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Not in any sane universe! Actually the entire brand is COMPLETELY inappropriate for any age of child, female or male. I would never let my children ever consider this toy as an option and I certainly would not even allow them in my house. In fact, I actually live with my four year old niece and she is not permitted to have them either. Her mother is greatly disturbed by them and I can hardly blame the woman. We even gave away a scooter she was gifted with because it had the brand name on it and if we are in a toy store, we ALWAYS avoid the section they can be found in with a particular vengeance.

If people had problems with Barbie because of HER body image, then the Bratz dolls are worse. First of all, they are completely inaccurate when it comes to body parameters (even more so than Barbie ever was). Their heads, (which on a normal person, would be the equivalent of having a head that was three to four times larger than your average individual) arms, and legs, are totally disproportionate to each other, their makeup is atrocious, and that along with their "apparel" (could you actually call the clothing the toy-makers put them in actual "apparel"?) simply screams "prostitute". Not to mention the extreme creep factor that occurs when you try to change the dolls' shoes and end up removing the entire foot of the doll at the ankle. What are we teaching our girls with this kind of image?
Now if we move on to the actual Bratz Kidz dolls, you have the above image but now placed on a baby doll instead. One of my friends commented on the first appearance of these dolls that they looked like a pedophile wet dream, and I have to agree with her. They provide a dangerous image.
One of my best friends' two girls who are at ages eight and five years old are highly obsessed with these...things and it just worries me. Last I heard these girls, FIVE AND EIGHT years old, remember, wanted to dress EXACTLY like their favorite dolls because they were "cool".
When did looking like your body was up for sale "cool"? What happened to the exquisite but simplistic art of the older dolls like Raggedy Ann and Andy, the Cabbage Patch Kids, Polly Pocket, and Barbie and Friends? These are decent toys and dolls. (My sister and I had each of these items growing up and we loved them dearly.) These are the kinds of things we should let our children play with instead of an item that says, "Hello, my body's for sale, want some?"

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