Children handling your dolls?

My daughter is ten years old, and I trust her she wouldn't ever touch any of my dolls without asking, and she's actually never asked. What might help is that she has her own BJD, a DollLove MSD, who she handles very, very carefully. Plus she herself doesn't allow other kids to touch hers. So no problem here at all!

 

For me it depends on the child really, I'd let only ones I trust even near my dolls, so family only really.
I can't really trust my nephew because, as careful as he is, he's too young to understand the expense of dolls and how careful he should be exactly.
My niece, who is seven, is very respectful of my things, so supervised I would allow her to hold my dolls, probably my smaller ones though rather than my MSD sized ones. :3

 

I only made one kid handle my dolls before... she is my niece (9 yo) at first I was afraid to let her carry one of my dolls but my mom was so persistent she wants me to share it with her while we play...but she's a good kid. nothing horrible happened xD

 

I can't really trust any of my nieces and nephews with any of my dolls as they are all a little hyperactive and likely to be too rough with them. On the plus side though they haven't seen my dolls, nor are they likely too

 

I let my 2 year old cousin play with my doll, and because she is shy and very used to playing with baby dolls, she was very gentle with my doll, treated her very nicely, and played with her very gently. I was a little nervous but she did just fine with her. c:

 

The only kids that have been around my doll are at cons and then I don't really let anyone hold or touch him except maybe other doll owners if they want to take a picture. As for my family, I don't have any younger siblings and my cousins are all older than 11 so I wouldn't really worry about them being around him. The youngest person I know is my 3 year old nephew and he's not particularly interested in my doll. I think for me it would depend on how well I knew the kid and what sort of environment we were in.

 

That's a big NO for me. Heck I don't even really like to let people borrow my books b/c they bend the covers and stuff. So you can imagine how I feel about a bjd when I worry about a $5-10 paperback book lol. And that's adults I'm talking about. No way would I let a child mess with my doll. They're going to inevitably touch the face and that's not cool. And if they damage them, I don't want to have to deal with getting replacement money from their parents...which they probably wouldn't pay. And I don't want to go to jail for hitting a kid when they damage my doll or that kid's parent when they refuse to pay reparations.

 

Depends on the child. Some children I trust a lot more with my dolls than some adults. For example, I had my sister over a couple of weeks ago. She's 10 years old. She known about my dolls since I started collecting, but we kind of pulled Peppermint out and she said she really wanted to play with him. So I was like, why not? I told her she had to wash her hands and be very, very gentle with him because he was very, very expensive. She was like yeah, yeah I know. We agreed she was always going to put him on a high spot so that he doesn't get stepped on. Then I just left her with him and went to do work. She built him a little house with furniture and utensils and that was pretty much all she wanted to do. Got him back with slightly-tousled hair and two left hands (she tried to switch the optional hands and got confused XD), but that was it.

Of course, the big worry for me is normally the face-up, but he needs his redone. So if it got scratched or if she kept touching his face even thought I told her not to, it wouldn't have been that big of a deal. Had he just been back freshly from the artist I dunno if I would've been as nonchalant, haha.


But she's a good kid. I'd rather give her my dolls than give them to a few of my adult friends who SHOULD know better, but have no understanding of the word "careful".

 

I would have to consider the maturity level of a person, regardless of age! There are many adults I know that are less mature and apt to follow instructions than many kids I know!

 

My 2 year old nephew loves my dolls. He tries to grab them but I remind him to be gentle so he just kisses the top of their head and sits next to them and talks to them. It's really cute.

 

We let our 2 1/2 year old hold the dolls, but only when she is sitting down and supervised. She just loves the dolls and I can't say no.

 

I got my first doll when my Kiddo was 3 and he's always been allowed to help pose them but he's not allowed to play with them. He has his own (OT) doll that he plays with and works on while I work on my dolls. I probably wouldn't let any other kids near my dolls because I have very little trust in other people's kids. Honestly there are a lot of adults I wouldn't trust with them either.

 

first thought- no! Most adults cannot even handle my Fashion Royalty or my collector Silkstone Barbies, much less a BJD. Kids sometimes are more careful than adults, so it would depend.

 

I'm not really around children but I'd probably talk to the parent first to see how they handle toys in general. If the parent thinks it'll be okay, I would consider letting a kid hold my dolls and look them over. But since I haven't had that opportunity yet, I think I'm a bit nervous at the thought of it.

 

I have destructive cousins who fight and scream with each other so I don't let them touch or play with anything. If they'd quietened down a bit and learned to respect then I might let them handle BJDs lol