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Effect of Possible BJD Owning in Childhood?

Nov 2, 2010

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    1. That's a good point indeed!
       
      #21 Ipledreamer, Nov 14, 2010
    2. I think it really depends on the child and how they're raised to care for their toys.

      Say, if there's a kid who is taught that this hypothetical "play" BJD is just a tiny bit of the huge value they can have, both monetary and emotional, they'd learn to appreciate them and sooner or later "graduate" onto a bigger and "real" BJD once they can fully understand they need to be treated especially. This would only work if they're sortof responsible and enjoy the creative potential BJDs have, I think.

      There could be a somehow negative side to that scenario, where the child can never really grasp the meaning of owning a "play" BJD and once they can get a hold of a "real" one they're going to dismiss its value and mistreat them or fully lose interest.
       
      #22 Mesha, Nov 14, 2010
    3. I don't think it's the size of dolls like the article mentioned. I got tired of my Barbies since she couldn't pose worth a darn and then I got into Pokemon. The posing ability and Asian aesthetics got me into BJDs.

      Though I have a few cousins who still play with dolls, but they're not interested in my BJDs at all. I dunno if it's uncanny valley or just different aesthetics.

      I guess it depends how the kid feels about dolls once they get to that "grow out of it" stage. Some kids seem to be in a big hurry to dump everything that their peer group links with childhood while others stick to the same sorts of things.
       
      #23 zekarmisama, Nov 14, 2010
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