Would you let your kids play with your dolls?

No, not even a little bit.

Explanation: my daughter is 5 years old and until now she broke quite some toys. She just tends to test out things in ways they were simply not designed for.

I would never let her touch my model horses, and I equally would not let her touch my coming-into-existence BJD. Both are made of exquisite resin and are not toys which can be tasted or similar.

She can play with her horse carriage and lorries, which seem to be a bit tougher than my "toys".

Perhaps when she a bit older (about 8 years), then we can play together. Let's wait and see.

 

This seems awfully similar to the "Is it 'wrong' to let younger kids have BJDs" thread.

 

I let my older son, who is nearly 4 now, 'play' with my dolls, supervised, and have since he was 2. He talks to them, gives them high fives, and shakes their hands. He picks them up gently to give to me if he knocks them over, or bumps the table I put them on when I'm working with them, causing them to tumble to the floor. He knows he has to be gentle with them, and that he is NOT to touch them unless mommy is there to 'help' him. I would NEVER let him play with one un-supervised, though! His toys have a tendency to get damaged, broken...or fed to our puppy. That, and he's had times where he was mad at mommy and a doll was in reach that he has intentionally knocked it down, or thrown it to the floor. So...supervised play only.

My younger son...needs to grow up more first. He's 16months old, and has a serious tendency to snatch my doll wigs and chew on them if he can find a way to get to them. If I have eyes out to work on a face-up, I also have to be careful of where I put them, as he tries to eat them. So he is FAR too little to be allowed to do more than look. As he gets older, and is more well behaved with toys in general, or more able to understand to be gentle and NOT try to eat them, he'll be allowed to interact the same as his brother is.

If I don't let them, and they want to, when they get older, I'm sure that my dolls will become 'mommy's toys we can't have' and as such be the ONE thing in the house they are DETERMINED to play with when no one is around to catch them. My sister and I did it over a little porcelain cat my mom had...wound up breaking it, and trying to hide it by gluing a piece of paper into the broken section (we were little!). So rather than risk my boys, who are far more like my sisters and I than their daddy about such things, playing with them, or trying to, when no one is around to catch them, and breaking them, they are allowed to play, supervised, so long as they can be gentle. It takes the 'forbidden' out of it, which, for most children, takes the 'WANT' out of it, too. As they get older, they'll either keep their interest enough to each get a doll or 2 of their own, or they'll decide that dolls are too girly for them, and lose interest completely. But either way, they'll know that if they WANT to play with the dolls, all they have to do is ask, and be gentle, and they'll be allowed, with no need to sneak around, or steal a doll to play with it.

 

Similar, but still different threads. That thread was asking right vs wrong and should you let a child own a BJD. This thread is asking would you let them play with your personal dolls. They are technically different topics. <.<

I don't have any children and when it comes to ABJD I think of them as collectable loveable art more than a toy. So no I would not let children play with my dolls; at least not until they were old enough and responsible enough to understand their value.

 

I also don't have (hurr, I typed 'own' there at first :p ) kids, but my answer would be a resounding no. Kids tend to be rough with everything, so letting them handle a very pricey item is a really bad move. Even if the kid was really well behaved, I'd still be wary, and though I'd probably let them touch my doll (though probably after cleaning those grubby little hands of theirs first mind you), I wouldn't let them hold my doll, as he is quite heavy anyways, and little kids arms are quite noodly in my experience. May not be a big drop, but I my heart would probably stop all the same.

 

Not a BJD - too $$$ and as careful as kiddies are I'd wait.

My son is 6mths old lol so haven't come across it, but my 5 yr old niece loves my dolls. She is very gentle but being 5 her gentle is different than adult gentle. I have some barbies and she plays with those

That said I'd let my 11yr old niece touch them, she has an understanding of expensive and has better co-ordination

 

Perhaps one method could be to get a child save his or her pocket money for e.g. a Barbie. Then (in my case my daughter) perhaps gets a feeling that dolls are something which is not easily bought in a shopping mall (you can do that, too, of course).

Perhaps then she understands better that it takes several months (at least for me) to get together the money for a BJD. Just to teach kids an understanding for values.

I would be happy if, when a bit olds, our daughter joins in the gang. It may certainly also be possible that she prefers completely different things.

