Children handling your dolls?

Not my cousins I'd worry about in hindsight..IT'S MY AUNT. She once laid my very old American Girl doll who was a gift and had GLASSES on concrete and I freaked out because she had scratched her face. She was also really rude and said: "I don't understand why you like this. It's SO ugly." With this look of disdain..As she set my poor Molly down right on her face up. I was only eleven when she did this so I understandably...Flipped the fuck out...Silently. I hugged my doll and apologized and refused to talk to my aunt...I'd be afraid of what she'd do to my dolls if she got ahold of them...I mean she never complimented my sewing or anything when my other cousins were curious about it...Come to think of it she only looked at my dolls with distaste. OAO;;

Note to self: KEEP ALL DOLLIEHS AWAY FROM MY AUNT.

 

I don't think I'd trust them. I'm not too good with kids and wouldn't know how to tell them no. So I would just hide mine until they left or put them up high.

Over all I'm not too trusting with people touching my nice things ( my dolls or my expensive art supplies)

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I've never let a child hold my doll because my penny is really small and peite.... and my nices and nephews are.... well to put it midly not careful in the least and i dont trust them not to break her

 

I don't even trust my 13 year old sister with my small inexpensive dolls x.x Children always seem to have so many germs and be so dirty, idk! I'd not be thrilled about letting her touch a bjd :/

 

I have four kids 2 girls and 2 boys. Ive had my dolls for 2years now and at the beginning my kids were not allowed to touch my dolls, it toke me a long time to let them touch them. But when i did i told my kids that they had to be very careful with them I showed them what they would look like if anything would happen to there hands or face if they let them fall. So there pretty good with my dolls although i don't let them play with them ALL the time.

 

I don't let my little cousins touch them, because one, i'm very scared myself I'LL break them! and two, They break a lot of their things on accident and they're reckless little children! ._. my cousin who's 10 i let her hold my pukifee, but then they got bored so they wanted to do something else. they're gentle sometimes, but i just don't trust anyone under the age of 12 with my doll! xD

 

I feel like I answered this already with a firm "heck no", but I thought I'd update: I let a child hold my doll. My favorite doll. And I don't like kids. However, this child was (at the time) acting calm, I had been around her a few days, and her parents were right there and also acting responsible. And the conversation started with me explaining that they're expensive. She only held her for a few moments, and gave her back very soon after I showed how the wigs come off

But as for letting most children hold me dolls- Heck no.

 

i suppose it would depend on the child in question. if i was absolutely sure the would be careful with my doll i would let them, but i would never let a child i didnt know handle them. i guess i am overprotective.

 

You know, some adults can act much worse than children when handling dolls... But whatever, touching my dolls without asking me is forbidden for anyone except the family, but they don't do that anyways. I never leave dolls alone if there are muggles in the room. Theoretically i can let the child handle my doll, but they have to be extragentle & extra-accurate & all under my supervision. This never happened though.

 

When my grandchildren come over I put the dolls away in my craft room. The dolls stay there for the most part but I usually have one or more out in my living room. These dolls are just too expensive & delicate to let kids play with. I have other toys and dolls for the kids when they come over but my bjd's are off limits. My husbands oldest grandchild is 8 so soon I will show her my dolls and I plan to buy her a pullip for Christmas. Once I see how she does with her own delicate doll I may allow her to handle some of my dolls.

 

My daughter's 4 and very gentle with my dolls. She knows that they are breakable, and that she will have them one day. Of course, I have trained her well. I'm sure most children of other doll people would be fantastic at handling them. Better than non dolly adults in fact. But I wouldn't trust any unless I saw how they treat their own toys first.

 

My little sister is 12, she doesn't play with them a lot because she knows they're a bit 'fragile' or she thinks so. But when she does she's careful and loves them to bits is really cute

 

Sorry if there is an older thread about this. I couldn't bring up anything on my search.

I’m about to have my second baby. My first is 2 years old right now. My husband and I like to collect a lot of things that are “toy” like. BJDS, anime figures, action figures, legos, transformers etc.

I told my husband I wasn't sure what on earth we are going to do when the boys get older and we have two very young kids on our hands. We buy them their own toys but I have a feeling they will be looking at our stuff soon and wonder why we aren't sharing with them.

I’m also not sure how poisonous BJDs are – so that makes me nervous.

How did you deal with it when your kids want to play with your BJDs? What age did you allow your kids to hold/look at your dolls? Were they even interested?

 

I don't have kids of my own (although I've enough friends with kids I mind that I have some experience)

Friends with toy collections make it clear to their kids that they mustn't touch their parent's toys, the same way they mustn't touch other stuff.

I personally have no problem with children playing with my BJD's (and other toys) - one of my Petite Ai went home with a friend's toddler once, I just collected her back the next time I went over to babysit. A messy wig was the only "damage" - it brushed out find, and that doll tends toward messy hair anyway, besides, it could easily have been replaced if it were ruined.

My guess is that it will be an individual thing depending on the child as to what age you allow them to touch (as a special treat...?) your toys. Children who aren't careful with their own stuff won't inspire you to trust them with yours.

Teddy

 

I've let my future step daughter play with some of my dolls, though not really my BJD. They are my "top shelf" dolls and she knows she can look at them, but not play (my more special antique dolls, art dolls and BJD are on the top shelf of the bookcase). She has broken a few of my other dolls in the past on accident, so I'm fine with drawing a line for certain dolls.

I really think it depends on the child, though. I've seen some children who admire and play nicely, our girl is quite lively.

 

My 6 year old brother is very grabby and likes to reach for my doll whenever he's in the vicinity (he's captivated by how the doll's head opens and the eyes come out). So I just keep my doll in high places when he's going to be over haha Kids are actually pretty understanding if you tell them not to touch your stuff, though. They don't want people to touch their stuff either, so it's not too big of a jump. It just depends on whether they're the kind of kid to listen or try to be sneaky. I would recommend high shelves or locked dolly cabinets for a bit of control, then you can bring the dolls out on your own terms. You're going to have to show them to the kids at different points because the kids will go crazy otherwise, haha, (unless you can keep them completely out of sight and out of mind) but you can still be in control of that to whatever degree you find necessary.

 

I really don't think I would let children handle any doll I brought, I really don't think I'd want to take the chance of something catastrophic happening to them ...

 

I don't know any children around me and I'm not good with children...So I don't think I will let them handle my precious dolls. If I know that I will have children visitors, I'll definitely keep all my dolls back to their box and hide them, including my other dangerous stuffs. If they see them, they might want to play and if I refuse, they may cry and argue... So just don't let them know that I have, is the best way

 

i dont even let friends touch my dolls.. so no way would i ever let kids do so. i dont trust anyone with them.. they cost me lots of money and i dont feel anyone would be as careful as i am as it was not their money spent.

 

i handle it the same way i handle by teddy bear collection (since i have some very expensive collectible bears as well) we have some toys out that kids can play with and the collectible ones are up on a shelf or out of sight. and we simply explain to any children/parents that the shelved ones are not for playing with. so far everyone has been good with the difference. and i must admit my bjds only come out around adults i'm sure will be really careful with them. most of my friends tend to understand collections and collectibles and sooner or later get curious about how much a doll costs. when they hear the price of one, most are scared to touch one anyway!