I had Barbies and I remember my next door neighbor had the Barbie dream house. I don’t remember my parents having any strong feelings about Barbies and my godfather used to buy me the collectible Barbie dolls at Christmas which my parents still have in the attic!
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I wasn’t part of the Barbie generation, but was surprised that there were protests from parents over their children playing with Barbie - it was only a toy but apparently caused issues. My parents probably wouldn’t have forbidden it, but might have felt it too expensive, what with wardrobe items and the accessories.
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I played with Barbie. My Barbie was a bubble cut doll and I was always a little jealous of my friends’ ponytail dolls. I had a car, but not a dream house. There was a woman in town that made beautiful clothes, so my Barbie had a fabulous wardrobe.
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Barbies were a huge part of my childhood! I still have them all and recently took them out to admire again - along with the camper bus and the dream house and all the barbie cases and clothes! My two brothers, however, cut their hair and bit off their toes on a few of my dolls until I could hide them (I had 12 overall). The one thing I remember I did not want was “Growing Up Skipper” - talked about in this book – I did not like the concept of her “growing up” and developing - she was Barbie’s kid sister and no need to go through puberty! At least that is how I felt as a kid prior to puberty myself.
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Melissa, same for me. I had never even considered that it would be so controversial at that time but that makes sense considering the pop culture ( 50s shows, movies, clothes etc). I had my aunt and sister’s Barbie’s, my own, a car with a pop-up camping tent and of all things, the Barbie airplane😂! I loved it all but especially the clothes.
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