My daughter's American Girl doll came today!

[KitchenWitch]

She is GORGEOUS, the website pictures do not do her justice!

On edit: damn apostrophes!

[Texasgal]

1. Oh COOL!!!

What's her name???

[KitchenWitch]

3. She is a custom one

Looks so much like my daughter too!

I will let her name her dolly!

[Texasgal]

4. They do customs?

Wow... what a cool gift!

[KitchenWitch]

5. Here is the site

http://store.americangirl.com/pls/ag/AG_pagecyd?catid=375798

My daughter is Amerasian, so I picked a face that looked like hers.

[Texasgal]

6. Wow... that's really cool!

Your daughter is gonna love that!!!

[NewJeffCT]

7. good idea!

My daughter is American & Chinese... and, she'll be 2 years & 10 months old on Christmas day.

[Bullwinkle925]

8. Howdy

My 28 yr old daughter is Chinese/American Irish mixture.
She always calls herself 'Chirish' when asked for ethnic info.

:hi:

[NewJeffCT]

9. well, if you go way back

My great grandparents on my dad's side both came from Poland
On my mom's side, her grandparents came from Naples, Italy and Sicily

Your daughter must be a lovely woman.

[Bullwinkle925]

11. She is indeed - and a staunch Liberal Democrat to boot.

I'm sure your daughter is also adorable!!

[Hugin]

2. I'd buy one...

My shelves are full of other Holiday Ornaments tho...

[CatholicEdHead]

10. So, when does the "corruption" begin?

;)

[KitchenWitch]

15. She has been corrupted since birth

She is MY daughter isn't she? :hi:

[cally]

12. I dragged my then 13 year old into an American Girl

store on vacation. I love all the dolls and accessories. Well made and beautiful. Have fun!

[Sanity Claws]

13. They're nice dolls

I've heard a lot about them but never checked them out until your post. I think they're very nice. I don't understand why they're controversial.

[KitchenWitch]

16. I believe it is because of American Girl's donations to

Girls, Inc.

http://www.girlsinc.org/ic/intro.php

See the above link...

[LynzM]

17. I got a couple for Christmas, in...

1988 and 89, maybe? Still have them. They are really excellent quality. I don't know why they're controversial, either. :shrug:

[KitchenWitch]

19. They donate to Girls, Inc.

http://www.girlsinc.org/ic/intro.php

[snacker]

14. They have very nice merchandise...

if you ever have the opportunity, you should take your daughter to the American Girl store in Chicago. It's marvelous!

[KitchenWitch]

18. Cool!

I see they are opening one in Los Angeles too (my inlaws live in the LA area).

[Radio_Lady]

20. My granddaughter has two of them -- she's abandoned Barbie completely!

However, the dolls and accessories are QUITE EXPENSIVE, don't you agree?

[KitchenWitch]

21. Holy shit sherlock

True enough

I bought the doll for her from money given to us by my inlaws for Xmas.

[Radio_Lady]

25. I kept hearing something about "90 dollars" this seven-year-old was

trying to save up! Pretty tough when you're not even getting an allowance.

She plays with other dolls at my house -- ones I pick up practically new at thrift stores all over the country. You should have see the wonderful toys and dolls at the Goodwill store on Oahu. New stuff -- in packages. The kids played with them happily, and we packed them up to bring back home. They go in Grandma's "Magic Closet" along with clothes, tea sets, and other kiddie goodies I pick up along the way.

[NMMNG]

22. Cool! How soon does she teach your daughter

to be a baby aborting lesbian? :rofl:

[KitchenWitch]

23. I thought we would wait until she could actually understand

the concepts of abortion and lesbetarianism!

[NMMNG]

24. Oh, but those evil dolls will impress them upon her fertile mind

even before she can fully comprehend them. One day she'll be innocently playing with her dolls, and the next you'll find her "playing abortion doctor" with her little girl friends. Burn that doll now, before it's too late. :rofl:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

26. My dear Buffy.....

You are too funny, my dear! You made me smile tonight.....and I needed to...

Thank you.....

:pals: :loveya:

[NMMNG]

32. My pleasure

:hug:

And stay away from those tawdry little dolls now. ;-)

[Radio_Lady]

27. I've had to divorce myself from sex discussion with my grandkids --

Except for explaining that boys have a penis and girls have a vagina -- and insisting that there is NO ENVY of boys by girls. (Who the hell wants something like that hanging between your legs?) My granddaughter, age 7 and grandson, age 5, get more of a kick out of checking out Grandma's herniated navel (I put two spots for eyes and a bow for a mouth with eyebrow pencil, kind of like this :) They call it Grandma's happy face! (Should have been repaired when I was a child, but nobody suggested it then.)

