Yeah! That would be cool!

Ha ha!!

Agree. It's always interesting to revisit your intentions before pregnancy, before birth and if you have additional children. I'm definitely not the mum now with 3 kids, that I was 10 years ago when I had my first baby.

Honestly though. My child is almost 3 and some of “the parent I thought I was going to be” has gone out the window to pave way for “the parent I actually am.”

@@cassidybrewer hahah so true I was like my kids will always eat healthy and won't play computer games for more than a hour a week hahha now it's who wants McDonald's again and omg the Xbox is so hot you have been playing Minecraft for 5hours maybe have a break lol

Yessss! Baby fashion show! I'm not really a baby person, but baby clothes are a whole different story. I love buying clothes to my nephew.

I would genuinely watch hours of baby clothes/toys/nursery decorations

@@poplillyp yes! I don't even have anything to do with children but Jessica's and Claudia's are something different ( ◜‿◝ )♡

Yes so much pretty please!!

@@SpeedOfTheEarth absolutely!!

Thank you for posting this. My 13 year old and I have this same agreement and I occasionally worry that I'm making a huge mistake.

I agree!! I also think that sports are fundamental, so maybe it would be good for the child to try different things, it they don't like it is ok, but at least they are trying and getting some exercise at the same time :)

Thank you for saying this. This is the attitude we're taking with our daughter, who is on the spectrum, and I know parenting isn't a "one size fits all" situation, but it helps to hear this from someone who has personally experienced this in a positive way!

i was also raised like this - i have many memories of getting worked up on stuff, my mother just asking me to give it a go, and it actually turning out fine. and, on the rare occasions where i did hate it, i never felt any pressure to continue, as i knew i could quit at any time and she wouldn't judge me. so, it definitely gets my approval also!!

I'm also autistic and my parents had the same rule for me as a child too. I'm now 25 and they still use the same rule.

Lmao it is

especially if it’s a girl! (or gender neutral)

My hot take is sports are kinda toxic and I hope that baby gets to do other extra currics like music

Stiff that doesn't even have a gender stereotype attached

@@Crowcifixx sports are toxic but acting like other things aren't toxic is a bit ridiculous

you can apparently teach them as little babies too!

This!! I'm Dutch so everyone I know knows how to swim Personally I started as a baby and my parents made me get my A and B certificates (after that you got C and maybe some extras idk) and we if we wanted after that we could continue or stop and do another sport And I will absolutely do the same with my future kids Swimming lessons are so incredibly important

@@LS-vq2or My nephew used to go to baby swimming lessons soon after he was born (until the pandemic hit)

I wish I’d been given swimming lessons as a kid, we kind of learnt at school, but I’d definitely drown now in an emergency situation

My mom grew up scared of the water, so her logic was.... none of my kids will ever learn how to swim lol I'm old now, I doubt someone like me can learn, but my son is taking swimming classes

Yes, yes it is

It's not an assumption when it's based on mountains of evidence ;)

From what we've seen.

That would be so cute haha

That's so precious! 🥺

I mean that might be valid :P I had a dentist parent and definitely learned oral anatomy when I was about 6.

Please look up "toddler skulls". Look at those teeth. I love those teeth

@@isabelall4127 highly concerning comment after watching teen titans go episode where everyone is obsessed with eating teeth 😂😂😂

Basically choked when I heard that 😩

Me too.

How much maternity leave do you get in America? In Australia it's 6 months too, or 12 months at half pay.

@@nevernevereverland most places here give you 6 weeks off. Some with pay, but most of the time without. You have to use sick leave or vacation leave that you earn

@@nevernevereverland lol 0 is required by law most jobs might give you 6 weeks

In canadian high schools we do have the option more recently of a finance class. Where that is literally at the focus.

Teachers are overwhelmed with what they already have to teach. It goes way beyond the 3 Rs.

@@blossompetal784 well then maybe it's time to let go of some of the unnecessary stuff they teach now and put a finance class in place of that🤷‍♀️

@@blossompetal784 Also, nobody is blaming the teachers, they just follow the curriculum after all. Instead a big change in the educational curriculum is well overdue! I think there should be more focus on teaching finances, but also things like critical thinking, basics of sociology, and funnily enough - gardening/nature class :) In England nowadays the bar for passing core subjects on GCSE level just keeps getting higher and higher, with children studying e.g. science content which was A-level stuff only a couple years ago! It's likely that if you ask anyone who's worked in a school for a while they would tell you that it's happening too fast and students are stressed out and struggling. I just don't think that's necessary at all 🤔

@@Merciaks Yeah, I imagine forgoing some of outdated home economics lessons to introduce financial literacy.

That's sweet

I've told my kids Netflix is saying "goodnight!" When it actually says "are you still watching?" 👍🏻😜

Yup, came here to say this! We have four identical stuffed unicorns that we swap out every few weeks. Or daughter hasn't caught on yet. 😂

Yeah, also there should be more than two I think, you never know when your child decides that they favorite plush needs to take a trip in a river

When my toy duck got really broken-down, Mom told me I should write and ask Santa to fix him. He did! Even painted him so he was a different color! ;)

Actually there's often one that's still favourite for the child (they do make a difference) but that's a good tip

Yess!!

