Whoa, Shane, you don't look like you're 63. Aging well, brother. Barbie raises so many issues for young girls . . . I guess the tattoos are just one more. Too soon old.
Shane Vander Hart
· 9 months ago
LOL, 37 Lyla, 37.
Lyla
· 9 months ago
Just wanted to give you a chance to practice your counsel in "to be offended . . . " :)
Shane Vander Hart
· 9 months ago
Well that was Bryan Fatka's post, but I was amused not offended :).
Lyla
· 9 months ago
As was the intent. Glad to see a guy can play along, and not be offended.
Not likely Mike, but hope you get some traffic for your post.
Foxfier
· 9 months ago
Temp tattoos have been around my entire life.
I vaguely remember Barbie coming with some before.
Don't really see what has folks all riled up.
Shane Vander Hart
· 9 months ago
I guess my problems with Barbie doesn't really have much to do about the Tattoos. I was just curious what other people thought.
Some people are afraid their children will be tattooed darlings I guess. I can't say I would be thrilled with one of my kids getting a tattoo (when they are old enough to do it without my consent), but I could think of many, many things that would be worse.
I can't say my knowledge of Barbies is extensive enough to know if this is something that has been done before. I doubt it though. Tattoos are more accepted in the mainstream now than ever before.
Foxfier
· 9 months ago
Might be a matter of where you're coming from, then-- tattoos aren't that big of a deal in my family.
For crying out loud, all but one of my maternal uncles has one-- or more-- and both my sister and mother have one; my husband has two three-inch characters, one on each arm. (one uncle and his sons got identical tattoos-- the Lion of Ireland-- on their upper biceps; they call it an "identify the body" tattoo.)
A tiny shamrock over her heart in my mom's case, and tiny, tiny Jesus footprints in my sister's.
They're in the same situation as piercings for me-- don't over do it, and it should be because you want something, not to shock other people; also have to keep an eye on the future-- a sleeve on a woman just doesn't ever look nice.
Shane Vander Hart
· 9 months ago
Yeah I pretty much come from a tattoo free family. Not that I think there is anything morally wrong with them. It is just a matter of taste. I agree with you that they shouldn't be overdone. When I was in the Army I had considered getting one, but the image of me as a 70 year-old with flabby, wrinkly skin made me put that thought out of my mind.
Lisa Graas
· 9 months ago
I have two girls (8 and 10) and this "Tattoo Barbie" is VERY CONFUSING to them!! haha Doesn't Mattel also make the baby doll that says "Islam is the light"??? I'm going to do a personal boycott for no other reason than I think they're losers.
Shane Vander Hart
· 9 months ago
I don't know about an Islamic doll from Mattel - you're the first person I've read who has mentioned it.
Joe C.
· 9 months ago
I'm glad I have a one year old son. He'll be playing with cars and trucks.
:-)
Shane Vander Hart
· 9 months ago
Amen brother! Fortunately my girls were never into Barbie.
marsha
· 9 months ago
LOL! , it's a toy, let the child play. The tatoos wash off. What harm could it cause?
Shane Vander Hart
· 9 months ago
I think it is more the tattoo on Barbie than the temporary tattoos. I agree with you though let's not make a mountain out of a molehill.
RickD335
· 9 months ago
Let's see - Barbie was a doll that was inspired by a German-made doll based on a hooker. The American version offered an idealized body type that even my kid sisters knew was out of touch with reality back when they got theirs. Is it a toy? Without a doubt. Is it an appropriate kind of toy? Ask that at the same time you ask the purchasers of AK-47 toy guns if they are appropriate...
Shane Vander Hart
· 9 months ago
I didn't realize what Barbie was patterned after that's interesting.
Regarding toy guns... I think there is some gene in boys that make them want to play with guns because my son would create them. We didn't really encourage it (didn't discourage it either), so my wife who was the one who didn't care for toy guys relented.
My girls never got into Barbies, they had them, but it just never became their favorite thing. All the kids are into Webkinz now. Now whoever thought of that is an absolute genius.
HiScrivener
· 9 months ago
You know, on the shoulder is expected. Girl kicked Ken to the curb, got tired of being Molly Homemaker, she gets a sweet vette and skedaddles to her second home in Malibu.
Now give O' girl a "tramp stamp" and I'm picketing Mattel and refusing my lil' Wall Watcher from ever shopping the Barbie aisle again. :)
Wickle
· 9 months ago
I'd be happy to join in the boycott.
But since my wife and I have agreed that Barbie has no place in our house for all kinds of other reasons, that doesn't mean that much.
I guess I don't see much reason to be shocked ... Barbie, feeding terrible ideas to young girls for years about body image and materialism (to say nothing of hanging onto that loser Ken!) is now getting a tattoo?
It seems like just the thing she'd do.
Frank Mitchell
· 9 months ago
People who like tattoos can't be trusted with skin.
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I vaguely remember Barbie coming with some before.
Don't really see what has folks all riled up.
Some people are afraid their children will be tattooed darlings I guess. I can't say I would be thrilled with one of my kids getting a tattoo (when they are old enough to do it without my consent), but I could think of many, many things that would be worse.
I can't say my knowledge of Barbies is extensive enough to know if this is something that has been done before. I doubt it though. Tattoos are more accepted in the mainstream now than ever before.
For crying out loud, all but one of my maternal uncles has one-- or more-- and both my sister and mother have one; my husband has two three-inch characters, one on each arm. (one uncle and his sons got identical tattoos-- the Lion of Ireland-- on their upper biceps; they call it an "identify the body" tattoo.)
A tiny shamrock over her heart in my mom's case, and tiny, tiny Jesus footprints in my sister's.
They're in the same situation as piercings for me-- don't over do it, and it should be because you want something, not to shock other people; also have to keep an eye on the future-- a sleeve on a woman just doesn't ever look nice.
:-)
Regarding toy guns... I think there is some gene in boys that make them want to play with guns because my son would create them. We didn't really encourage it (didn't discourage it either), so my wife who was the one who didn't care for toy guys relented.
My girls never got into Barbies, they had them, but it just never became their favorite thing. All the kids are into Webkinz now. Now whoever thought of that is an absolute genius.
Now give O' girl a "tramp stamp" and I'm picketing Mattel and refusing my lil' Wall Watcher from ever shopping the Barbie aisle again. :)
But since my wife and I have agreed that Barbie has no place in our house for all kinds of other reasons, that doesn't mean that much.
I guess I don't see much reason to be shocked ... Barbie, feeding terrible ideas to young girls for years about body image and materialism (to say nothing of hanging onto that loser Ken!) is now getting a tattoo?
It seems like just the thing she'd do.