I had a destructive younger brother and a dog who liked to chew on Barbies, so no toy of mine survived long unscathed (even though I didn't do the scathing) and I don't recall minding much. Nora cut the manes & tails off her Polly Pocket horses and we let it go without comment. (Uh, bad parent?)
Books are my hot button. I've had several bouts with Nora about drawing in/tearing books. Each time she does it ALL her books go away for a while and she loses library privileges. Knock on wood, she seems to be past it now (at least, she hasn't done it in 6 or so months).
I agree that if you'd be traumatized by damage to the dolls they should be put away or reserved for supervised play. I've saved old books from my childhood but Nora is getting NOWHERE near them for several years. In fact I haven't even given any to Sean, though he's old enough now to treat them well. Maybe on his next birthday.
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Date: 2009-01-07 05:21 pm (UTC)Books are my hot button. I've had several bouts with Nora about drawing in/tearing books. Each time she does it ALL her books go away for a while and she loses library privileges. Knock on wood, she seems to be past it now (at least, she hasn't done it in 6 or so months).
I agree that if you'd be traumatized by damage to the dolls
they should be put away or reserved for supervised play. I've saved old books from my childhood but Nora is getting NOWHERE near them for several years. In fact I haven't even given any to Sean, though he's old enough now to treat them well. Maybe on his next birthday.