What’s a great gift for a girl? I don’t know. But if I were buying one, it wouldn’t be Monster High dolls.
I don’t mean to pick on the Monster High dolls themselves. They’re all right, and their popularity is disturbing to me, but that’s not the point. The point is that it’s easy to get the idea that the Monster High dolls are the best gifts for girls; they are clearly popular, and in a lot of ways they are fantastic. After all, they’re a lot better than dolls that talk or dance or sing.
But they’re not the best choice, even if you think they are. Let me explain why.
The big problem with Monster High dolls is that they have no personality whatsoever: no likes or dislikes, no hopes or fears, nothing but blank faces and blank outfits. If you buy a bunch of them, they will do whatever you want them to do: dance with you, make balloon animals with you, go to bed with you. But then what?
When my daughter was young she had a little stuffed shark that would sit on her shoulder and “talk” when she said his name twice fast: “Charlie! Charlie!” It was adorable until she learned how to spell
Monster High Dolls are a toy that is popular among young girls, but they are not the best gift choice. They are very expensive, they often look like real people and monsters, and they are not very useful. These dolls are essentially a collection of accessories, which can be bought cheaper elsewhere.
The purpose of Monster High dolls is to make money for the company, not to satisfy a child’s desire for dolls.
People who have them have a lot of money because they want to buy accessories in addition to the dolls that would be sufficient for their child’s needs.
If you are looking for a girl to buy a Monster High doll for, I have some bad news. Based on the data that we have, it appears that the Monster High dolls are not the best gift choice.
The reason this is true is that the dolls are made in Taiwan and China where they are made under very poor conditions. The company inside the box says “made in China” but they are not making anything there! They are just filling a box with things.
In the United States, the people who make these toys live pretty well by selling them at 50% of what is made in China and 50% of what is made in Taiwan. They keep all of that money for themselves.
Many toys designed and marketed to girls with the term “girl power” that involve strange body parts are not something parents should buy their daughters.
Nerf, Barbie and Monster High dolls are just a few of these products, which are marketed to girls as empowering and cool while also being sexually provocative.
According to experts in developmental psychology, there is no evidence that these toys will help girls in any way. On the contrary, they could possibly make them feel less brave, less empowered, less independent.
There are many other toys for girls out there that are more empowering and don’t have any sexual element to them. The one thing all of these toys have in common is that they are made for girls and marketed to them as empowering.
While some of these toys may indeed be great gifts for your daughter, other gifts may be better options for her. Here’s a list of better gifts for girls:
It’s a common assumption that the best gifts for girls are dolls and other toys. But it’s based on a terrible misunderstanding of what girls want.
Girls don’t want to play with dolls, they want to be dolls. And that is something that you can only do if you have a doll body. So the answer to the question “What are good gifts for girls?” isn’t “Dolls and other toys,” it’s “Body parts that children can use to make dolls.”
Monster High dolls are popular because they are the most popular, and the most popular toys are never going to be the best. The real secret of toy companies is that children don’t like toys–their parents do.
The toy market is driven by parents, not children. Parents love new things, and so do children when they finally get up the nerve to ask for them. So it’s no surprise that every year there are new fads in toys. Sometimes these fads are good (e.g., Legos) and sometimes they’re bad (e.g., My Little Ponies). It doesn’t matter what kids want; it only matters what their parents want.
(**) But I was wrong about one thing: I thought that if a toy is really bad, it will fade away with time, but if a toy is really good, it will never fade away at all. I was wrong about this too.
The most popular Halloween costume for girls is still a Minnie Mouse outfit. Think about that for a moment.
This is not because the girls want to dress like Minnie, or because it’s a cute picture. It’s because the Minnie Mouse outfits are cheap, easy, and familiar. We are always trying to find simple solutions to complex problems, and if something is simple, it can be tempting to use it instead of asking more difficult questions.
The problem is that the world may not be simple: maybe there’s not just one solution that fits everyone equally well; maybe some people have needs we haven’t even thought of yet; and maybe kids are smarter than we think they are.
There’s a way you can get around this problem: you can give your daughter something she really wants that requires creativity and effort. That’s what I tried for my kids’ first birthday party, and it was a huge success. They were happy with the result, we had time together as a family, and I made enough money to pay for the party in cash.
So do something unusual for your kid’s birthday party: make it a total surprise !