gentle. Of course, I have two nieces who are 12 and 13 and I don't trust them around my BJD's. They did damage to two of my Pullips. As for my kids' friends, only one of them I trust around our BJD's because she has collectible dolls of her own.

Though children maybe less likely to be careful there are plenty of adults who wouldn't handle them correctly, either.

 

I have a 2yr old sister in law, and i always bring Vilya (my doll) when we go to visit. She loves my girl, and we play with her together. I'll let her hold Vilya if she's sitting, and she knows not to touch her when I'm not there. She's such a fantastic kid!

 

Most of the kiddies I know are not very gentle with dolls, let alone human beings and animals. ^^; I think I may keep my boys safe from them for the time being, until they get a little older.

 

Absolutely not, no way, no how. I don't like being around kids myself, so there's no way I would let them handle my dolls. Whenever we have some kind of family function, I hide them in my closet so they can't even see them to ask to touch them, or come into my room and do so when I'm not there.

 

It depends on whether the parents have properly taught them manners.
My baby cousins (7 and 12) were over for Christmas and totally loved my dolls, especially the tiny. Their mother nearly had a heart attack when she found out her children were playing with a $400 doll, but she raised them well and they know they're supposed to be careful with other people's toys. It was fine.

 

In general, bjd collectors seem to be kinda "no kids" sort of people. I don't mean that in a bad way at all, to each their own! However I don't fall into that category since I have a daughter and I've worked as a school teacher. My daughter is a little young right now (9mos) but I won't have any problem whatsoever with her handling my dolls. She'll be taught to be careful with things. Also, as I said in another thread, since Maebe was a kit and I had to put her together from pieces when I got her, and since I did her face-up myself, there isn't much that could be done to her that I couldn't fix. I think I might be more cautious if I had paid someone else to do her face or something.

Edited to add: Please note that I said "in general", lol I don't want anyone getting offended and I know there are many other parents on here (in addition to myself). I simply meant that the GENERAL demographic for bjd fans are teens-college-20somethings who aren't crazy about kids in any capacity, let alone with their expensive dolls.

 

It depends on the kid. I've met many a sweet little elementary school girl while out with my dolls that I've allowed to hold and touch them. If mom and dad are around and the kid looks clean, I doubt there is anything she can do to the doll that I haven't already. XD (I met this ADORABLE little girl at a japanese market place once! She was very curious about the "doll like barbie" I was carrying around! Eee, so cute!)

My girl cousins are 12 and under and are facinated by them, so we will play with them at family functions. They're a gentle and well raised bunch, so I don't worry about them deliberately or accidentally breaking something.

I seem to come across more well mannered kids than bratty ones, so I have no problem letting them near my dolls with me around.

 

I have 5 and 4-year old girls. They are allowed to hold my dolls only while sitting. They are very careful and have been properly schooled to not pose the dolls, pull on the wig, take off the clothes or touch face-ups. I don't let them see the boy dolls without pants on and at this age, they assume the boy dolls are girls anyway (re: the long hair).

 

Ooooh no no no. I can just imagine a little sticky finger right on the face, just immediately. ... Actually, I don't think I know any kids anymore. Except for my nephew who is younger than one, so that's an automatic "no".

 

It does depend the kids, but I have no problem telling them that my dolls are not toys. I have lots of dolls and I'm sure it's tempting, but I would not let most children play with them, but perhaps hold one for a minute. I do, however, have some play dolls around that they can do whatever that want to with.

 

My 7 year old sister is about as excited as I am about my incoming doll. She's seen doll pics here on DoA and various sites, like Child of Glass, but...I probably still won't let her handle my girl unsupervised. I know her well enough to know she's quite careless with other people's belongings. Her own too, come to think of it. In fact, considering how she behaved when I hid my Japanese fan collection from her (FRAGILE!) I may go so far as to keep Tori hidden when I'm not around. She's the kind of kid who can't take no for an answer.

 

Not a kid person at all and the thought of a child touching my doll sends shivers down my spine! )

 

The only kids I'm really ever around are my nephews aged 7 and 10... I would NEVER let them play with my kids. They already managed to lose some peices from my 15 year-old Zoid (It's the pegasus one! It was hard enough to find new!) after I've repeatedly told them not to touch it. I can't replace one of it's legs! And it's SUPPOSED to be a boy toy! Rarg. But yeah, I don't think I'd ever let those boys play with my boys, even supervised.

As far as other kids, I've met some that I'd probably let play with my dolls, possibly even if I wasn't around. (Some of the dolls anyways, not Mayu though.) So for me it really depends on the child and the parents. I have to know that not only is the child respectful of other people's treasures, but that if something bad WERE to happen the parents would be responsible enough to fix it.