Would you let your kids play with your dolls?

I would let my husband's daughter who is 15 years old play with my dolls now, but a few years ago I wouldn't have, she was too rambunctious.

 

Ahh no they are 8 and 6.5 and pretty rough.

 

I have a daughter who is two and a son who's due in July, at this point they're too young (my son especially, ha ha). My daughter hasn't even seen the dolls yet as I don't keep them out in the open. I'll really have to see how the kids mature, but I think certainly by eight I would let my kids play with my dolls, under a certain set of rules, of course. I'm really going to have to see what happens over time, but I think at some point it will happen.

 

If I ever have kids (and the only way is if I adopt) they will have to be like 10 or older and show that they can maturely handle my dolls without fear of breaking them. I would teach them to respect thing as works of art, that they are special to mommy and that they are harder to get than a barbie/g i joe/etc


But then again, I don't even like my friends touching my dolls unless they ask..My friend picked him up once and I nearly had a heart attack X3

 

I would let them play with my dolls as long as they are careful.
They'd have to be older than 7 though so they understand how delicate the dolls are.

 

No, I would't. Maybe when they are teenagers and don't play as kids do.

 

No.

We don't have kids, but if we had children over, I would put my doll away. My doll is too valuable and expensive for kids to handle. I wouldn't even let adults touch her! lol

 

Any kids? No. Absolutely not! My own daughter (11): yes with conditions - only my MSDs (unoas) and only because I know she doesn't do much but admire them and style their wigs. Plus she's super careful.

 

I don't have kids but my niece who's 8 comes over on weekends. She's responsible enough that I actually got her one of her own. I still watch over whenever she asks if hers could play with mine but she knows to be careful with them. The only two dolls I don't let her play with is my DOC Petsha, (you could say she's my favourite.) and my Ringdoll Eve. I think she's still to young to handle this one and I'm afraid she may freak out if the stomach pops out.

 

Noooooo, I have a slight fear of children and their unending stickiness, so they're not allowed near anything I own, let alone my most expensive and delicate belongings

 

I don't have any kids yet
But i'll only let them play with my dolls when they're 11+
I don't think i'll change my mind when i actually have kids haha

 

If I had kids over 11 years old I would give new dolls. I would ask to study and do some household chores too. Kids need to understand the value of money.

 

I wouldn't let my future children play with my Unona Zero. She for right now is like a child to me and I don't allow really anyone (unless I trust them lots and they are also of the hobby) to play with or touch her

 

I don't have kids. But I probably wouldn't let them play with my dolls unless they understood what can and can't be done with the dolls, how to take care of them.

 

I don't have a kid, but when I do (maybe), I probably wouldn't even let them know I had them until they're older. If they want a toy doll, I will buy it for them, but as far as dad's dolls go...well, I'm not to sure how it would pan out, but definitely not until they're at least 16 and proven to be responsible..!

 

Not a chance. They can play with barbies(If I had kids.)

 

I don't have children, but my four year old nephew, due to his parent's situation lives with me 50% of the time. I knew when I was going into this hobby that I wouldn't be able to have my doll around him. He's your typical child, and while I allow him to use expensive things, like my laptop, phone and tablet (The things he does on PBSkids amazes me.) I would never allow him to play with my doll. He actually doesn't know she even exists. So I only get her out every other week. Before he gets here I pack her back into her box and store her safely away. It took a lot of willpower when I received her first wig and he was here. I couldn't wait to try it on her, but I waited the three days until he was gone to check it out. I was bad last night though, I bought her an outfit and my willpower was horrible. I only made it until he was asleep and then I snuck her out and put it on her. Still I don't think I'm even going to tell him about it until he's way older. She's like my little secret.

 

I don't have children yet but if/when I do I think I wouldn't let them play with my dolls. Once they were old enough to understand what 'being gentle with something precious' means then I think I'd be happy for them to hold them if they wanted to, but not to play.

As others have said, it really depends on the child and my own judgement of whether I could trust them to be careful with something that is expensive.

 

Maybe if I was sitting and letting them touch her. I don't think I could just leave my doll unsupervised. Lol

 

Where I'm living there's a five year old, sometimes he comes into my room to visit my cat, there is absolutely no way I'd let him play with my dolls, he's an alright kid, but he's not exactly careful or gentle and doesn't seem to really understand the concept of "it could break if you aren't mindful of what you're doing and if it breaks I will cry". In general it's the same with all little humans, kids just don't get to touch my dolls, they're unpredictable at best, some kids refuse to listen and some kids are sticky, I'm okay with kids and I've babysat in the past and used to want to teach but my dolls are special.

In the unlikely event that I decide to have a kid, it would depend entirely on what they were like, I would try to raise them to be kind, gentle, careful, thoughtful, basically a good kid, but there's no guarantee that their nature won't be reckless, though I assume that if you raise the kid around BJDs then they'll be more likely to know to be gentle and respectful, well, as much as a kid can be, kids will always be kids at the end of the day so I don't know, a lot of caution and a very watchful eye (probably quick reflexes too) would in all likelihood always be necessary.

Mind you, that's just my experience of the kids I've been around who have mostly been five and under. In general though I approach almost anyone touching my dolls with trepidation.