Children handling your dolls?

I let my now 8 year old son carry my large doll when she got to heavy for me at con the other year and he was happy to do so. He has full access to my dolls under my supervision. I also will let other children touch on occassion because I believe in passing on why you love something or hobby. On the other hand I also would never allow his slightly older cousin even in the same room as one of my dolls as she tends to destroy anything she feels like.

 

Yeah....there's some adults that I barely trust my babies with, much less a penniless, uncaring kid. No thanks, they can enjoy the privilege of just looking if I'm feeling nice.

 

Um... no. My mom keeps suggesting I let my neices see my dolls (they are 11) and even though 11 is kind of an old enough age, it still makes me a little nervous. Maybe when they're like 15 or 16.... LOL.

 

My 10yr old niece loves dolls. She plays with mine frequently. She absolutely adores my moms PukiPuki and is always trying to convince me to get her one. (I said no. I may get her a tiny RS instead). However, she wouldn't play with any of the dolls without an adult present. She is just too young to be trusted.

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One word : NEVER!!

I've only bad experiences with children, especially my cousin's daughter. Had me nope-ing out of the door when she was like, "M**ley would LOVE HER!! She loves dollies!" Mind you my doll is male. orz My jimmies get rustled whenever a family members boast about how their kids love dolls and would LOVE to play with your dolls. Mind you I've had a pretty expensive cosplay wig ruined because someone allowed their children to play dress up with my stuff. Ugh never again.

 

I don't mind children playing/handling my dolls as long as its under supervision; most of my cousins tend to be rather gentle and will listen if spoken to so I just tell them to be careful not to drop them or touch their face and it's usually just fine c:

 

I very foolishly forgot to put my doll away before a visit with my much beloved nieces aged 4 and 7 at the time. The 7-yr-old was too creeped out by the removable eyes to be interested. The 4-yr-old that my doll was awesome and wanted to play. Disregarding being told to handle carefully, part of the doll's faceup got a little scratched and the curled ponytail clip-ons got trashed. ..I would say it all depends on the kiddo..

 

Depends on the child! I know some kids I'd trust with a treasured Ming Dynasty vase and others I wouldn't trust with a teddy bear.

 

i would never be able to let a kid hold my doll.... I dont even like letting adults hold my doll people in my life just dont seem to understand that thesse are expensive and cant jsut be treatd like a toy

 

I am rarely around children so the situation will probably not come up anytime soon. I feel like there are children who can be wonderful and careful about handling things, but I'm not going to let just any kid handle her and I'm not going to trust their parent's word. I would have to know the kid pretty well first... see how they mind their elders, etc. Yes, I'm paranoid like that for a reason lol

 

Grumpy Cat sums up my feelings nicely!

 

I'm with grumpy cat! My dad had two sayings "Children should be seen and not heard" and "Don't...touch....anything". He was very wise.

 

Luckily there are no kids in my life at the moment so I won't need to worry when my first BJD gets here. As for the future, I want to say absolutely not! Haha. But in reality, it depends. They would have to be a certain age, at least 7 or 8 at the youngest I think. And with my supervision lol.

 

I allow my 10 yr old daughter hold my dolls, she loves them and is very careful with them. The eyes creep her out a bit and She is trying to convince me to buy her one. I have more problems with my cat!

 

I let my seven year old hold my dolls and my three year old nephew too. I am with them when they do hold her and have told them countless times to be careful so the most they do is hold her and look at her. There are plenty of adults I wouldn't trust near my dolls and some kids too. If the kiddo is with me and is someone who listens well then I say yes. Having kids means they have to learn to respect things and the best way to teach them is by example.

 

My two year old niece is terrified of BJD's LOL She will not come near them. She's the only young one I'm ever around, but if she wasn't scared, and was gentle, I would let her check them out. As for other peoples children, I probably wouldn't let them. Only because I don't know them and wouldn't be willing to risk it, it wouldn't really be personal. I've seen kids at some meet ups that were gentle with the dolls, more so than some adults I've encountered, lol.

 

I am personally not around many children and I think it'd depend if I knew the child or not and how old they are.

 

If there are children who I would allow to touch my doll, I certainly haven't met them. Any kid I know better not even breathe on her. Then again I don't even like my adult friends touching her, let ALONE their kids--- they're not doll people themselves, and it's just that sort of grabby, pawing curiosity-touching that makes me want to say "Look with your EYES, not with your HANDS." Which is why when friends come over to my house, Delphine goes in her box until company leaves. (The only sort-of exception to this is my daughter, who is 13. And her handling of my doll has been very, very minimal--- she doesn't really want to handle her because the big SD size is intimidating to her. She's looking forward to the arrival of her first bjd, a tiny.)

 

I don't know if I would trust little kids with my dolls. It makes me kind of nervous thinking about it. ^^;

 

Most of my cousins are rambunctious boys, and the girls are even worse. I'd be way too afraid to being a doll to a family gathering and mortified if any of my little family members got ahold of a BJD and decided they wanted to play with it. So no, never in a million years.