That is not true. You guys dont actually know what kids think. Kids dont think of the Bratz as sexy, unless their parents, siblings, friends or anybody says the words sexy, or tells them what the word sexy is.
So that obviously means that its the media, the parents, the families, and the friends that cause it, NOT the dolls!

Ive played with Bratz dolls, and never thought they were "sexy" "slutty" or "whores" until people starting complaining that their children will start to acts like whores if they play with Bratz. So pretty much, people are egging it on, it never actually happened. My sister and I played with Bratz for years, and I still do, and we are both not tramps. Parents need to remember that kids may repeat what they see, but the kids dont actually know what it means. Tell your child what and what not to do. The DOLL isnt the parent, YOU are the parent. Remember, you cant depend on the doll to raise your child right, YOU need to raise your child right.

Bratz didnt give birth to your child, you did, so its your responsibility.

I am 13, Im the kid, I see it how it is. Im the one who's supposed to think of Bratz as whores. And I dont, it merely proves some of the adults wrong.

I remember when I went and bought my first Bratz doll, I was like 8 or 7 or 6. I never thought of her as slutty or anything! My sister and I would buy them all the time, we had a whole collection!

ER no my seven year old can work out the difference between reality and not real, and remember they are dolls, id be more worried bout the stars that they watch on telly as that is hard to distinguish between their lives and lives of so called normal people.

what ever happened to just having shitty parents?
if you let your kids get brainwashed by the stuff they play with, shame on you.
but if you-as a parent- instill the right values in them from an early age, then they wont do that.
in the time frame that they play with them, they most likely don't even know what sex is.
that's like violence in video games, it's just people who have time to focus on trivial shit like that instead of taking the time do do something really important.

the bratz dolls are just pieces of plastic crap which young girls are fascinated by. they do influence a crappy behaviour towards other people.

I think they encourage some sort of bad-ass attitude.

between bratz dolls and diva parties i'd say we have about 6 years until the early teen pregnancy rate goes thru the roof!

Not any more so than any other doll on the market. *shrug* Besides, a doll isn't going to teach a 6 year old to grow up to be a skank.

It'll just teach them to dress like them until they learn better. lol.

Perhaps, but my idea falls into the hands of the parents. It is your utter decision whether or not you let a toy change who your kid is. You need to create a definition between that a doll is a doll, and that dolls are not humans. Especially if you have little girls, emphasize that media portrayal of women is far off from reality at a young age. Use it as a tool to bring your daughter up with a better self image, and most likely better confidence not having to make themselves fit these molds that society builds for them.

Why would you say that My daughter likes her new Bratz Street Walker Suzie doll.

I think you are pushing a double standard that has no place here. It's sexist that a woman acting the same as a man is cut down and shunned for that which he is praised and cheered on for.

I do think that the Bratz are shallow and mindless.... at least Barbie was a doctor/astronaut/vet.... etc etc... oh wait.... that was made up too! I guess when it comes to toys you have to realize that play is play and make believe is just that.

Do they push the self-servant attitude enforced by the fashion industry? Yes.... but so do a lot of things and there have been girls obsessed with that for way longer than these dolls have existed. Mean, popular, pretty, girls with awful and abhorrent atitudes (and sometimes bearing ill-advised dressing habits) they are real brats..... They have been around forever.

In my opinion the dolls don't do any more harm than anything else society considers "fine".


Now, when girls start getting plastic surgery to enlarge their heads and feet, lengthen their legs, shorten thier torsos, blow up their lips, and obliterate their noses...... then, I will blame the bratz for the gross sense of beauty in such awful disproportion ..... Until then.... It is just a TOY!