I agree with putting away the special dolls, or supervised play.
As for Barbies and their ilk, I cut their hair and threw them in the back of my closet as soon as I got them from well-meaning family members who didn't bother to ask my mom what I actually played with (answer: Just Give Her Books).
I think as long as you make it clear that toys she "modifies" won't be replaced, it's fine. (The obvious exception is the Sasha dolls.)
Re: Toy Story -- I can't watch it a second time. Sid was too traumatic. As a kid, I believed that all my stuffed animals were real (still do), and anything that "hurt" them was the end of the world for me, not because they were damaged, but because they were "hurt."
(That applied only to my stuffed animals, though; like I said, cutting Barbies' hair was S.O.P., and in no way "hurt" them. Because they WEREN'T REAL. [Uh, that last sentence was posted by my inner 8-year-old.])
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Date: 2009-01-07 04:45 pm (UTC)As for Barbies and their ilk, I cut their hair and threw them in the back of my closet as soon as I got them from well-meaning family members who didn't bother to ask my mom what I actually played with (answer: Just Give Her Books).
I think as long as you make it clear that toys she "modifies" won't be replaced, it's fine. (The obvious exception is the Sasha dolls.)
Re: Toy Story -- I can't watch it a second time. Sid was too traumatic. As a kid, I believed that all my stuffed animals were real (still do), and anything that "hurt" them was the end of the world for me, not because they were damaged, but because they were "hurt."
(That applied only to my stuffed animals, though; like I said, cutting Barbies' hair was S.O.P., and in no way "hurt" them. Because they WEREN'T REAL. [Uh, that last sentence was posted by my inner 8-year-old.])