5 reasons to refuse to buy a modern doll for a child

Do you remember your childhood world? He is certainly associated with toys. You had a lot of them, but one was one of your favorite.

The world of childhood in this place has not changed in any way today. Now your daughter has a favorite toy with which she sleeps and plays. At first, this is usually a soft toy in the form of some kind of animal.

However, the time comes and you notice that the baby begins to reach for new toys that no longer look like animals, but have a human image. And here it is very important for you, parents, to make the right choice.

Remember! Do not underestimate the influence of toys on the further development of the baby.

Remember your childhood when you first saw your favorite doll. You instantly tried to give her a specific role: daughters or girlfriends in order to continue to communicate. This doll became your friend in seconds. Then you consulted with her, kept secret, played, slept, ate and even went on a visit.

Modern dolls have exactly the same effect on your child’s worldview today. That's just their appearance and interior is not at all safe for him.

And for what reasons.

The first reason: Modern dolls distort perception of reality

Have you noticed what body proportions do modern dolls have? Each element of the body looks bright and written out to the smallest detail. Each modern doll has thin, slender legs almost "from the ears", an aspen waist and a beautiful long neck, huge eyes half-face - you cannot find a person with such proportions. The face is generally painted so that it looks like the doll is preparing for a photo shoot. This presentation of the image misleads every child. Baby sees that on the one hand the credibility of the image in terms of details is very large, but its features are false in relation to reality ...

If even such a doll becomes a girlfriend for a girl, then she has a violation of mental and sensory perception, and a false ideal is born.

In life, we adults are friends in order to get support and mutual understanding in another person, we try to find a friend who is close in views and judgments. And think about what you can "talk" with such a doll? Only about holiday and entertainment. “You just need to smile” - this is written on the face of the doll.

But do not forget that the little girl is still looking at everything around her and she is only forming a mental perception of the world.She plays the various roles of "Who to be?", "Who will I be when I grow up?" And what does she see? The image is directly opposite to life reality.

Here the girl suddenly begins to “suspect” of her “imperfection”. This kernel of doubt is nourished daily and growing more and more. She may even begin to feel not perfect.

This condition can be easily noticed at any age when the child begins to constantly look at himself in the mirror. So gradually the image of a modern doll begins to form an inferiority complex in a child.

Remember! The distorted perception of the image of a person leads to a disruption in the harmonious development of the child, and hinders his bodily, mental and intellectual development.

Second reason: The material of which the modern doll is made

Modern industry has more than once been publicly accused of using banned synthesized materials that harm the health of children.

When buying a modern doll, you can already notice the level of danger for your child in terms of price-quality ratio. This, no doubt, is always a very strong argument! Indeed, true quality always costs a lot of money. And then the choice is yours!

Just think, what does it mean when a doll set costs 1 euro?

Here is such a "little thing" made in the countries of Southeast Asia, and no one monitors the quality there.

And in Europe already 75% of toys are made in China. The market for the production of dolls from Vietnam is actively growing.

The world-famous Robert Koch Institute in Germany (Robert-Koch-Institut, RKI), which began its history back in 1891, published its latest research data. They can not leave anyone indifferent. Just think: since 1980, the number of cancers among children has increased by 50%!

In Germany, the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) also published the results of its studies of the chemical composition of modern toys. Analyzes have shown that they contain a dangerous amount of carcinogens. Moreover, in rubber and plastic toys!

Specialists pay special attention to toys with elastic parts of the body. To make them, rubber is added to the plastic. A more detailed analysis of these plasticizers and softeners showed that they can cause a child not only cancer, but also infertility.

Of course, in the European Union there are certain standards that strictly determine the amount of toxic substances in each doll, but they have not been reviewed for a long time and are already very outdated. This was due to the active growth of industrial production and the invention of new types of plasticizers.

Scientists estimate that in one toy there can be 1000 times more plasticizers than ... in a car tire. And active communication with such a doll in 1 hour has a carcinogenic effect on a girl of such a level that is equivalent to two packs of cigarettes smoked in a room in her presence.

And these are just invisible reasons for refusing to buy a modern doll for your child.

And remember your feeling of cold from a plastic toy? And you will understand that the depth of feelings can only be obtained by touching a tree or wool. Such a warm toy, in addition to warm feelings, is able to convey to the child the very sense of history.

Third reason: Modern doll limits imagination

It is always common for all children to invent something; nothing is impossible for their imagination to fly. This is the whole charm of childhood.

When a kid can turn an ordinary cube into a piece of cake in a second, and a chair into a car, a steam locomotive, or even into a house - all this is what the imagination allows him to do!

In life, a child’s imagination can be directed right away in different directions. So he learns to operate with things and quickly replace one object with another.

