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Midge Mattel

February 15, 2012 by · Comments Off on Midge Mattel 

Midge Mattel, She is Barbie’s oldest friend, happily married and visibly pregnant with her second child — and some parents think she is a little too real for their children.

The pregnant version of Midge, which pops out a curled-up baby when her belly is opened — has been pulled from Wal-Mart shelves across the country following complaints from customers, a company spokeswoman said Tuesday.

“It was just that customers had a concern about having a pregnant doll,” Wal-Mart spokeswoman Cynthia Illick said.

She said the entire “Happy Family” set, which includes pregnant Midge, husband Alan and 3-year-old son Ryan, had been pulled from shelves of the world’s largest retailer, which has about 2,800 stores and 500 warehouse club stores.

Illick said the decision was made the week of Dec. 13.

“What we try to do is listen to what our customers want,” she said. “In this case, we decided to remove the product from the shelves. I think it was a unique situation.”

Messages left for representatives of the toy’s maker, Mattel, were not returned Tuesday.

Midge was introduced in 1963, a freckle-faced redhead and the first of a slew of friends and family members for Barbie, the blue-eyed blonde who appeared four years earlier and has been one of the world’s top-selling dolls ever since. In Barbie-land, Midge — who, like Barbie, now comes in other shades — married boy-doll Alan in 1991, and the couple has a 3-year-old son, Ryan.

The pregnant Midge, who wears a tiny white wedding ring, has a detachable magnetic stomach that allows easy “delivery” of the baby, and comes with tiny crib, cradle, changing table, baby toys and even a tiny baby monitor. Alan and Ryan are sold separately. The baby also can get a first checkup from “Dr. Barbie,” also sold separately.

An article on Mattel’s Barbie.com Web site says the “Happy Family” dolls are designed to satisfy the desire for nurturing play by girls age 5 to 8, and can be “a wonderful prop for parents to use with their children to role-play family situations — especially in families anticipating the arrival of a new sibling.”

The article, by University of Southern California psychology professor Jo Ann M. Farver, says the series “provides a way to talk about pregnancy without elaborating on the details a child can’t fully comprehend.”

Pregnant Midge

February 15, 2012 by · Comments Off on Pregnant Midge 

Pregnant Midge, She is Barbie’s oldest friend, happily married and visibly pregnant with her second child — and some parents think she is a little too real for their children.

The pregnant version of Midge, which pops out a curled-up baby when her belly is opened — has been pulled from Wal-Mart shelves across the country following complaints from customers, a company spokeswoman said Tuesday.

“It was just that customers had a concern about having a pregnant doll,” Wal-Mart spokeswoman Cynthia Illick said.

She said the entire “Happy Family” set, which includes pregnant Midge, husband Alan and 3-year-old son Ryan, had been pulled from shelves of the world’s largest retailer, which has about 2,800 stores and 500 warehouse club stores.

Illick said the decision was made the week of Dec. 13.

“What we try to do is listen to what our customers want,” she said. “In this case, we decided to remove the product from the shelves. I think it was a unique situation.”

Messages left for representatives of the toy’s maker, Mattel, were not returned Tuesday.

Midge was introduced in 1963, a freckle-faced redhead and the first of a slew of friends and family members for Barbie, the blue-eyed blonde who appeared four years earlier and has been one of the world’s top-selling dolls ever since. In Barbie-land, Midge — who, like Barbie, now comes in other shades — married boy-doll Alan in 1991, and the couple has a 3-year-old son, Ryan.

The pregnant Midge, who wears a tiny white wedding ring, has a detachable magnetic stomach that allows easy “delivery” of the baby, and comes with tiny crib, cradle, changing table, baby toys and even a tiny baby monitor. Alan and Ryan are sold separately. The baby also can get a first checkup from “Dr. Barbie,” also sold separately.

An article on Mattel’s Barbie.com Web site says the “Happy Family” dolls are designed to satisfy the desire for nurturing play by girls age 5 to 8, and can be “a wonderful prop for parents to use with their children to role-play family situations — especially in families anticipating the arrival of a new sibling.”

The article, by University of Southern California psychology professor Jo Ann M. Farver, says the series “provides a way to talk about pregnancy without elaborating on the details a child can’t fully comprehend.”

Midge Promotes Teenage Pregnancy

February 15, 2012 by · Comments Off on Midge Promotes Teenage Pregnancy 

Midge Promotes Teenage Pregnancy, Okay so lately I’ve seen a lot of remarks on facebook in such in regards to “Midge” Barbies Married pregnant friend. She’s from the happy family line… and comes with a little nursery set and a detachable preggo belly with an teeny tiny little name her yourself baby girl. I personally don’t really see a problem with her, but a lot of people are saying its immoral to allow little girls to play with her and that she encourages teen pregnancy. They have gone as far as to create a FAKE Teen Pregnancy Barbie. <- now that is ridiculous!

Midge on the other hand was created like ten years ago and is supposed to represent a pregnant mother and wife. She has a 3 year old son, husband and a tiny little wedding band. I think that it can be really educational and fun. I mean there’s Bridal Barbies and Barbie works in every field imaginable what is wrong with a mother barbie.. I don’t know about you but when I was a little girl, hell i still play with them with my niece 🙂 lol I always pretended that barbie and ken were married and had kids and what not and not even just with barbies… i mean you had baby dolls that you took care of as if you were the mother. Being a pregnant married mother is not a shameful thing in my book, and I honestly don’t see how it promotes teen pregnancy, not too many teens actually play with barbies for one and two if you wanna blame Barbie for why your child’s pregnant at 14 years old, you’ve got bigger issues and they should probably remove all toy guns and every other toy that may influence your child in a negative way off the shelves.

*Hell Barbie herself and all the princess better go b/c some argue that they set a negative example of a real woman. lol #justsaying

But that’s my opinion… what do you Momma’s have to think ? Would you let your lil girl play with a pregnant doll ?

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