Children handling your dolls?

It depends on the child, really. If I know s/he is gentle and responsible enough to handle my doll, I would love to let them play with it, regardless of their age. There can be a responsible 4-year-old and a non-responsible 20-year-old, it's really up to the child's character if I'll be glad to let them handle my doll or not.

But as a rule, I usually won't let children under the age of 4 handle my dolls- just because their motoric skills etc. are usually not developed enough to be able to not drop the doll and such.

 

the only kid i allow to come within 30 ft of isaac is one of my best friends who is about 11 years old. she has so much fun posing him, but when she started changing his clothes she freaked cause he is kind of anatomically correct... lol.

other than that i dont trust kids near him... i mean come on, you have to remind them sometimes to wash their dirty hands.

 

No one touches my dolls except me, and its not a rule I make, its the fact that no one wants to because they fear breaking them..even my roommate won't move them...and if they are somewhere he needs to move or something he waits for me to move them...he doesn't want to be responsible in case something happens to them..
and i don't know many people with kids, so I don't worry about that..

 

I'm 14, so I'm not sure if I count.
I'm very selective with who gets to hold Lune, most people I haven't even shown her to yet. Only my really close friends that I can trust easily and my family is allowed to hold her. Even then I'm not so sure.

 

Afraid not, no way. The only kids that come to my house are my niece (4) & nephew (2) and as they dont know the meaning of no I keep Remy well away from them. I dont have a very child friendy home, wood and tile floors and very steep stairs and a balcony, so when they do come to visit I spend the whole time running round after them to stop them hurting themselves.

My friends kids are older, but dont come to the house. A fact I am very grateful for are they are demolition experts at the ages of 7 & 6.

 

Considering most kids are just used to Barbies and Bratz which can be thrown in to walls and be carried around holding it's hair then well... No, probably not.

I do have a girl cousin, my youngest cousin for that fact. But she should be around 9-10 now... Since my family never celebrated birthdays I really don't know!XD But she has had ahnds of destruction since she was a kid. If she touch it, it will break. She's cool though. I remember when I bought her a My Scene Barbie, the costume one with butterfly wings. We opened her together and it was really cool. She was so happy cause she had been wanting it really badly. ^^

But BJD's are more like collectable dolls, less fragile yes, but then again, it should be played with as kids usually play with their toys, cause it's not really a kid's toy.
Of course I do understand that kids who's parents have introduced them to BJD's will have a great respect and handle them well cause they were taught to more or less. But give a totally unknowing child one and I don't think it will go unchipped for very long.

 

Generally speaking, I'd have to give a, "sorry no" to anyone under 12. I don't even fully trust my mom with my dolls, ever since the time she stained my poor Shinya's white blouse with chocolate. My younger sister is 15, the youngest in my family, and she doesn't really give a rat's ass about my dolls. She wants her own, a BF Emilie...

Usually I'm not within a stone's throw of young'ns, aside from at school. It's a hippie art school (ages 4-18,) where the children are allowed to run amock indoors and out. So, they're muddy, sticky and mostly very ill mannered children. In their cases it's a very emphatic "NO." Though, I try my best to avoid kids.

I doubt a kid could understand the sentimentality that these dolls hold. They can be trained to "play nice," but can they really grasp the idea that these are not just regular toys? I'm uncertain that they can. And at this point in my life my dolls are basically what keeps me going. I can just picture myself hysterically sobbing and flailing around on the floor after some little brat breaks one of my dolls, with the kid just standing there laughing. As pathetic as that may sound, it's true. I'm completly invested in them emotionally. I never intend to have kids and I can't imagine warming up to one enough to let it hold one of my dolls. I know this sounds unkind, but it's just how I feel. I'm not usually so blunt, so please forgive me, if you will...

But, that's enough of my rabble! ^^'

 

Oh my god, I would NEVER let my siblings touch my doll if I got one. Not in a million years @__@ It makes me sound mean and greedy but I probably wouldn't even let them look at my doll too often. They're very destructive...

 

Depends on the child. My sister used to nanny for 2 little boys, ages 4 and 2, and sometimes she would bring them over to house to visit. The younger boy could have cared less for my dolls, he was more interested in my Dad's Hess Trucks. The 4 year old was quite fascinated by my collection of littles (obitsus&volks) and my big doll Isabelle. He wanted to know everyones name. I let him dress Isabelle and he was very careful about it.

Now if this had been some of the other children my sister had babysat or my cousin's children I would have said no. One thing I have learned as a toy collector (I collect everything from anime to mini RCcars) is to make sure you have something for the kids to play with. I had this bucket of legos I picked up for like $5 on clearence. Whenever a kid would ask to play with expensive action figure or rc car I would smile and say "aw gee, I'm really sorry but you can't play with that but I do have something else you can play with," and then I would bring out the legos. Most of time it distracted them.

 

Yeah ok, if a child came anywhere near my doll, their face would be hitting the back of my hand. I don't trust children of any age, none the less want them touching my boy. He isn't a damned barbie or American girl doll.