 

To an extent I do. I don't hand them a doll and send them off to their rooms to play with them. I think that would scare my kids to be honest. They see how I interact with my dolls and they treat them the same way. The dolls live on shelves in our library/homeschooling classroom. My oldest son can reach the dolls on the lowest shelf, he just doesn't bother trying. He asked if Amaryllis could sit next to the computer with him to "help" with his school work. She holds a small globe and helps with history and geography lessons. I also catch him out there talking to her and showing off while he is playing games. Mostly he just fluffs her skirts and fusses with her hair. I'm not particularly concerned about him damaging her at all. He is 9 and for his birthday he asked for his own doll. He now has a DZ bunny of his own who either lives in his bedroom or sits by the computer. If I ask him he can retrieve a doll for me from the shelves and even help with dressing and restringing dolls. Though he usually tells me the larger SD's are too heavy to carry for very long. My youngest was only 2 when I started collecting so he has never been allowed unsupervised with the dolls. He is almost 5 now. He can't reach even the lowest shelf the dolls sit on but he can reach the desk Amaryllis is sitting on, he just knows better than to pick her up. If he asks I will let him hold and play with the smaller dolls and he loves hanging out with my 70cm boy. He desperately wants his own doll but I'm a bit skeptical. He loves to watch me do face ups and I frequently find him talking with Kitsune. I think they are plotting something. He has a bit of an odd sense of humor. Whenever I get a new doll the first thing he says is "Now take off his head!!!" Though I do have to admit, I take my dolls heads off a lot.

 

I do let my kids hold my dolls however they are not allowed to carry them around or change their clothing. (My older daughter doesn't care about the dolls and my younger daughter likes to make the dolls sit and move around their hands)

I think that one of the smaller vinyl dolls (or dolls with simpler joints) will one day be a good gift for my now 4 yr old (maybe when she's 7 or 8) but for now I'm waiting. (She gets as much fun out of her barbies after all)

 

I am still young and of course I don't have a child of my own yet,
but I think I wouldn't let them play at them at all until they are old enoughto play with them
when they are already matured enough to determine right from wrong, so as they could not destroy your doll( which is not "just a doll" , it's seriously bunch of money we are talking about here* ^^) and your heart as well
it is better to let them play other child toys, than something that may terrify and bother you...

 

I don't have kids, but hypothetically ... it depends on the child, how old they are, which doll it is and what you mean by 'play.' I would not leave a small child to play with my dolls unsupervised. I might let a careful child handle one of my less fussy dolls with close supervision, however.

 

OMG! I love this topic..I just received my first BJD and when I opened it, I had to make sure my 2yr old was in her bed! She came down stairs in the middle of the night..I had my doll dressed and sitting up on a window (it's a high small window). My new doll was the first thing she saw when she came in the room! She wanted to play with it instantly....

I bought her a barbie, so when she gets the urge to want to play with my bjd...she has her own doll to dress and love. I absolutely do not let her play with my doll. However, I can't wait for the day (when she's older) we can share a fun hobby together

 

I would if I had any. After their personal inclination, children are as careful and respectful of things as their parents or instructor teach them to be. I bring a doll with me when I work evenings at a church nursery and the kids are all fascinated by them and ask tons of questions. I show them how the pieces work and let them either hold or gently touch the doll depending on their age. They remember everything, too! I brought Marche's head last night and when I was showing a 3 year old boy how I put the eyes in, an older girl said "You're touching the face!? You said not to!" Hehe, I showed her how I was actually holding it under the chin and top of the forehead and she relaxed. I'm so proud.

 

I kind of disagree (nothing personal)- I think that since we're talking about kids which do or would belong to us, it's a completely different story. Until you have children, you won't know whether they could be trusted with something like that. I know that as I child I would have loved bjds and been very careful indeed- so long as they didn't scare me. I don't have children either, but if I did, I know they'd be well behaved and perfectly capable of supervised play with my bjds, because I would take special care to socialize them in such a way that they would be.

 

No! Never!!! But fortunately I have no kids.

 

I think a persons experience with children or lack thereof will be a big factor in the yes or no. I wouldn't let my kids ever handle my doll like a barbie but I would certainly love to engage them in my hobby if they are a responsible and respecting child.

 

Depends on the child really (and possibly the doll.)

