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Showing Original Post only (View all)mom outraged by anatomically correct baby boy doll. new shipments have warning on package [View all]
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/parenting/should-dolls-have-anatomically-correct-genitals-this-mom-doesnt-think-so/article19847833/?cmpid=rss1I took my daughter to buy a new baby at toys r us. And she was so excited to find a baby boy doll because it was dressed in blue. But when she went to change his diaper, this was the surprise. Why?? These r little girls that dont need to know the anatomy, she wrote, according to News 96.5.com, a Florida-based radio station (the original Facebook page is no longer available).
Some parents sided with Burgmann. O WoW!!!, wrote Betty Grooms Huff in reply to the post. Packaging should be more specific so parents can make the choice whether or not its appropriate for their child. Its kinda late to take it back now that shes already been exposed to seeing that. I mean the damage is done and it left you having to explain things sooner than you wanted to.
Another seemed even more shocked than Burgmann. This is nuts! Figuratively & literally! wrote Candida DeMasse Krupa.
Others, however, not only shrugged it off as no big deal, but said the doll is a valuable tool to educate kids.
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mom was shocked to find an anatomically correct male baby doll while playing with her daughter. Outrage resulted when she posted a picture of the doll online. Some parents think the doll is inappropriate for children, others simply ask the manufacture to put a warning on the packaging.
"Please note that the current packaging clearly state 'anatomically correct'," says Kathleen Waugh, Vice President of Corporate Communications for Toys"R"Us, Inc. "The earlier shipments last year did not have it noted on the packaging, but the current inventory does."
http://www.hlntv.com/video/2014/07/31/anatomically-correct-baby-boy-doll-shocks-shoppers
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Liberal_in_LA
Aug 2014
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An anatomically correct doll for right-wing reactionaries wouldn't come with a brain. nt
onehandle
Aug 2014
#3
Yep, that's pretty much the republican bottom line ... dumb, ignorant, uneducated,
RKP5637
Aug 2014
#13
Yep, baby boys have no sexual organs, none knows about sex until 18 and after. Everyone is sexless.
RKP5637
Aug 2014
#9
Why are you assuming the woman is a right-wing nut job fundamentalist?
Jackpine Radical
Aug 2014
#10
The baby girl dolls are not anatomically correct so why should baby boy dolls be?
seaglass
Aug 2014
#12
I think it's weird. There is no normal anatomy on baby girl dolls unless a blank piece of plastic
seaglass
Aug 2014
#25
Most baby dolls are made with no genitalia. Of course I don't think it harms a child for a baby
seaglass
Aug 2014
#43
Do all mothers keep their little ones away when changing diapers of babies?
LiberalFighter
Aug 2014
#31
Boys have wee-wees!!?? What next. Will we discover that girls have nipples!!
Tierra_y_Libertad
Aug 2014
#34
Wonder if Mom knows her darling little girl has been playing doctor
aint_no_life_nowhere
Aug 2014
#37
This article blurs out the offending parts. What a silly thing to be upset about.
uppityperson
Aug 2014
#50