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Family Affair (Dolls)

When I pulled out the wooden dollhouse for my youngest child (she’s three), I needed some new dolls. So, I went to the toy store only to discover that the boxes of the African American family read: Family Affair II–African American family. Three was Asian, four Hispanic.

Although on the website the Caucasian family is Family Affair I, this isn’t the case on the box. They just are. The family. No race, no number.

Kids’ Fashion Kerfuffles & Adults’ Big Fashion Faux-Pas

Kids’ fashion kerfuffles make the news in two main categories these days. One is when boys scandalously dress all girlie-girl, from Halloween costume (going in drag!) to tiara to pink toenail polish. The other is when girls put on clothes that veer toward slutty. Here’s the uniting principle: that adults sexualize what the kids are wearing—or more aptly how the kids will behave because of what they’re wearing.

Having had sons with painted toenails (our own personal toemaggedon), I can say with confidence that my then two and five year-olds weren’t contemplating gay lifestyles. They were into color. And the fun of painting said little toenails with their godfather, who painted his on occasion (in case you’re ...

Kids’ fashion kerfuffles make the news in two main categories these days. One is when boys scandalously dress all girlie-girl, from Halloween costume (going in drag!) to tiara to pink toenail polish. The other ...