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.

 

I'm personally not having kids, but if it were my older brothers kids I'd be fine with once they are old enough, depending on the doll. Heck no to Kyte or Liria, but my other dolls'd be fine.

 

I've only ever let one child touch my doll. She's five, but she plays with barbies and I told her that it was very important to me, so to be careful.

She brushed her hair gently and was just overall a wonderful kid to the doll. I trusted this kid a lot, she follows directions to a T and she is generally just a really nice girl. So I didn't feel fear letting her touch that doll. She loved it, too :>

 

I will never let a child play with one of my resin dolls. If there was a child in my life, I'd order him or her a non-resin doll so we can play dolls together. Like an Azone or Obitsu or something. There are no children in my life right now.

 

It depends on the age of the child, and of course, I wouldn't let them mess with an expensive doll unsupervised. There's a difference between kids' play dolls and BJDs, and they should be treated with appropriate amounts of care. If a child isn't old enough to take that level of care, then they're not ready to be alone with something as expensive and delicate as a BJD.

 

well, provided i explained everything about being careful with the dolls to them i probably would. but not alone. I'd be there playing with them

 

I have an 8 month old and will be getting my first doll when he is about 1. And will not let him 'play' with her until he is old enough to not eat or destroy her.

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If I do have kids, sure probably when they got old enough to not get their fingers pinched by joints or god forbid get cheese doodle fingers on my doll clothes or face up xD

I would say when like 5 or 6 then sure why not, depending on the kid of course.


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I never plan on having larvae. I don't particularly like them all that much. Heh heh. Anyhow, I think that if I had chosen to have any log my own beasts, I would get it its own doll and would sit with them and maybe play and show it how I treat my dolls and guide the larvae that way. By all means, it wouldn't get something expensive like say, an iplehouse at first. But a cost effective doll and accessories that can, if the little beast shows interest in, and proves itself capable of respectfully caring for it, can be upgraded accordingly. Larvae will naturally mangle the dolls at first, but I think through actively participating with the filcher and teaching by example, you not only get a quality time connection, you'd also get a respectful larvae. but who knows if that would actually work.
kids are gross.
kids except me when I was a kid, I meant. I loved my dolls and took surprisingly good care of them. I even managed to always keep track of their shoes, earrings, and occasional rings. Now that I think about it, I was a weird little kid...who doesn't lose their Barbie shoes?

 

Funny ... I barely let any adults handle them (except members of my doll group). But then, most of my friends don't want to touch them as they are afraid of breaking them.
If they do want to explore, I usually place Evan from IP in their hands.
First reaction is "Heavy!" (more like, "holy crap, he's heavy!")
But that said, my niece Reah (16) would likely be the only one who I would trust. She's also turned out to be quite the seamtress - she made her own prom dress! So I think she would be interested and gentle enough.

 

It depends on the child, if I know them and have more than a few minutes, then yes. Showing the child how to be gentle, helping him/her handle the doll and answering questions is usually more effective than the "stop, don't touch" approach, the latter will just cause most children to become more curious and start grabbing which is more likely to cause the dolls (and potentially the child) harm.

 

I don't see BJD as a play thing, and more of a piece of art work that has the guise of a children's toy. So, I personally, would never allow children to play with something I put a lot of effort into creating.

 

I've seen children who are more responsible with others' possessions than adults I know. Heck I was one of those kids. That said, I always judge on an individual basis who can/cannot handle my dolls. Behavior is everything; age is just a number.

 

I have no plans to have kids of my own; I'm letting my siblings handle the "grandkids" thing for my parents. That said, at current, I don't think I'd let my nieces handle my dolls, but they're also extremely young (4 and 3) and not yet overly careful with their own things. As they grow and mature? It's entirely possible I'll change my mind! I was a very careful child (I was collecting small breakable ceramic and porcelain figures before my age reached double-digits), while my sister was... not (she broke some of my things, like a rather delicate snow globe). So it's hard to say where her kids will end up! But if they show that they can be careful with delicate things, then yes, I may let them handle my dolls, and even would consider one as a gift when they were old enough to handle it.

There's really no blanket answer to cover all kids, just as there isn't a blanket answer for all adults, either. There are plenty of adults out there I'd hesitate to hand a doll to, after all.

 

My 5yo has been allowed to touch my SD doll, while I was handling her, but I would not let her play with any of my dolls... I have seen the state of her Barbies. She is aware of my dolls but she also knows she is not allowed to touch them... And they are high up on a shelf as you can't trust a 5yo.

 

It depends. I would obviously set ground rules for them if they did play with my doll, but all kids are different. As in even if I did give them rules about it they might just see it as a huge barbie doll that they can throw down the steps. I don't plan on having children but if I did I would be more than happy to introduce them to BJD's.

