Customer Reviews

Ryan's Room Family Affair IV Hispanic-American

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I was surprised by the poor review above--til I realized it was a young person looking at the dolls on line and not liking how plain they are. My friend has the Ryan's room dolls and we both like the simplicity--they are well made and sort of featureless--but that is good for freeplay--they are not supposed to look like anyone in particular. Our daughters are 3 and 4. THey are sturdy and simple, not fancy, and might take a little getting used to if kids are used to Barbie and Bratz, but these are really preferable.

I know these are for children over 3, but I got these for my 2-yr old niece & she LOVES them, and plays with them a lot. They're a nice size for her hands & great for encouraging imaginative play.

The dolls are pose-able and cute. My mistake was in ordering one family of each ethnicity thinking they would be a good teaching aid for studying diversity. There is nothing to distinguish them as Hispanic-American. I suppose this is a good thing in that I wouldn't expect a Hispanic American to wear some kind of mariachi outfit. The skin tone of the dolls is no different than the African American family. It makes no difference to the three year olds. Which is the point. They are happy to have mommies and daddies, grandmas and grandpas and a bunch of kids to play with.

I bought these dolls for my children. I'm trying to keep away from the other anatomically correct doll, and wanted something that resembled my children. I read a previous post that said there is no difference between the African American dolls, but you have to remember there are African Latinos. And of course my son, my daughter and husband have the same skin tone as the dolls and they are latino.

These dolls are great! I'm a Nanny, and I take care of a toddler who has been adopted from Guatemala. I can't wait o give her these dolls for Christmas!