Would you let your kids play with your dolls?

BJDs...generally no. But I do have some expensive dolls that my 4 yo gdaughter adores. So, she washes her hands, sits on the rocking chair & I place the doll in her hands. I totally understand that look of adoration in her face!

 

I'm not having children, but I know that if I ever have children visitors they'll be kept far and away from my dolls and all of my collectibles. My family is notorious for spawning hyperactive children and generally letting them do as they please with empty threats and unenforced boundaries. I don't trust my relatives to raise their kids in a strict manner so that they understand rules, so their kids will not come in any contact with my resin dolls that they can't afford to replace.

 

i have not child but i think BJD dolls are too many expensive for take the risk and they are not toy, they have small parts.. could be dangerous. When i will have child they will not play with my dolls. I will let them play when big.

 

My 5 year old likes to look and talk to my dolls. She asks their names and likes drawing them and even offers some of her scale sized toys to them. I don't let her play with them though. She is much too young and I know no matter how careful she says she will be, her attention span at her age is such that she will forget what I told her about them. Maybe when she is a lot older I might get her her own if she is really interested. Right now though all she really wants are the scale sized plushies my dolls carry around and those I'm okay with her having them. She collects them all and keep them in her room and lays them all in a row in her bed at bedtime and reads them bedtime stories. So maybe someday?

 

No, I have a granddaughter that's 10 and I don't let her play with my dolls. She's not really interested but if she was I wouldn't let her play.

Linda in Wisconsin

 

I guess it depends what you can afford but these dolls are not really play things. If you dont care about them maintaining their value then its a different story I guess. I have never let my daughter "play" with my dolls, she can hold them, admire them and enjoy them that way but not "play" with them..

 

Nope. No kids are going near my BJD. I am reluctant even to let my nephew (who's the only child I'm ever around) play with my fashion dolls. =w= if that says something. He tends to throw toys around and they'll get lost alot. Of course, he's only a kid, so I understand that. I just don't want any of my tiny doll accessories to get lost. ;o; I have a big plushie collection though so if there's kids around, I usually let them play with those. I'm not gonna have kids of my own so that's not an issue either.

 

Well...my daughter got pretty sensible during the last year. She started to play really nicely with her toys.

Thus I took the decision to give her for Christmas a fully-posable vinyl doll 45 cm tall, which I really liked myself a lot. Thus no problem if she doesn't like this doll (and no, I am not counting on it). But I kind of see this as a forerunner for a BJD one day...

 

I let my daughters hold them - under supervision - and 'help' by holding items of clothing/shoes as I dress or undress them. They loooooove to give them little hugs or cuddles. At 3, that's really the extent of their capabilities. It wouldn't really be possible to not let them near my dolls unless I wanted to pack my dolls away 99% of the time which would kind of defeat my reason for having them. Besides. The way their little faces just *glow* when they get a cuddle and the excitement they share when I get a new package with some shoes or clothes etc. just adds to my enjoyment.

 

For me, definitely not.
The only children that would even possibly be around my doll would be my 2 nieces.
I'd trust the younger 8 year old to hold her safely, but would avoid it anyway (I'm a bit possessive over my special things, and my bjd falls into that category big time - especially since I've had her for such a short amount of time). Maybe further down the line, especially if I end up buying her one of her own someday - which is a possibility if she grows up maturely and doesn't become self-centered like her older sister. The older 12 year old I wouldn't even let in the same room. She's clumsy and to say that she's not careful with other people's things would be a HUGE understatement :p

 

I have 2 little girls (3 years and 1 years old) and I will absolutely will not let them play with my dolls, they are way too young to play with them and they already ruin few other non-bjd dolls >.>
I'm thinking even when they are older and understand more I still might not let my girls play with my dolls I don't really like the idea others playing with my own stuff (even my own family), but maybe I will get my girl their own bjds someday ^__^

 

This reminds me, my mom told me a while ago that when my brothers where little, under 10 older than 5, not sure the exact age, she went to go get them a radio for Christmas. She was going to get this very nice radio, thinking that they would enjoy it the most, but the sales clerk stopped her and convinced her to get a cheaper, bulkier one with brighter colors. She told my mom that kids love to experiment and press things, turn knobs, and the nicer radio wasn't made for that and that my brothers would break it too easily. They broke the cheaper one in about a month, doing exactly what the sales clerk said they would. But then when I was little, my mom had given my a porcelain doll. A few, actually. And although I treated my barbies like trash, cut their hair and put 'make up' on them, I always treated my porcelain dolls special and gently. I would lay them on the bed and make sure their hair stayed perfect and pretended they were my kids. I was like 5 years old. So I think it really depends on my kids and their personalities. But if I have one kids that would break my doll, all of them have to wait until they're old enough and mature enough not to break it, and by that time they may not even want to.

 

Let's not forget thoughtless adults!
My sister is 10 years older than me and I will hide my dolls from her if she ever comes over!
She grabs my action figures like a child would- wrangling their legs around almost breaking them.
I hate to think what she would do to my doll family-
Needless to say- no kids near them either.

 

If I have a child, I wouldn't want him/her to play with my dolls until he/she is able to handle and take care of them.

 

No way. Imagine all that money being dropped on to a floor. It makes my eyes water just thinking about it.

 

I will calmly explain to the curious children what the doll is, and inform them if they ask that they are very expensive and easily breakable so they cannot hold them. I plan to only have dolls and cats as my children, for many reasons. So never should anyone have the urge to play with them while they are at home.. I mean, sometimes my cats like laying on them, or once a friends cat tried grooming my dolls hair (LOL). But.. I dunno. I think I would get so mad at the child for breaking something so precious to me that I would not even consider possibly giving the chance to let that happen.
So.. no way. ><

 

I'd let them, but I'd be right there watching them to make sure they didn't do any harm and before hand I'd make sure they knew that they were expensive and important to me. If something happened to one of my dolls I'd be upset with myself, not them, for letting it happen

 

I've let a 3 year old hold and play with a couple of my less fragile dolls, after I explained that they were special and could only be played with if she sat down. I don't regret it and she was so happy to be playing with the big girl dolls. In a funny turn of events on Christmas she gave me a Liv doll because she said they were just like my dolls. I was absurdly happy when she gave me the doll with its messed up wig, and reassured that my decision to let her play with my dolls was the right one.

 

It really does depend on the age and responsibility of the Child. I let my responsible 8 year old daughter carefully play with my dolls under supervision and in carpeted areas only (to lessen the chance potential drop damage if her fingers were to accidentally let go of anything.)
However, I wouldn't really trust my 5 year old boy near them as he just doesn't understand the meaning of the word "careful". I am happy for him to play with my miniature tea-sets that are much less valuable, but get very nervous when he handles my dolls. It's not his fault, he's just too young / is completely the wrong personality type to understand the need to handle-with-care...and has "anger issues" where he tends to throw things when he doesn't get his way.

 

No kids, no plans for kids, but I don't even think I could allow myself to play with them. They are simply too fragile--even for resin-- and I am a serious clutz. Dress 'em up pretty, put 'em in a nice cabinet for looksies.