 

I brought two of my dolls over my parents' house (to paint them) recently and my 3-year-old nephew was super interested in them. He was amazed that one of them's head was not attached-- he enjoyed making the head "talk" to the body about how it fell off, and then once the eyes came out, having the eyes yell at the other body parts. He also thought it was hilarious to put my tan doll's mag-hands on my whiteskin doll's mag-hand-stumps and vice versa.

I would definitely not leave him unattended with the girls and would not encourage him to play with them, but under supervision and in a controlled environment, it was pretty funny to see my stuffy girls get "tortured".

 

I don't have kids myself but we have a few small children in the family, and I wouldn't let them handle my BJDs... look and maybe (if their hands are clean) touch a bit, but other than that, no way!
If the kids are older or simply responsible then maybe but the boys in my family would drop them, abuse and mistreat them no matter what haha, they don't wanna listen to anything!

I would get a child a BJD though, if it were into them and if I found an affordable one that would work and all... if it's the kid's own doll, that's a different matter than when a child handles someone else's precious dolls, and it might be more careful in handling it too.

 

I let my daughter play with my dolls, but while I was around. I wouldn't let her play by herself. She was always careful with her toys, so I didn't worry about destroying my dolls. I let her shake hands and talk to them since she was 2. I think it's a good way to teach kids that there are stuff you need to be wary about and those you can't always have.... besides.. I usually let her do that when she is sick, and I just want to cheer her up a little more.

 

I dont have any kid so i'm not sure but i do let my little 2 year old cousin play with my dollmore monga bc she really loves her ad i think its good for someone to play with her

 

I agree it depends on the child. It would have to be supervised and I would make sure their hands were clean.
I don't have kids now, but I raised my niece and she was always very respectful of other people's things. She's grown up now, so I didn't have bjd dolls back then, but if I had I would have let her play gently with them.



When I was a child I was the quiet type who played gently with my own dolls. My grandmother gave me an antique china doll and when I played with that doll I was very gentle. I mostly just held her and talked to her.
If I had a more rambunctious child I would NOT let them play with my dolls.

 

My daughter just turned 5. She has been interested in mommies dolls for a long time. My husband and I talk all the time about how one day she will want one and how much she likes mine.
I do let her touch them. She's more soft and careful then I am, at times. I jokingly told my husband that I wanted to buy her a aloha mint frog. ... I just bought her, and maybe in a few years it'll become hers. I love this hobby and would love to see my daughters in it. Kinda like how denaliwind is in it and so is her mom!

I trust my daughter quite a bit I don't leave them in reaching distance just because my oldest isn't my only one. I have a 3 year old boy and a 1 and a half year old girl and a tiny new born. So I don't want any unwanted touching going on when mommy isn't looking.
I think it's on a different bases. You can gadge if your kid will handle with care. I let her hold an azone first. She did great, then let her handle a minifee with no face up and was older. She asks to hold or touch my new girls which are Lati yellows. I normally hold them now and let her pet their hair or something like that. I try and explain that one day she can have her own if she wants and that she's doing great with being careful.

 

So to all the mommas, papas, older sibblings, and so on, do you let kids play with your dolls? I am just curious because I keep my dolls far away from my nieces hahaha. Kids can be a bit rough sometimes or are at a age where they're just learning to handle things. But, I've seen bjd collectors who are also parents even by their small children bjds. So what about you? How do you deal with your dolls and children.

 

I don't have children of my own, but my friend's kids play with my BJD's. Most of my friends bring up their children to be careful with other people's stuff, and I'm not precious about my dolls. I'm more anxious about them playing with my porcelain dolls than my resin ones, to be honest.

One even took one of my resin girls home with her when she was a toddler and I collected the doll back the next time I babysat.

Most of the tiny ones are more interested in my other dolls and bears than BJD's and the older ones are ultra careful because they don't want to damage them.

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My niece, 7, had been around My dolls since she was 4. When she was younger, she was told see could only look at them. As she's gotten older, she's kinda focused on Loki, my CP Shiwoo. Since he's one off the larger dolls I own, I let her hold him sometimes. She adores hugging him. However, I have let her know there are pretty severe consequences if she damages him. She's been very good so I'm actually thinking about buying her one of her own when she turns ten.

 

nope nope nope. had a heart attack when the three year old asked if she could "Have" Lucy. I plan on getting her some of her own dolls, like plastic ones from the store, sometime in the near future especially since she really seems to love my collection of monster high girlies, I would feel a lot more comfortable getting her her own as they're not very pricey and she seems to like their unique faces and skin tones over the generic barbies she got as a gift.

 

I don't have any kids, but if I did, I certainly wouldn't let them play with my dolls. I would, however, get them some ABS dolls to start off with if they wanted to get into the hobby to help introduce them. And again, it all depends on the age of the child and their maturity level.