I heard the story about women who were boycotting the American Girl dolls because of the financial contributions of their parent company to liberal causes, but I couldn't explain that to such a little girl.

Speaking of children not wanting to know about the sex life of their parents, did you catch this interview with Anderson Cooper? It's just priceless!

Talking Sex with Mother (Anderson's mother is Gloria Vanderbilt -- still alive after all these years!)

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/28/talking.sex/

[NMMNG]

31. LOL

I agree on the lack of penis envy. Yuck. x(

That interview was quite funny. I can't imagine if I read my mothers sexual memoirs and found them to be that racy. :blush:

[Radio_Lady]

33. My mother once asked me if there was a "difference" between

the love-making of one man versus another. (She married at 18, had me at 19, so I don't think she ever had any real experience.) I had much more sexual contacts in my life, so I told her "Of course, there are differences. Some men are tender and terrific, some men are absolute oafs, if you know what I mean."

Later on, I learned she had had a "fling" with my uncle, the husband of her sister-in-law, but I never discussed it with her. Thinking back, I may have learned about it from my first cousin, after my mother died.

All I remember is Mom was terrified that I'd get pregnant. I was one of the first women to demand birth control (a diaphragm and spermaticide cream) from the college health office. That was probably in 1956 or 1957.

My daughter never discusses anything sexual or physical with me. I had hoped for a more open communication, but it never happened. I have no siblings, so if I want to know about sex, I read or go on the Internet.

[NMMNG]

35. My mom never discussed sex with me

The closest she got was handing me a booklet about the "facts of life" with all references to sex crossed out with a black magic marker. I got to find out about how my breasts would grow, underarm hair and menstruation, but that was it. To learn about sex I had to go to the public library. Luckily I was armed with a library card and much curiosity so I learned a great deal on my own. :evilgrin:

[Jamastiene]

38. I rummaged through the bookcase on the top shelf.

My mother and my aunt never even knew I found the books and read them. I was nine years old and completely in awe. The books were, "Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask)" and "The Hite Report." Both were great reading material. I'm not sure how many nine year olds would be allowed access, but I knew all about std's. I knew all about the riskiness of some forms of birth control, etc. I can't go into details. Let's just say, I was the most informed kid ever after reading those two books.

[threehensandacow]

28. what about for boys?

i have a 3 year old son who loves playing with dolls but i can't find anything that is directed towards boys. i'd like to have the selection that is available for girls. any suggestions?

[Radio_Lady]

29. Our two grandsons went right to blocks, cars and trucks.

I tried to introduce Ken, Barbie's boyfriend, and G.I. Joe (still available, I guess) to both boys. The older one, now 15, did like the Transformers, but they were not really dolls. My two think dolls are for girls, even though I try to remind them they might be fathers one day.

Oh, well.

Try these websites:

http://www.treasureboxtoys.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=TBT&Category_Code=BOX1200

The following companies sell dolls for boys (ON EDIT: Sorry, some of these links don't seem to work!):
Creative Hands/A Real Doll, PO Box 2217, Eugene, OR 97402, 541-343-1562
Hedgehog Farms, 203-730-0673, www.hedgehogfarms.com
Ladybug Toys, 877-654-TOYS, www.ladybugtoys.com
MotherChild, PO Box 4406, Mountain View, CA 94040, 650-941-0516, 800-864-0131, www.mother-childcatalog.com
Nova Natural, 877-668-2111, www.novanatural.com
Rosie Hippo's Toys, PO Box 2068, Port Townsend, WA 98368, 800-385-2620, www.rosiehippo.com

Cute story about a boy wanting a boy doll at:

http://www.mothering.com/articles/growing_child/toddlers/toy_like_me.html

[KitchenWitch]

30. Try here

http://ww2.potterybarnkids.com/cat/pip.cfm?gids=j960&pkey=gthmfavshp&cmsrc=&src=thmaa%7Ccthmfavshp%7Cda%7Crgift%5Cfthm

[Midlodemocrat]

34. My daughter's came today!!

:woohoo:


The Elizabeth one.

[KitchenWitch]

36. I like the named character dolls!

Nothing like learning a little history with your play!

Elizabeth is a gorgeous doll.

[bleedingheart]

37. My daughter got her doll for her birthday...also a custom one

she had picked it out and was so excited to see her doll on her birthday....she puts it to bed every night...