When, or if you do have children, do you intend to give your dolls away to them?

for nothing and I have my 4 year old son and I have them on top on a shelf and know that her mother's wrists do not play: D

 

If i ever had kids and they said they wanted a bjd i would tell them they were too young,
and that they can go play with their barbies, power rangers or something xD

If in highschool they were still interested in bjds, i would say they could save allowance and get a bjd that way.
(thats what i did, i saved my lunch money lol)

But i would never let anyone have my dolls.

 

I figure that my dolls would be willed to whoever would most be happy with them. My dolls are my dolls while I'm still around, but I know I would prefer my dolls to go to someone who'd love them when I'm gone. Whether that's a child (who would hopefully be an adult by this time) a grandchild (who would hopefully be at least a teenager) a good friend, whoever.

Oddly, by that point, my dolls would have been around for so long I'd almost hope that whoever got them willed to them would keep the dolls as the characters that I'd made for them. You know, in my memory or something. I mean, theoretically they'd have been that way for...50+ years, right? Be nice if they could be loved by my progeny the way they were. But you know, what am I going to do if they don't? Haunt them? Tempting, but... lol

 

I would most probably give them away if there was someone who showed interest in having them that I felt I could trust to look after them. If there was no one then I would obviously keep them for myself. I hate to think of them being pushed onto someone who didn't want them or even thrown out.

 

If I were to ever have kids, they might could have my dolls in the future when I'm gone. That would be only if they showed complete interest in them and would keep them how I've made them (and wouldn't be a child). Otherwise, if my significant other would surpass me in living and if he liked them enough, he could keep them. As long as my dolls were in good loving hands, I would be fine.

 

If/when I have children, and they show interest in dolls I will let them buy their own dolls (may be with some my financial help). But my dolls is just mine. Of course i will let them touch them.)
(and it will happen when children will be in required age for playing with bjd dolls)

 

At this point I know I won't have children...so I need to think about a plan for my dolls after I am gone. I will probably "gift" them to friends who have an interest and can appreciate them.

 

My son is 3 years old. He is not much interested in my BJDs, he rather like Ken Barbie dolls or something like that, but I put my BJDs away from him. Who knows that thought can come to his head.

 

i think that giving a bjd to a 6/7 year old is silly but to a teen with an interest i think its OK. However i believe it is healthy to be a mum and have your own interests so i would keep the my dolls and maybe allow my child to have there own

 

I would never give my doll to my kid before she/he atleast reach the age of 12. Unless, it was an old and not so dear doll, then I would considered it around the age of 10.

 

I have all my dolls cataloged, so if something happens it is easy for my family to sell them off.

 

Oh no, no, no, no, no. I'd never give away my Josephine, even to my own (possible) future children. They would have to earn one on their own. My stuff is mine. Just because you're a parent doesn't mean everything belongs to your kid. Most likely they would want other sculpts as well, as I would involve them in my hobby if they showed interest. If I were to get rid of a doll, I'd much rather sell then give away, but that's my personal opinion.

 

For me, it really depends whether or not they like the sculpt of doll I have. I feel that at the point in time when I do have children and they are old enough to responsibly own a BJD, and they really want one of mine, I'll let them have it. Should they want one of their own, they can either earn it or it will have to be a birthday or Christmas gift.

 

My dolls are my dolls, and my eventual kid that I will never have should get their own.
I might let my kid play carefully with my dolls sometimes, under supervision.

Perhaps after a while I would buy my kid their own when they are old enough not to choke on little pieces and know to take care of it. (Like a puki, because I want one, but I would never buy one. I tend to only turn to SD dolls. Or any other smaller, cheaper doll)
Then when my kid gets older, he/she gets to save up for his/her own doll, or gets to wish for one for birthdays or christmas.

 

Well, why not?
I don't have any children, but I do have quite a small horde of nieces and nephews (my cousins' children, actually). Out of all of them, only a niece shows interest in my dolls, and likes dropping by from time to time to change their clothes and wigs, comb their hair, and play with them for a while - the girl actually handles my dolls more carefully than I, quite the clumsy one But at the same time, she seems to be more interested in my Pinky's collection...

Anyway, I'd been wondering about my doll collection and who would be interested in keeping it if something ever happened to me. I dearly love my dolls and wouldn't think of leaving them to my more destructive, less dollie-appreciative nieces and nephews; after all, the Barbie collection I had in my childhood was literally torn to pieces by my cousins. I'm not asking for other people to take care of my dolls as much as I do; keeping them on a dust-free shelf would be enough. But the mere thought of having them face the same fate than my Barbies... JUST NO. This is why I was so worried about my dolls - until I realized my mother liked my dolls. Well, the fact that she's been the one to conduct three -out of four- box openings for my dolls should have been a hint, now that I come to think of it... And then there's my sister, who was converted to BJDs by me, and ordered her first -she swears it'd be her last, too: we'll see- a couple of months ago.

So, even if my relatives aren't actively interested in the hobby, now I know they'll take good care of them in my stead. I know my mother will; even if she'd have to ask for any other person to look after my dolls, I'm sure she'll tell them to treat them well, for "Cristina (that's me) really liked them". We've been taking care of my grandmother's dolls collection for the same reason (my late grandmother liked stuffed dolls and collected Japanese wooden and porcelain dolls), and now I'm sure my family would look after mine, too.

...Of course, if either my sister or my niece expressively ask for my dolls, I wouldn't have a reason to tell them "no". But I've been thinking of threatening to haunt them from the other life, were they to mistreat (or resell!) my beloved dolls in any way... Just in case.

 

I am very attached to my dolls. I would hope that my kids like them, but I would make them earn their own. I yould love it that when I do eventually die, they will keep at least one of my dolls and think of me, like I do with my grandmother's ring I wear every day. I would like that my dolls to be something that would hold memories for them. But yeah, they won't be inheriting my dolls until I die.

 

My two girls already have a number of my dolls, plus several of their own, and we have a great time "playing" together. Lizardbreath is the artistic one, so I often turn to her for supplemental opinions on "looks" for my crew.

They do tend to think I overdo it; on the other hand, I'm the one with the income, so...yeah

ETA: I noticed several posts saying that they should earn their own dolls/choose their own dolls. I do agree with that to a certain extent, but I also have given them some of mine for gifts or just because I couldn't quite figure out what to do with them. Some of these "in-house adoptions" have come back to me, too. A lot of this, though, is an effect of my suspicion that I will not be around long enough to enjoy any potential grandchildren (Bugling was born when I was 41, so you see how that goes). So I blame my excesses on my own second childhood plus playing Mom + Grandma at the same time!

Oh! and this!

Is an excellent idea, one that I really should do given the size of my collection. I'm sure the girls could handle it easily enough but it would be good to lessen the load if I can.

 

My son has alot of 'figures' such as Halo, Transformers, Games Workshop, so he finds the BJD thing pretty cool too, altohugh I don't know if he'd want one of his own (I hope not, I can't afford it lol!)

 

I have four children and if they want to have bjd's as a hobby when they get in their teens, then maybe. Unfortunatly, I only have one doll right now..

 

I've never thought about giving my dolls to them but I always toyed with the idea of slowly getting them into it. I've seen dolls in stores that has kind of the same concept as BJDs where you can buy wigs and clothes and hands ect. for them but for kids and made of plastic. It's kind of like advanced barbie. Then when they start to get older possibly start them off with a small BJD and teach them how to take care of it and that it can't be treated like any other toy (i.e. being thrown in the corner of the room or in a toy box)