- Joined
- Jun 25, 2013
- Messages
- 7,317
- Reaction score
- 2,926
- Gender
- Female
- Political Leaning
- Progressive
Good point. I think you're right, it's tough as a guy to understand the whole picture. Myself, I don't think a doll can, by itself, give a girl body-image issues. I think it's more up to the parents communicating with their kids.
I think it's up to the parents to teach their daughters to live a healthy lifestyle in terms of proper diet and exercise, and then within that to teach them that they're perfect just the way they are.
The problem is that mainstream, pop or commercial culture has a much stronger influence over our kids now then it has in the past. I agree that it is a parents obligation to provide their kids that message but against all those outside forces a parent can do their best but it just isn't enough to combat that bombardment of bad influence.