Remember! Fantasy in a child must necessarily develop from childhood!

It is the development of fantasy that gives the development of a volitional beginning and contributes to the formation of the makings of self-sufficiency in each child.

In a Waldorf doll, for example, the eyes are not shaped at all. This is done so that the child independently completes the character's image in his imagination, depending on the conditions of the game. For the formation of the personality of the baby, it is important to fully experience the feelings of each character in a plot-role situation. When some emotions are already captured on the face of the toy, it ceases to be a flexible tool for the game. It is then difficult for a child to turn a doll with laughing eyes into a doll with offended eyes in the role-playing game that he plays.

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But in order to play with a modern doll, the child is offered in addition all at once ready-made: a certain style of clothing, accessories, you can even buy the room environment that has been thought out to the smallest detail and the entire circle of friends - a girlfriend, a little kid or a ready-made guy.

With such a variety, the imagination of the girl herself does not develop at all.

Agree, it’s not at all easy to try on a state of resentment, thoughtfulness or sadness with the painted smiling face of a modern doll.

Fourth reason: The foundation of direct consumerism is being laid

This happens when the imagination and imagination of the child does not develop at all, and everything in the set is immediately sold in addition to the modern doll: clothes, accessories, and even the house, and friends.

Using ready-made models does not allow the child to develop imagination and accelerates his sense of consumption. He gets used to the fact that this dress can be worn on the doll only at the ball, but this is only for the school ... When we ask the little person the framework, he cannot develop creatively. It is important to give him free play space for at least 9 years, so that in the future he will be able to give the world his maximum potential.

This approach teaches from childhood not to think, but only to take.

Remember! It is very important not to miss the moment of growing up to 9 years, when the child lays creative potential for his successful future and he learns to build his “adult” life.

Fifth reason: Quick saturation from communication with a modern doll

Did you notice that manufacturers use bright acid pink, green, yellow colors in the appearance of modern dolls? Indeed, such a selection of colors is designed to quickly saturate the toy itself. Such an approach inevitably leads to the acquisition of a new toy in the future, because the world simply needs the world of bright colors.

He wants to once again experience that moment of delight and joy in a new toy. The feeling is quite understandable and very necessary for every person. Indeed, in a state of spiritual joy, the baby is liberated with positive emotions and a sense of celebration is created. And this feeling teaches us to enjoy life!

Only then the holiday ends, the colors fade and, as a rule, something in the doll breaks or is necessarily torn. But the baby does not like this state of affairs and she again demands the continuation of the holiday! How many such scenes have you seen more than once near a children's toy store?

You now understand that it is so artificially made by manufacturers of modern dolls, with the help of parents, a difficult situation is formed in children consisting of a true dependence of the baby on a bright combination of colors and at the same time the formation of inability to enjoy the subtlety of colors, feelings, details. It has already been thought in advance that after talking with such a doll, the child will definitely remember that there is some new, bright modern doll in the store that will again return the feeling of a holiday. This desire will grow in the kid every day, there will be requirements and can even reach children's tears and tantrums.

Only you can stop this circle of useless and even dangerous purchases. Better yet, do not buy such modern dolls at all for your child!

Remember your childhood! After all, how many plans for further actions you built, how many interesting things you came up with to improve the image of your favorite doll!

Do not deprive your child of these opportunities!

Remember that there are time-tested dolls that are in no way inferior to modern ones in the game. They can  help your child grow into a harmonious and comprehensive personality. Today you can choose a modern handmade doll made from natural materials - wool and wood, which are really close to human skin.

Since the last century inAldorf pedagogy has established itself as the closest to the inner world of children.

Waldorf educators recommend that parents don’t buy toys at all for children in which all the details have already been worked out and thought out, and they recommend teaching the kid to create and fantasize various possible versions of role-playing games from improvised material.

The Waldorf doll itself for children under 3 years old has no eyes at all - it is faceless, which is very reminiscent of the folk. It is very comfortable to sleep with her. She also happens with painted closed eyes.

To play during the day, there is a more complicated Waldorf doll with open eyes, which are drawn by small dots, and a mouth - a crescent. When a child grows older than 3 years old, certain features of the face are more clearly formed in the Waldorf doll: nose, embroidered eyes and mouth, and the thumb also begins to stand out on the arm.

For such a doll, each girl will be interested in not only coming up with clothes, but also sewing on a button, tying a scarf, putting on or taking off her dress, and even braiding her hair, or she can create unusual beads or even sew clothes according to her own idea!

This approach allows the child to fulfill his fantasies in various game situations during any role-playing game.

As you can see, there is always a choice! You need only a little bit - to make the RIGHT choice.

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