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Post by stormy44 on May 29, 2013 0:05:18 GMT -5
For my U.S history project, our group decided to look at barbie dolls into more depth. We found that these dolls affected children's perspective on themselves and the world.
For example, the barbie industry didn't produce black barbies for nearly 20 years since its first barbie doll, making the black girls feeling left out ..
Can you think of other toys or dolls that would have a negative impact on children?
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Post by jessicashim2013 on May 29, 2013 2:24:34 GMT -5
I'm not sure if it's a toy but I heard that smart phone addiction is serious for little kids and for teenagers. Kids play games with their parents phone and once they get addicted to it, they would beg their parents to let them play games.
For teenagers, kakaotalk is one of the best app because its free! However if they use it too much contacting with their friends, it can be a problem.
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Post by elijahlee on May 29, 2013 9:03:08 GMT -5
GI Joe also had a similar impact on kids, specifically little boys. These tiny action figures provided role models. But, it made the ideal body image for boys as someone that is impossibly ripped. The amount of muscle that is on the action figure is physically impossible to achieve. But, kids exposed to this always feel inadequate and weaker.
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Post by sarahlee2 on May 29, 2013 23:47:22 GMT -5
Another negative impact that Barbie had was that the girls felt that they needed to be that skinny and pretty. It increased their insecurity and self-consciousness.
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Post by alexkoo on May 29, 2013 23:58:23 GMT -5
I used to play with my Lego and my mom worried about it a lot because i loved licking and eating them. One time i was playing with it with my mouth and i almost swallowed it. My mom started to freak out and hit my back as hard as she can. I cried, i did not know why she was hitting me for. After that i did not eat it, i only licked it. I still have them at home, but i think i will put them into the recycle before i leave Korea.
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Post by junaen0416 on May 31, 2013 6:51:57 GMT -5
Well, to be honest, I still love toys. I crave them. My favorite place on Earth would be TOYS R' US because you get lost in this fantasy with toys and you imagine being there with them. Well, that's it, I went too far with myself and my love for toys. Anyways, the BB guns might possess a negative impact on children but thanks to their strategist they managed to put the barrel colored in orange but still it can be a risk factor.
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Post by sarahlee4 on Jun 1, 2013 3:55:54 GMT -5
I think other dolls such as the Bratz dolls are a bad influence because first of all, the doll name is Bratz and so it condones the act of Brat-ery? if thats a word. haha and it makes young girls want botox on thier lips which is bad.
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Post by sageda on Jun 4, 2013 8:22:03 GMT -5
My social science fair project was about patriarchal hypermasculinity and one of the researches I did was about the idea male figure. It is imposed through action figures that have impossible bodies. Just like the Barbie who had unrealistic proportions, these action figures were literally upside-down triangles with biceps bigger than their faces. This creates a really unrealistic standard for boys.
Also the lack of diversity in mainstream dolls really affects children's self-esteem and their perception of themselves.
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Post by kevin on Jun 5, 2013 3:33:51 GMT -5
bb guns definitely have negative impacts on children/ teenagers. they make them become more violent with the use of a toy gun with bullets which actually hurt people. also they can unconsciously accept the use of gun
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Post by edward08 on Jun 6, 2013 10:05:44 GMT -5
these days kids dont play with toys that much. Its all electronics. I can tell because when i went to the states to see my cousins, they were really young but instead of toys entertaining them, that use ipad, iphones, and computers to have fun.
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Post by rebeccahan0613 on Jun 9, 2013 3:36:25 GMT -5
I can't really think of a toy that affected children's lives positively or negatively at the moment. However, I remember watching this video about the impact of Barbie dolls on little kids. It was like these kids of different race/ethnicities were given two barbie dolls (black and white) and told to pick out the "good" barbie doll and pick out the "bad barbie doll. Almost all kids chose the standard white barbie doll as the "good" one and picked out the black barbie doll for the "bad" barbie doll. This non-white girl reluctantly chose the black barbie doll as the "bad" barbie doll crying and stuff..
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