The Barbie...a true rolemodel?

To be honest, I am totally confused by Barbie.

I mean, how can the doll that's held the titles of astronaut, veterinarian, and President of the United States turn around and make an appearance as My Bling Bling Barbie?

According to Amazon My Bling Bling Barbie is for girls between the ages of five and ten.

Say what?

And that's not all. Right now, this Little Red Riding Hood Barbie is on sale at my local Toys R Us...

Um, that's not quite how I remember her from our storybooks.

My niece is a huge Barbie fan, and for a while, I was able to contain her Barbie collecting craze to the 12 Dancing Princesses and Diamond Castle collections.

But now, a new Barbie is in town, one I have a bit of a problem with... And thanks to intense promotions from Mattel, my niece is begging for it.(her parents work and i take care of her)

sucks right!

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Mar. 22, 2009 at 10:16 AM

wow Barbie has really grown up into a well...hmmm what's the word I'm looking for?.....slut.

What happened to cute Barbie stuff anyway?

Mudfishzgirl

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Mar. 22, 2009 at 10:17 AM

That wolf looks like the goodies he wants are NOT in Red Ridinghood's basket!

Bratz, Bling Barbie....they are all trying to hard to create dolls like today's pop stars and that's not an image I want my daughter aspiring too.

My daughter is now 14 and she outgrew Barbie by the time she was 9. She went from Barbies to reading more books so no complaints here.

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Mar. 22, 2009 at 4:23 PM

Ha! Bling Barbie looks more like Hookin' Barbie where is Pimpin' Ken with his mighty pimp hand?

Inle_Rabbit

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Mar. 22, 2009 at 6:27 PM

When I was pregnant with my oldest daughter, my DH & I decided that our children would never play with Barbie/Bratz/whatever other crap they try to sell to children. I just don't feel that she is a positive role model for girls. And the pictures you posted just confirmed my feelings.

Mama0f3grlz

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Mar. 22, 2009 at 8:26 PM

Despite what Mattel has done to Barbie over the ages, I still love my Barbie dolls. She was a positive role model back in the 60s and 70s and even in the early 80s, but afterwards, it went down hill. She was a great doll, and she still is, you just have to get past the doll trends that have brought her name thru the mud. If you teach that Barbie could be a postive role model, your child can see it the same way.