My nephew is 8 months old and I have let him "play" with my Volks doll. Well not exactly play more like smack her in the face for a few minutes. She had no wig on at the time and he was clean so I figures why not? For some odd reason he really like Bea. Every time I bring her over he wants to touch her. None of my other dolls get a reaction like that. When he gets a bit older my dolls will be off limits until I know he understands that these are Aunt Tippany's special toys.

On the other hand I don't think I would ever let my cousin's daughter or son touch any of my dolls. They are very rough on their toys and have little respect of other people's things. (My younger cousin once ruined a whole role of film on my dad when he was fooling around with my dad's good camera.)

 

I don't have kids, but I have nieces and nephews, not to mention kids I babysit sometimes. From the age of about 3, they've all gotten to handle my dolls if they're interested. But, I make sure to supervise closely, we sit on the carpet, and I only bring out one doll at a time. Most kids understand the concept of "delicate and special". I HAVE met certain kids I wouldn't let near my dolls, so it totally depends on the kid. I would have been fine with a small BJD when I was 8 or 9--I took really good care of my American Girl doll at that age. So I might get my 9-year-old (if I had one) a more affordable BJD, like a BBB March, if they were careful with their other toys.

 

@ imnotscared

lol I think we have the same cousin. Her kids are feral and destroy everything and anything. Her kids are not allowed near my dolls. I gave my cousin an expensive Blythe doll for one of her birthdays as she requested it, she gave it to her 2yr old daughter who has ruined it. Needless to say when I get a BJD, completely offlimits.

@ wildwoodflower

good policy - most kids have a general understanding so can be trusted when supervised. One doll at a time is s great idea, enforces the fact that the doll is 'special'.

 

For me, it depends on the child. A child I don't know, probably not. My daughter, yes. She has a Custom house Hani of her own and she only plays with her doll (and sometimes my dolls) when I have my dolls out and only when I am surpervising her. After we are finished with the dolls (either taking pictures, changing their clothes etc...) they go right back on the shelf so they don't get damaged. Then again, my daughter has been around my dolls since she was born and I have always taught her to be gentle with the dolls, not to touch their faces, not to leave them standing on the furniture, to always hold them with both hands etc...

 

I don't see a reason to let kids play with an expensive collectible item. If they really wanted to play with a BJD, I'd buy them their own cheap BJD or dollfie. They wouldn't know the difference and they could jack it up and I wouldn't care.

 

Trust me. T.T.. My young daughter broke my precious Chi-u's face and knee. I was really about to cry at that moment. Now, my daughters glow up little bit, but still I do not let them play with my Sd,MSD, and Yo-SD. I allow them play with barbies ^^.
And they do not seems like interest in BJD anymore.

 

Just use your common sense and judgment people. Some kids, aka young people, are capable and respectful of other people's things, and then some aren't. Take it on a case by case basis. I love sharing my dolls with everyone, so long as they respect the fact that BJDs are NOT toys and should not be treated as such.

 

I've let little kids look at my BJDs before. If it's a kid I know will be careful, and if I explain very clearly beforehand that they have to be EXTRA careful so they don't hurt her, they're usually ok. Most of the time they're perfectly content to look but not touch.
There is a girl that came to a meetup once, and she was probably only 10 or 11. Most kids that age I probably wouldn't trust, but since she is obviously accustomed to BJDs I had no problem letting her play with my dolls by herself.
It really does depend on the kid though.

 

My kids play with my dolls all the time. I also leave them totally lying around within their reach. Also they have their own BJDs, some of them not so cheap. The youngest one is five.
They are not little animals, they understand that a BJD is not a Barbie. They have never broken or ruined anything, the worst trauma any doll has suffered in my home has been at my hands (mostly due to face planting) and at the teeth of my dog when she was a puppy (she chewed one of my doll's feet. Eeep)

 

Depends if I trust my kids. If, over time, I learn that they can handle a doll, then by all means. If I know they aren't going to treat the dolls right, then no.

 

NO, NO, NO!

I don't care if it's my kids or someone else's. I've never met a child who didn't absolutely destroy their toys. My kids know better than to touch my dolls, by now. Kids are just destructive, even if they don't mean to be.

