I think one of the most
important things that a child should have is to have a great and vast
imagination and they should put themselves in their own fantasy. In Cinderella
ate my Daughter, Peggy Orenstein states that as boys and girls grown up toys
influence who they are. She is also convinced that girls that play with these
toys aren’t worried about important things like realistic goals, and doing well
in school. They are more interested into appearances like make up, clothing,
hair, jewelry; the whole glamorous lifestyle. The “princess phase” another
thing Orenstein brings up, which she basically is saying that girls grown up in
the super girly girl phase, princess like, I love pink, and just expecting the
good life in the palm of their hand.
To wrap up Orenstein her
beliefs in toy industries effect young children in making their views on the unrealistic
end of the spectrum and there is a perfect life.
I would say that I was a normal child and
as a normal child I mean that I had toy chests of toys and action figures. Me playing
with toys definitely did not diminish any morals or put me in a world where I
thought life was going to be as fantastic as the play sets for my action figures.
If anything toys that helped me define
me as an individual and broadened my personality in making me the man I am
today. I like all of my cousins and friends had toys and spent most of their
childhood with the same and or similar toys, we all have the perfect mind set
about life and all are pursuing careers for ourselves; I do not think that is a
coincidence. I fell that toys should be advertised more than ever now that we
are starting to be a new generation of children that use more technology at a
youthful age. So no I do not agree with Orenstein it is almost comically that
people could believe toys have a relationship on a negative growth but hey that’s
my opinion.
question: do people really believe toys can change a child? if so what would you do to raise your child?
http://www.learningpathways.com/archive/toys
I agree with you. We need to let children explore the world. The world is full of fairytales and it is hard to ignore them all. I grew up loving Disney movies, but my first priority was always school. My parents let me live in my fantasy world as a child, but they always told me that getting an education was important. The media corrupts children at a young age. It teaches boys to be masculine and girls to be feminine and to focus on beauty and looks. As these girls get older, their self-esteem is affected. I believe that kids are too young to comprehend the concept of Disney and that they portray negative behavior in their films. Hopefully, as these children get older they realize that nothing is going to drop into the palm of their hands without hard work and determination. Parents should be encouraging this idea as well.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed your post ! the barbie video was awesome and i loved how it started out by showing all of the "girly" stuff in the beginning...like the lipstick and all the pink clothes and toys ! It really shows how Barbie impacts so many young minds.
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