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I don't think it's exploiting homelessness but I also don't think it will teach a child empathy either. Odd thing for a doll, inmo because once you've purchased it, it isn't homeless anymore.
The only way to completely understand homelessness, especially for a child, is to actually be homeless or to experience it. No doll or toy can make anyone feel that.
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Newest American Girl doll is homeless- exploiting homelessness or teaching children empathy?
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| October 10, 2009 12:02 AM | view on twitter |
The only way to completely understand homelessness, especially for a child, is to actually be homeless or to experience it. No doll or toy can make anyone feel that.
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It is teaching empathy, it comes with the book, "Friends: Making Them & Keeping Them".
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I believe it's more exploiting than empathy. Children should learn about the homeless, but certainly not through a doll.
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