 

I don't have kids, but I have two cousins that are 7 and 10. They know my dolls since I've had them and they are really interested in them. I know they are careful, and I let them touch some of them, move them around carefully. What they can do with the doll depends on the doll actually. I don't let them handle my SD dolls because they're heavy and don't pose too well, but they can pose and touch the other dolls (specially my MSD girl which poses like a dream and very easily) as long as they're gentle, don't touch the face and do it only if I'm here. And I let them do pretty much everything they want with my ABS Hujoos, under the same conditions than the resin BJDs.
I understand that kids could get drawn to the dolls, and I think, if they are careful enough, you can let them touch. You just have to set rules and explain that the dolls are fragile, which ones are the most fragiles and which ones they can't handle. As for playing with the dolls as a child would play with a Monster High, that's a no. BJDs are not made for that.

 

I don't have a child, but I have a brother..he's 11 years younger than me. Well...sometimes i find wigs missing...eyes missing...It's annoying.

 

I know I don't want kids, but If I did or the children in question were cousins or something, I wouldn't. Especially a young child. Slight chance I'd let an older one who I knew was responsible, but even then, I'd be watching their every move XD I get anxious easily.

 

No way in hell HAHAHAHA.
Maybe if he or she turns 15? anything younger than that. NO!

 

With supervision and smaller dolls, yes. With the bigger ones? No. I work with children and I know that not only can they hurt themselves (and the doll), but they don't always understand how to take care of things unless they've been worked with, a lot. I don't even trust my friend's teenager to hold my dolls without supervision (as they can be very heavy).

 

My daughter is nine and yes I do trust her with my dolls. I have shown her how to handle them so she knows what to do and not to do and I'm always there with her. This works just fine as she is very careful, but I suppose it depends on the child in question. I wouldn't just lend them out to any kid that came to visit.

 

The extent of my son's interest in my dolls is laughing at them when their clothes, wigs, or heads come off, so I really don't think he'll ever want to play with them, but I'd trust him if he did. He's a gentle, conscientious 10-year-old, and he knows how much they mean to me. I could trust him to be careful.

 

I don't have kids and am not in general very fond of having them around my things, so I highly doubt I'd let my own hypothetical children around my dolls. I always imagined if I had children I'd devote a room of my house to my collectibles and then invest in a sturdy lock.

Plus, even if I trusted a small child to hold my dolls carefully, accidents happen, and I'd really rather they not happen at the expensive of something I've invested a lot of time or money in.

 

I've had BJD's since before I had kids, and downsized my collection to just one (Volks SD13 F01) after my firstborn. I'm now slowly getting back to the hobby, and have a new doll on the way. My now 8-year-old daughter has always been fascinated by my doll and is an extremely careful and reliable girl, so I've recently let her handle the doll by herself under my watchful eye. She says she's saving her own money to buy a BJD, even though I've said it's going to be at least another 4-5 years, even longer, before she gets a (small) one.

I would love to hear if/how you've included your kids in the hobby, or have you perhaps grown up surrounded by BJD's yourself?

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I didn't grow up with bjds but my mom and aunts all love dolls so so I grew up with dolls from all different countries that's probably why I love bjds so much
I don't have any kids of my own but I do plan on at least buying some for them if I ever do have kids maybe something on the cheap side. I would love for them to be part of the Bjd world
I think it's great that you let your daughter get involved.Hehe maybe you can surprise her and gift her own Bjd for her birthday or Christmas or something

 

I didn't grow up with bjds either, but my mom did make porcelaine dolls (casting, painting, sewing clothes +++) so dolls in general were definitely part of my childhood. I now have a nine year old daughter and she loves my bjds. She is very careful, so I let her handle them, and I gifted her a pukifee for her birthday. I think that doll must be one of the most beloved pukifees out there, and I also believe my daughter is proud to be trusted to take care of something of such high quality. It's nice to be able to share the hobby with her, even though she is young, and I hope bjds will be something we have in common for a long time.

 

I totally love the idea of my future kids to be surrounded by beautiful things, art and music when they grow up. I'd want to enable them to be creative and free. So having dolls around, dioramas, fabric and all the pretty things is definitely something my kids (if I were to have any) would grow up with.
@Maria Super cool to see that your daughter is already engaging in the BJD hobby like a pro

 

I do not have any kids myself, but I have a young niece that is just getting into playing with dolls. I let her play with my Hujoos since they are not resin. Perhaps in a few years when she is more gentle with things.

 

I've only been in the hobby for a short time, and while I don't have children, I have my nephew who is over at least every other weekend and in the summer lives with me every other week. At first I hid my doll and wouldn't have her out at all. He's five going on six and while he treats his toys well, I don't trust him near my doll. However, one week I forgot to put my doll away and he ended up seeing her. He asked me questions and when I explained about her he seemed to understand this is a thing he does not touch. Since that day I haven't put her away and he for the most part acts like she doesn't exist. (I watch him around her carefully though, but he leaves her shelf alone.)

I have tried to include him in my playtime with my doll though. Like this outfit, that he chose each part for her to wear. IJTET822 : Photo