What’s happening to our youth? Kids today are different. Children act too grown. There are rants commonly heard from adults as it relates to our youth of today. Yet we live in a society that insists upon manufacturing children’s gadgets and toys that simulate adult activities. Even children’s programming is laced with suggestive language and adult humor. Listen, there’s nothing wrong with our children. It’s the adults who’ve gone stark raving mad.
Just when I thought I had seen and heard about everything; a worldly and enlightened woman not to be easily caught off guard or surprised – last night’s WXII 12 ABC News threw me a curve ball that made my eyes pop and my skin crawl. Coming soon to a store near you – The Breast Milk Baby Doll! A Spain based toy that teaches our little girls about nursing!
Trust me..I’m no prude or Miss Manners, but am I the only one who thinks this is just wrong, wrong, WRONG?! Although the concept does not involve actual breast milk there’s just no way I would want to introduce my young daughter to the halter like bib containing magnetic sensors that when detected by the companion sensors in the doll, induces the baby to suckle. Why in the world would I? Mothers have been getting this breastfeeding thing right for thousands of years without the benefit of a childhood dress rehearsal. Yes, breastfeeding is one of the most natural things in the world. So is childbirth and sex. Are we going to give them a dress rehearsal for that next?
Young girls of course think it’s “cool” but what they see as cool I see as just one more bone of contention in the delicate balance of the mother daughter relationship. Ding-ding-ding and the battle over the doll begins. Good luck moms. My heart goes out to you.