I don't like people who treat these dolls like well....dolls! I know it sounds strange, but it's just how I feel.

 

I have a neice that loves my dolls, but shes too little to understand that they are fragile, but when ever I do a new face up or clothing I always show her the end results.when she gets older I would surely buy her one if she shows the respect of being able to take care of special toys. Having worked fanime and Dollectable..I trust kids about the same as adults. At Dollectable it was nice to be somewhere where you didnt have to worry about your dolls ...but at fanime Id say the that I had more trouble with adults than children..I had to actually "take" a doll that my friend owned from a woman who was being just down right rude to the doll she kept pulling its top down for some unknown reason.. weirdness . But I would ONLY let any child that I knew who understands HOW to handle a delicate doll hold mine. It doesnt matter about grubby hands..I wouldnt let a adult with dirty hands hold mine either. Kindness to all

 

I'm in the 'depends on the child' school.

There's one specific child I've let play with my doll with only moderate supervision since she was four (but not near the baby sister, who is still in a chewing-things stage).

Some random child--not (adjective) likely.
Ditto some random adult, though. No way.

Talk to me a bit, kid or grown-up; maaaaybe.

Ann in CT

 

The first expereince I had with children and any of my dolls was only about a week ago really. I wanted to show my future sister in law my new boy, because despite the fact that she's not really into the dolls she thinks they're all really nice and pretty. My to be neice who just turned 2 exclaims "want see". I went over near her and told her she could see him, but no touching (she'd just finished eating cookies and had stuff on her hands). She was soo adroable just looking at him in awe. Later she came to me again, clean this time and just walked up and looked at him with her little awe face. I think when she gets a few years older as long as she's got clean hands I won't mind her touching my dolls. I will be with her if she does mind you, but for the fact that only at two when i say "look don't touch" and she doesn't even try and reach out. I think she understands pretty well already. She also in two years has not been very hard on any of the toys that have been bought for her. All her stuffed animals except for the one we got her at 2 months old are all in great condition even.

 

I brought my girl (SD Ria) to dance class with me to show my friend. Well, she's 12, and she has a lot of younger siblings, both girls and boys. They were in awe with her beauty. They all wanted to hold and touch her, and they were very gentle and sweet. It was the cutest thing! I know some young kids I wouldn't trust with my doll, but I know some kids who are really mature for their ages who I trust. I thought it was great how much they loved my doll!

 

I agree with others that it depends upon the child. My daily routine doesn't bring into contact with kids, but the park where I take a lot of doll pictures has loads of children, most of whom I wouldn't trust, more because of dirt, etc than actual fear that they'd drop her. But when visiting family I will let my nieces play with her because I can better control the environment. So situation makes a big difference.

 

I don't have my doll yet, but I agree with the people who say it depends on the child. I doubt my brother will be allowed to handle the doll, since he's not the carefullest of people (nearly shoved laptop of desk, almost stepped on sleeping kitten, etc.) But there are some children I might trust. A few of my cousens, for example, would understand that it's expensive and has to be handled carefully. Though I wouldn't trust one with really young children. The kind that like to chew on hard things (even though he's three now and supposibly got over that phase, yet there are inexplicable bite marks on my watch...)

 

Um...I don't know I don't have any young children in the family close by (unless I drive into a different country xD) so I don't get a chance to know wether I could trust them or not.

Unfortunatly I'm very possesive, I actually don't know if I'd let my 14 yr old sister hold my doll. She is a tad irresponsible an by the state of her room.....kinda a lack of respect.

But I think I could if I knew the child well and we had respect for each other ^^

 

Depends on the kid. I have a 2 year old son, who has stolen one of my dolls ( a DZ BB), named it Charlie and carries him EVERYWHERE. Lol, its sort of my sacrificial doll. He's really respectful and careful about the other ones and always asks for permission before touching them.

Charlie has survived my toddler without a scratch.

My LE Lati Censya though? Nope. he can look at her from afar. ^_^;;

 

I don't think I would let children hold my BJD. All the kids I know are a little too active, and I have some regrets in letting children handle my stuff.
For me to let a child touch my BJD, I would have to know him/her very very well, and know that he/she would be careful with my boy.

I'm not confortable with certain teenagers and adults handlig them too. It depends. But when I see that they treat their things badly I just feel that I would be making a mistake letting them hold my BJD.

It really depends...

 

Yeah, sure! Heck, I'm a kid myself (just 14). Unless they're hyperactive or sticky, I'd let them. I've passed Cam to a few kids (4th grade and under-ish), and when I told them that she was very expensive and special to me, came from Korea, and not to touch her face, it was painted on and could come off if it was touched, they were very careful with her. It was adorable! I wouldn't leave them alone in a room with her, but it's fine so long as I'm there.

As opposed to some adults, who proceed to rub her face and twist her limbs until I tell them to stop. >_> Some people...