Comments on: Pretend Play to the extreme: Breast Feeding Doll http://stephanieoppenheim.com/2011/08/pretend-play-to-the-extreme-breast-feeding-doll/ Thoughts on Toys from the Co-Founder of the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:58:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Aari Ludvigsen http://stephanieoppenheim.com/2011/08/pretend-play-to-the-extreme-breast-feeding-doll/comment-page-1/#comment-3580 Aari Ludvigsen Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:16:31 +0000 http://stephanieoppenheim.com/?p=3932#comment-3580 I love the term “bossy.” Simon never listens to the bossy toys, never engaged with the electronic aspect of anything. It’s just noise. It sells to parents who think “cool!” and people buying presents I guess. It’s the adults who are paying. But it interferes with the play. What kids need for their dolls are tiny slings to wear them in. Then they can discreetly breastfeed.

]]> By: Erich Jonas http://stephanieoppenheim.com/2011/08/pretend-play-to-the-extreme-breast-feeding-doll/comment-page-1/#comment-3175 Erich Jonas Sat, 06 Aug 2011 20:40:36 +0000 http://stephanieoppenheim.com/?p=3932#comment-3175 It’s national breast feeding week (a WIC made celebration) so they asked me to set up and give egg game demos at our local public park. There were hundreds of children–all ages as school is out. The egg-splorations* were well recd…

We sort of laughed at the banner stating come on in and ‘let down’. As it turns out although the breast feeding doll is ‘comedy’ or unimaginative, the truth is–the best thing you can give your baby is strictly breast milk for the first six months of its life. Unfortunately formula is still pretty popular…

I think it’s cool however that dolls may start to show signs of human features but then again if the doll is nursing hopefully it would be of mature age and have more than flowers? I’m hoping they’re not using an infant doll to nurse an infant. That’s where the message might get a little confusing…

Besides the obvious question: with the world reaching carrying capacity maybe there needs to be the safe sex pairs dolls. Folks we’re really out of time. Stay tuned in next week for the save the planet toys…

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