Children handling your dolls?

I let adults touch my dolls but my two young nieces are not careful at all so they can only look and never touch. I've given them stuff before and told them to be careful and 1 minute later it was destroyed. They are ages 5 and 9. They never have been careful with anything sadly.

 

Never, and I probably never will for some kids I know, at least until they get much older. The best example is my eldest niece, who is 3 years old and spoiled rotten. My poor doll would get a Crayola marker faceup and then she would beat people with it and throw it across the room. -.- I have to hide my Ankara carefully when she is around as a result, or keep her with me if I leave the house in case she sneaks into my room.

 

I'd probably never let a child handle any of my dolls. I don't even feel comfortable with anyone else handling my dolls, if that. Had my dad yank my doll from my hand once, and I swore she was about to explode from his grip. Never did that again. :P

 

I wouldn't let my niece hold my bigger dolls because she's only 2 years old, but I wouldn't mind letting her hold my tiny as they are sturdier, and if she's careful enough with it. No throwing her around the house like she did with my Legos.

On second thought, maybe I'll wait until she's older.

 

I would not let any children touch my dolls, I think of them as another form of art.. not necessarily toys as some children might assume that they are.

 

Don't think I'll let anyone handle 'em, honestly. There are careful kids who will listen when you tell them how to treat something so as not to damage it, and adults who will grab at anything without asking and try to break whatever they get their hands on; in my experience the risk is more of an individual person thing than an age thing unless we're talking "too young to understand spoken words or have much physical coordination". But even with somebody careful and respectful, accidents can happen. If my doll that I probably cannot replace gets damaged, it's easier if there's nobody but myself to blame. XD

 

I have a little sister, and I have just got my ball jointed doll *new to owning one, i have owned dolls before but not a bjd from dollmore fffff* anyways I was carrying her whit me in the house and my little sister who is 5 got back form school, I basically threatened her and say if she touches my doll, without permissiona nd when Im not there, I will skin her alive XD

She basically agreed and tries to touch it until i got hulk on her for getting close XD I THINK it depend son the maturity of the child, my sister knows not to go near it without me being there and so far she hasn't. but i would never leave her alone with it becaz I have seen the state of her own barie dolls XD

 

I find that if I casually mention how much the doll cost parents are very quick to stop their children from going anywhere near them lol. I get slightly iffy when adults who aren't experienced with dolls handle my dolls so I couldn't let a child handle my dolls. Regardless of how careful the child was I couldn't handle the stress of watching it and waiting for possible disaster to strike at any minute!

 

I have, yes. When I did a shoot outside I had my 8 year old(7 at that time) sister hold my doll because she doesn't really stand up on her own. She just happened to be there, so I decided to have her make herself useful xP I wouldn't let just any child handle her, though, it would depend on how well I know them and thei rlevel of maturity. My sister understands when something is to be treated with care, and since I was there instructing her it wasn't a big deal. I made her wash her hands because she'd been playing in the dirt, too, and I just explained to her why and she understood.

 

My boyfriend has a two year old son and I would never let him touch my dolls. He would be allowed to touch my MLPs because he can't break those.

I don't like others to handle my dolls in general. When my boyfriend was allowed to touch my newly arrived Pukifee her head fell off!!! We were both shocked^^

When I have own children in a few years they will be allowed to touch them because they will grow up with my dolls and learn how to be careful.

 

I had Flynn with me this weekend when I was home with my folks - a 30cm Lumedoll. I introduced him to my little niece, who's not two years old, yet. She was very careful and only did what I allowed her to do (i.e. pet his soft hair, hold him really carefully). It's also worked out quite well with Celaran (75 cm doll) when she was even younger (had him home with me for Christmas). If she stays that careful, I don't think I'll ever have a problem, letting her handle my dolls. Nor surprising, really, since she's being raised in a family where it's the normal thing to be careful when you touch someone else's stuff, so that's what she's being taught ...

 

i only let my daughter touch my doll when i watch her. so far she has been very careful. i told her how much it has costed and why it was important to be careful in general. she knows she has to have clean hands also to be able to pick her up, she is 9 and growing and i want her to learn how to handle them, because at some point she'll be inheriting me lol

 

Im only around one child and she is an incredibly intelligent 2 year old. She loves my boy and even calls him by name. I let her play with him under my supervision. Usually, she just carries him around and gives him toys to hold, like her baby dolls. Shes always been super careful with him.

 

I don't like children and am never around one anyway. I wouldn't let any child handle my dolls.

 

No, never. After a friend managed to damage a doll after being left alone with him for under a minute, I refuse to let anyone near them. With kids, I don't think it would be worth the risk - some of these dolls are quite heavy and even if the child has good intentions, they could accidentally drop a doll. Plus, it seems kind of pointless. The dolls aren't soft or cuddly, so I doubt holding one would be that fun for a child. (Of course, I may be wrong since I don't interact with children often.) My nieces and nephews would much rather pet my dog than hold a doll.

 

Well... I just show them the bjd's movie from korea...

 

I handed a 1/6 doll to my 2 year old niece a few weeks ago, thinking she wouldn't be interested anyway. When she appeared to actually be interested, I kept watching her closely. She was very intrigued by the doll's eyes so when she started poking those at some point, I took the doll away :P. But hey, a 2 year old, what did I expect...

What was very cute, was that she loved playing with the joints too. She'd move the arms up and down saying "up... down. up... down" :P

 

ohh never ever ever ><

i don't think i'd trust a toddler to not harass my dog, let alone my doll haha

 

Depends on the kid, but most of my younger relatives are terrified of my dolls so it is not a common issue...

 

I'm ok with most adults touching, but I don't want kids touch me or my stuff. Period. It doesn't matter if they are "mature" or "well behaved", i don't like kids and I've seen far too many things get drooled on or end up with Cheeto yuck smeared all over it...NO. WAY.