 

Firstly, I really think a BJD shouldn't be given to a child, however, if my 5 years old asks me to pick one of my dolls, I will let her do, under hard supervision of course.
But she's never interested anyway... she says my dolls are not nice and not fun, and always complains saying that combing hair, changing clothes and photographing is not playing for her!!!!!! LOL

 

no never i just spend to much money on it ... i may let them look or hold for a second ... but no playing ... it´s normal for kids to be destructive ^^

 

I don't have any kids nor do I plan to have them in the future, but I certainly wouldn't let them play with my dolls. I do have a nephew and a niece, both too small to even hold the dolls properly and they seem to like throwing things around the floor, so no, I wouldn't let them play with the dolls either, unless when older, if they are careful and I still would hesitate to let them touch them. So mostly no. ^^'

 

For me, the dolls are only worth their money if I and those I love can get enjoyment out of them. If I let a kid/my kid play with a doll of mine and it broke or was damaged, I would be sad but to me it's not worth keeping something I love constantly separate from the people I love. I would want to share it with them! Now, I wouldn't give a doll to a kid still in the stick-everything-in-my-mouth phase, but that's for the safety of the child. If my son/daughter or any other kid close to me wanted to play with my dolls, I'd warn them to be careful, supervise them as best I can, and hope for the best.

But saying that, I definitely understand why people would not want to let children play with their dolls. To some, they might feel so connected to a character that seeing them get hurt would be a tragedy, or the sculpt might be a rare or limited doll, so I don't judge people for not feeling the way I do.

For me, I won't buy limited dolls because I don't want to live in fear of damaging them and never being able to replace them, and because my dolls are just physical manifestations of characters in my head, if the doll is damaged beyond repair I can just get them a new body.

 

Depends on the kid whether or not I'd let them handle my dolls. Some kids are rampaging tornadoes of destruction while others are somewhat sensible (or at least horrified of being punished for breaking someone's stuff).

Same as I'd treat kids around my other expensive items.

 

It isn't just with limited dolls. Even the "cheaper" dolls can cost over $100. And not everybody can afford to lose that much money due to a careless child. That MNF Lishe you're saving for isn't LE. Would you be OK giving her to a child?

 

I understand that there are likely going to be times when I can't "just replace" a doll. I'm a broke undergrad right now, and I'm going to be a broke grad student after this. My parents don't pay for anything of mine, not even tuition or room and board thanks to scholarships and student loans, and I'm working three part time jobs at college to pay for my clothes, books, and spending money. It would hurt, a lot, to have the $500 I'll be dropping on her flushed down the drain. I wouldn't be able to replace her for a long time.

But, on the other hand, the little kids I am close to, my cousins, children of my parents' friends, etc., are...precious to me, and I imagine my own children will be even more precious. I like spending time with them and having fun with them, so if they want to see my doll, I'll let them. I love BJDs too much not to share them. And, weighing the risks, I've decided that if I lose a doll, I'll live. It'll suck, but I'll save up again, and buy a new doll.

Simple answer to your question: Yes, I would be perfectly okay giving my Lishe to a child.

 

I would under certain circumstances. I have a friend whom has a daughter and I would let her touch them but only if shes really careful with them. I am pretty carefree for the most part about somethings. I mean I let her play my Ipad which cost a lot of money as well and shes pretty good with it.. Shes a smart kid tho and understands what people tell her. My little cousins however might not be as lucky.. as I see them romp around the house the way they do. So it really kind of just depends on how well the child behaves.

 

I wouldn't let my 9 yr old daughter actually "play" with my dolls. Like take it to her room to play but she is allowed to hold them and pose them with me there. I got her a 60cm Obitsu for her birthday and she is great with her. The doll lives in my room with my dolls and she always wants me to dress her because she is so scared she will break. I will probably get her a YoSd size for her first resin doll. I also collect antique dolls so my daughter is very careful with all dolls.
Kids that are not mine? Never!

 

Nope. My "kids" are 22 and 27, so not really an issue for me. If they were little, I might have let them gently play with them with me watching on a special occasion, but never unattended.

When I was little I was pretty careful with my dolls- didn't mess up their hair, break them, etc. But my mom let me play with her little plastic Queen Elizabeth Coronation goblets that she got when Queen Elizabeth visited the US right after she was crowned, and I broke them. I had no concept that they were any different than my regular plastic dime store dishes.

