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MLP Live ponies?! Nooooo!
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First of all, I don't know how old your daughter is, but I think our first concern should be she the fact she had access to scissors and was alone when she styled the ponies. Let's just be grateful she didn't harm herself. Ponies are replacable, children are not.
Second of all- you gave her MLP Live ponies...? I don't have children but if I had a young child, MLP Live would not be the obvious choice. IMO, your daughter is way too young to understand or appreciate the value of ponies, so I guess this should be a learning moment for the adults rather than the child. With so many Pinkie Pies and Mintys around, there is absolutely no need to give her a set that rare. If she wants to style ponies- fine. Just give her any other $1 Minty and Pinkie Pie from the local thrift store. Clean them up and there ya go! Nice pony bait for the little hair stylist.
I don't think there's any need to make her feel she's the bad guy if she's still really young. I know I always said I'd teach my children not to destroy their toys, but it's silly to believe they actually will leave valuable ponies alone. :| I think pets and children should not have access to rare ponies, ever. It's our responsibility to preserve ponies and when we give them access to rare ponies, we should always calculate the risk we will end up with a damaged or destroyed collectibles. In my mind, it's never their fault. Cats get jealous of our favorite (often RARE!) ponies, they pee on them and pluck their hair. Dogs will chew on any pony they can get ahold of, because they love them. And children, well children... Children know what ponies are special to mommy and they too get jealous or feel left out if we pay too much attention to their rarity, give them lectures about keeping them clean and so on. The rarer ones become forbidden fruit and are the first ones to end up baity. Sad, but true! :krakrani:
Is it odd part of me wonders why people are giving 4 year olds such rare ponies? Well, I just apologize for thinking a thing like that, too. Of course It is entirely YOUR choice what ponies you give to your daughter. Entirely. I'm sorry I ever had any opinion at all about My Little Ponies speaking from one collector to another.
I'm obviously in the wrong here. Sorry.
Pacific Blue said::bighug: to mia2004. I used to cut my toys' hair all the time when I was younger, much to my mother's horror. I thought I was making them look better. And it was fun. I never grew up with safety scissors - we only had the big adult kinds that could probably stab your eye out, but so can many other things (pencils, etc). My mom never baby-proofed, her mom didn't, we started using knives to cut fruit,veggies, etc (with supervision) when we were really little. My sisters and I all grew up just fine, yes, we could have been hurt, but we could have been hurt in many other ways, even with over-cautious parenting. You're a fine mama, don't worry. :wink:
Pikabubba said:Forgot to add that since I have boys...the one mostly destroys cars/trucks.
He demolished a die cast collectors rig in under 10 minutes
After that I started to think, "I wonder if that was worth something...oops"
FantasticFirefly said:TwilightStarshine,
Mia2004 said her daughter had safety scissors. I've tried using those things before. a 4 and 1/2 year old has nothing to worry about. Those things can't cut butter. :lol:
(You'd faint to see my mom raising me. I HATED those big plastic safety scissors, because they were so dumpy, and couldn't cut clean/smooth. so she gave me those sharp drug shop scissors they sell for hairstyling. lol. I wasn't even in kindergarden at the time. In kindergarden I kept trying to use the teachers scissors.)
It's sad that some htf ponies got the clip, but In the end anyone can buy/give their children any toy they wish. *shrugs* We will see more stories of ponies damaged (kids, Dogs, cats, birds, postal service etc), stuff happens.
OMG,such a bad dog!My girls have always looked after their ponies from when they were very little, the biggest problem here is losing all the accessories, and them ending up all over the house..... :lol:
They are like socks, they never get found.
Far as dogs eating ponies..... I won a German Raindrop on ebay years ago, I was so pleased that Id got her for such a low price, She was part of a lot. The seller emailed me to say that the lot was fine, but Raindrop was gone, a dog had eaten her....... UGHH..... so I never received my lovely pony.... I actually asked for a picture of the damaged pony and was told that Id be getting a picture after the dog had passed her.....:hide:, which Fortunately I never got.....
Oh my goodness...that is just so sad...My girls have always looked after their ponies from when they were very little, the biggest problem here is losing all the accessories, and them ending up all over the house..... :lol:
They are like socks, they never get found.
Far as dogs eating ponies..... I won a German Raindrop on ebay years ago, I was so pleased that Id got her for such a low price, She was part of a lot. The seller emailed me to say that the lot was fine, but Raindrop was gone, a dog had eaten her....... UGHH..... so I never received my lovely pony.... I actually asked for a picture of the damaged pony and was told that Id be getting a picture after the dog had passed her.....:hide:, which Fortunately I never got.....
Well there's a reason there are so many custom bait ponies out there, right? I say they were just well "loved" by their children and may someday go on to be a wonderful, unique works of art. I'm sure your daughter will still love them w/ cut hair.
satinslipper said:Far as dogs eating ponies..... I won a German Raindrop on ebay years ago, I was so pleased that Id got her for such a low price, She was part of a lot. The seller emailed me to say that the lot was fine, but Raindrop was gone, a dog had eaten her....... UGHH..... so I never received my lovely pony.... I actually asked for a picture of the damaged pony and was told that Id be getting a picture after the dog had passed her.....:hide:, which Fortunately I never got....
SoSoftClaire said:Awww man, Margie! I'm so sorry, I would have been so sad to walk upon a site such as that one. Hugs to you, and to your daughter as well. Hey, at least they aren't completely ruined with marker or something!