She also had a hand-carved village with trees, people, and animals that came from Switzerland. She had gotten them as a child, so they were from the 1920s. When I was sick in bed, she used to give me a lapboard and let me set them up and play with them. But she always put them away afterwards. I still have that little village. If she had let me just play with them anytime, I'm sure I would have lost them.

So- if I had my BJDs when my daughters were little- no, I wouldn't let them play with mine. I might get them each a Sprite or something inexpensive and keep them with my dolls, so if they wanted to play with a "special" doll they would have one.

 

I'm still in college, so I don't have any kids or plan to right now, but hypothetically speaking I'd keep them away from young children. Kids who are 8 and up, well...it depends on their maturity level. If he/she understood that the doll was special and handled it gently, then yeah, I'd let him/her play with it for a bit. Supervised, though. I'm too much of a worrywart to leave something like that alone with a kid for possibly hours on end. Accidents happen, after all.

 

If you leave any child alone with anything for hours you are an irresponsible parent or caregiver.
My girls play with my dolls all the time, the younger more than the elder. In fact, the only one who has ever damaged a doll in my house (besides my bad puppy when she chewed my Ylisandes foot) was me.

 

if i had kids as much as it may pain them i would never let them touch my dolls. Even if they were the most well behaved children and were kind and careful to their toys children are still children and accidents happen. I just wouldn't take any chances with something so precious to me. Even if my kids were older, say in their teens, i wouldn't let them play with them or touch them. I just imagine that there's no way my dolls would ever be as important to them as they are to me and they might not understand just how careful they'd have to be. I think the only exception would be is if my kids were into BJDs as well and they were old enough to have their own. If they got one for themselves and took good care of it then i'd be fine to let them touch mine. They'd understand the importance then.

 

I don't think I would let a child play with my BJD once I get it. I have a five year old nephew who is just too rough with toys. And BJD's are not cheap toys, people pay sometimes up to $1000 for these guys. They're just worth too much to leave in the hands of a child. Now once they were more around the age of ten or so, they could be supervised, but I still wouldn't trust them with a bjd until the kid was around 14.

 

I have many children of different ages. I can say that it depends on the child. All children are different. Some can play with my dolls. Some may move Never operate them.

But for the most part, the dolls in their boxes and children do not take them out themselves. I'd love to be there if the children will borrow them.

 

I don't have kids {wait after 5 or 8 years or more XP} but I do have younger cousins who are more or less 10 years younger than I am. {Their age x 2 or 3= my age... My gosh! I've gotten old w/o knowing! @.@} I let them "play" w/ Mii-tan as long as I am around to keep watch. When I do have children of my own, I would do the same. :3

 

I'm probably going to terrify you all here with what I'm about to say- Or label myself as some sort of "bad dolly owner"

When I'm with my friends and family with small and young children they get to play. I've even taken them camping with me!

My girls have been carted around a field in the rain and mud by little girls I have only met twice before.
My boys have been left on the floor for God knows how long because they've gotten bored and wandered off.
My wigs get gummed on and petted and ripped off heads and flung across rooms, my shoes get eaten whole (Actually, that was my 17 y/o bff. I got it back before anything happened XD)

They get told that they are expensive, and they break very easily, and if they do anything that I've told them not too (Put them in your mouth, touch the face or eyes, put them in the river or near the fire) they will not be allowed to play with them again.
And, oddly enough, it works.

I love my dolls. They are the most expensive things I own. But, in the end, they are just dolls. I bought them to play with, not to pose and look at and smile when I see them.

While I treat my dolls like the lumps of plastic they are, I would never do that to someone else's. I am the most careful gentle person with someone else's doll because I know not everyone is as carefree as I am.
My friends will see me carry their doll back to them like the holy grail, but drag my boy back by the foot.

Back to the topic at hand:

I currently have no kids of my own.
When I do? Those kids will be allowed to play with my dolls. From the moment they are able to hold stuff.
Yup, that's right. Baby drool, spit, sick and grubby little hands all over my $500 doll.

How terrible of me.

 

Aaaabsolutely not. BJDs are completely different from toys for children. Yes, they are still toys, but they're more like porcelain dolls where it's just too easy for them to break. If when I have kids they want one, they can save up and break their own. Selfish or not, mine are mine.

 

For me, this depends on the child's maturity. My son is eleven, and is well-behaved and respectful of others' belongings. So I let him handle my doll-- although he usually does not want to. He is well aware of how much they cost, and treats my dolls as respectfully as he does my laptop computer, electronic equipment, etc.

Now if he were six or seven, it would be a different story. He had a different understanding of money then, and he thought a lot less about consequences (i.e, "If I swing this doll around, it may break.") But that's developmentally appropriate for a six year old.

It's all about maturity and responsibility, IMO. I can think of some adults that I'd never let touch my dolls. But they are also the type I'd never lend a book to, let borrow my car, etc. Not if I wanted either back in one piece.

 

no way. my neice is 7, and very well-behaved and respectful, but still. xq i'm over-protective about things like them.

 

My daughter absolutely loves my doll, and is surprisingly amused by my floating head. The head she hasn't touched yet, but she loves interacting with the doll. She'll sit by me while I'm sewing and want me to play with the doll so she can have a conversation. When I'm unable to split my attention well enough, she'll carry on both sides. It's pretty cute, actually. She knows that Ivy is Mommy's special doll, and she can only handle her as I say. I let her carry her a couple of times, a few feet and safely wrapped in her blanket, and she was thrilled. Anything more will have to wait for her to mature a bit more; she's only five. A well-behaved five, but still. I'm planning to get her a plastic jointed doll for Christmas, so she can have a similar doll of her own that won't cost much to replace if she does break it.

 

I don't have children, however I use to work with them. I worked with children ages 3 months, to 4 years old. Typically speaking, I wouldn't hand a kid an expensive doll if they would be just as satisfied playing with a Barbie doll. Depending on the child though, some of them could be trusted to hold and "play" with one under adult supervision. I wouldn't suggest handing a child a doll worth anywhere between $200-$2,000 though.

 

My daughter is almost a yr old, and not likely that I'd let her handle my dolls.
When she's old enough to appreciate a fine doll she can have it, if she wants.
^_~
Or I'd get her a doll of her own, one of the less expensive one if she's under 13. XD
I think at about 6yrs old, if she's looking too interested in my dolls I'd get her a BJD of her own.

As for any kids handling my dolls, that be a never. XD
My daughter would at least learn that this doll is very special/delicate to me and if she were to handle it she'd learn to be careful.

 

Get her one, or an inexpensive BJD, trust me she will be thrilled. Then you can play dolls together.

 

I had a some what simmaler topic to this a while ago. I ask if whether or not doll owners would leave there children their dolls when they die... a lot of people said that they would leave it to their children a lot of people said they wanted to be buried with them... and a lot of people said sure ill give them to my kids but they better have there own as well.

Knowing me, I will not let my kids play with my dolls because... their my dolls!! Hahahah!! By the time I have kids ( which probably wont be till like 10 years from now ) they will be too little to play with them. What I mean by that is that i am afraid that they could break something off or crack a head, and knowing me my kids will probably receive my clutsiness... when they are older and if they have a interest in them... then i would make them earn their own dolls to be quite frank, but if they would want to borrow my dolls in any of their photostories or photoshoots... then sure thats fine as long as they o k it by me first. But unless they ask permission and until there older, nope.

 

Never. @@

Maybe if the child respected dolls/was also interested, I would let them handle one of my more sturdy/less expensive dolls. And then I might even bye the child their own.
But likely I wouldn't let my kids play with my dolls. My younger brothers destroy everything they touch so.... dollies = no no.

 

I don't have children, I do however work in a nursery and tbh if it came down to it, It would be a no, Maybe with my own children it would be different, But at a nursery no, I would be to afraid of lilium getting damaged, as there really fragile and all it takes is for them to drop her, for a little damage to take place @@.

 

Well, my answer to this question changes depending on which of my dolls we are talking about. My biggest and most expensive doll, (who was at the time I bought him a limited edition doll,) would I let my 9 year old play with him? The answer is a firm and straight forward no way! She's not allowed to play with or hold my 60cm boy either, because he's very special to me and technically a custom order.

She IS however, occasionally allowed to hold my MSD boy. She ADORES Aeirion and asks to hold him everytime I do. It's cute. She will be fully allowed to play with my soon to be incoming off topic dolls and when they arrive, two out of the three of my tinies. One of them will technically be hers, so she's fully allowed to touch, play with and hold that doll. However, I will be there to supervise.

My 9 year old neice and 6 year old nephew however are NOT allowed to touch my dolls full stop. I realise that sounds very mean of me or something, but they haven't learnt to respect things that aren't theirs in the way that my daughter has. They trash their house every day and their parents let them get away with it. I can't and won't allow children who do the things they do at home and at other's houses to touch something so expensive and precious to me. My daughter knows how much these dolls cost me and is very respectful of that fact even if she does desire to hold my biggest boy alot because she thinks he's cool. lol She loves to play dolls and is absolutely fascinated by them, I trust her but still, only with supervision.

So yeah, basically in general, kids touching my dolls? No. My daughter touching my dolls? It depends on the doll and my daughters mood at the time. If she's in a bad mood or being stroppy then it's a definite no. XD And whenever we happen to have a second child, that child if it wishes to touch my dolls will have to wait until he or she is older and careful enough like my 9 year old currently is. *nods*

 

I don't have any kids of my own, but I did have an interesting experience at a convention in November. A few other members of our local meet-up group and I were holding a BJD panel, showing off our dolls and giving just a crash course in explaining them, where to buy, etc. It was a pretty packed room, and right in the front was a girl, she couldn't have been older then 8, who had her eyes just glued to Vii(my little yo girl) the entire time.

When our presentation was over and people were coming up to get a better look at the dolls, ask us questions and whatnot, she came right up to me and asked if she could hold Vii. I thought about it for a moment, picked up Vii and held her out, and that little girl carefully held her, hugged her lightly and then set her back down on the table. I kind of expected that she may take Vii and bolt, but she didn't. I later spoke with her older sister, who admitted that her little sister has been wanting a BJD for the last few years, and had apparently decided from the presentation that she'd prefer to get a Yo-SD than an MSD.

Part of me really hopes that she does get one someday, because she was really very gentle with Vii. It really depends on the child, as to whether or not I'd let them hold my dolls. Probably not my MSDs, but my Yo's tend to be just as adorable and not as likely to be dropped.

 

The 5 year old daughter of a friend (a doll collector as well) wanted to comb my doll's hair (a limited edition!). Since she 's familiar with handling expensive toys and is a very gentle easy girl anyway, I allowed her to. She was really careful but accidentally made a little scratch on the face with the comb.
So what I mean; Even those very careful responsible children can make mistakes.

And of course adults can make mistakes as well, but they can also take the (financial) responsibility. When I play with my dolls, I know that I risk damaging them, but I bought them with my own money and I also know that I can afford to get them repaired or replaced. So I think that you can allow children to touch your dolls if you don't mind that the consequences will be all yours when something does go wrong.
But personally I don't want any children near my dolls anymore.

 

Um, if I had kids, this would be a difficult thing. It depends on many factors. The childs age, the fragility of the doll, and the expense of the doll play big roles. If the kid is 5 or less then never. Dont want the kid eating parts. Om nom nom? I don't think so. It the kid is a little older, then maybe a less fragile doll like a vinyl doll. I would never let a kid play with a resin BJD. EVER. Unless its a teenager...then maybe. Anywho, thats my opinion.

 

now when you say kids I think of the ones I babysit and those for whom I'm their teacher. See the answer is yes and no, some of my kids I trust others I wouldnt near a pillow, actually last year for Hana day I took my doll Hoshi in her kimono to the school and the kids loved her well I placed her on the self while they had lessons and if they where good they could ask to have a lesson on her. *rolls eyes* well one of the little girls asked if she could have a lesson on Hoshi and I when to get her and she was gone! I was shocked and worried and looked for her, I then asked the kids if anyone had taken her they all deniened it well i then looked in cubbies where they keep their work and low and behold there was Hoshi tucked in one of the little boy's cubbies fortunatly no glitter or anythign stuck on her she was right as rain. To be honest I wasnt surprised that this one boy took her it wasnt the first time he took stuff of mine, he also took a picture of me when I was in china. But when I took Hoshi to the two little girls I babysit for they where thrilled to see her but the mom kinda shreaked when she acidently took hoshi's wig off hahah.