My parents did similarly! I was always encouraged the “try everything,” but never told to feel a certain way about it. I think that resulted in me being very open minded and comfortable with new experiences-from new foods to new crafts, new sports, etc. It allowed me to enjoy testing everything out without the pressure to “stick to” something, finish a whole bunch of it, etc.

I think there's definitely benefit to that approach, which is what my parents did as well. But in the other hand, I feel that because I was never 'forced' to stick to anything like sports when I was younger, I've developed the habit of starting things and hobbies and dropping them off quickly. That may be down to the personality but I feel like it's something to consider as well.

@@ihavenoideareally Tbf, there's nothing wrong with switching it up when it comes to hobbies and interests, even if you keep doing it all your life. The value in those things doesn't have to be how good you get at them, or feeling like they have to amount to something monetary, the primary goal of hobbies and interests tends to be to have fun, wind down, and just do something that's nice. I don't think they need to come with a bunch of expectations.

Exactly! Perfect method. Exposure, that's the key!

That's really smart!!

Yes please do a baby wardrobe video!!

You talk about your siblings feeling comfortable doing things that people who choose to reinforce the gender binary would describe "manly" or "feminine", but how about you? What drew you the gender neutral label -- what activities, clothes, thoughts, or feelings did you feel were incompatible with your assigned-at-birth gender, such that you moved away from that gender and now identify as gender neutral?

I wish I had that!

I don't know why but i thought that she is a vet. Have no idea why)))

@@user-wi2vn7cu4w she has the energy of a vet for sure!

@@user-wi2vn7cu4w Same!!!

@@user-wi2vn7cu4w big vet energy

Same tho

She's a beautiful glowing sun.

She's stunning! She has always been beautiful but now I can't take my eyes off her (and I'm a straight woman).

I just had a baby three months ago and I wish I looked that good. I was like a blob 😂.

Your mom when she had you

Nah

Agreed wholeheartedly. I have chronic illness as well and this is true for us too.

My ex in-laws had similar assumptions because my son was wearing gender neutral untill it was hard to find and didn't have a hair cut untill about the same (±3 years old). And who cares 🤷🏽‍♀️

Good on you for sticking to your guns, even if you don't think it was that significant it may have been for your son. 1996 was a much less accepting time. I'm female, I also grew up in the 90's, and my mother really wanted me to be a princess type of girly girl and was constantly dressing me up as one, decorating my bedroom as if I was one etc. It only really served to give me a deep seething hatred for traditional femininity that I still struggle with to this day, and I'm 33. My mother meant well and I've never had to be fearful of her love and affection being taken away, the things she put me through seemed trivial to her because it wasn't all the time, but her only being that excited when I was "her princess" sent a message regardless if she intended it or not, because even if she never pointed out my own preferences as explicitly wrong, she clearly preferred me conforming to a traditional preened and frilly girly-girl gender expression. It genuinely made me think thoughts like "I wish I was a boy", not because that felt true to who I was either. Not to take away anything from people who are transgender, that I questioned my gender had nothing to do with any of that, I didn't "wish I was a boy" because I thought I was meant to be one or had gender dysphoria, it most likely wouldn't have crossed my mind if it wasn't for the expectations of the people around me. I didn't wish I was a boy, it was just that the thought of having to become a socially acceptable version of femininity to live up to the expectations of other people was soul crushing. Reinforcing gendered expectations doesn't really shape a genuine gender identity in kids. It reaffirms the kids who can already conform without giving up who they are(because it's already pretty true to who they are), and makes the kids that are different feel like they can't be themselves. You definitely did something right.

My nephew had amazing, perfect, beautiful, golden, curly blond hair as a toddler, and nobody wanted to cut it short because was so beautiful. He got mistaken for a girl several times until his parents finally cut his hair for the first time. He’s fine, it didn’t scar him for life having long, curly blonde hair for a while, and I didn’t really mind having to answer the entirely predictable awkward questions about it. Sadly his baby blonde hair seems to be darkening as he grows up. I’m not surprised, as his mum has very dark hair herself.

@@marthahawkinson-michau9611 same for my son, being mistaken for a girl and I didn't want to cut his "goldy" locks (dark blonde) that once cut turned to light brown, deep brown up to almost black now. He was not scared either. Between 0 and 5 it's the only time they have before being formated by school and society's expectations.

I definitely can relate. I got so many weird looks and comments from family because my son had a doll when he was 3. He grabbed it when we were going through a toy aisle and he wanted it so badly, so we got it for him. And this was only 3 years ago, so I didn’t think people were going to make such a big deal out of it, but they did.

This may be the funniest comment ever.

That was the comment I was looking for!

This is very true lol

Hahahaha! I love that movie! 🤣

This is awesome! I wanted to say something similar. After four kids, I became much more practical.

"it's okay to be angry/upset, but it is not okay to hurt others" ❤️

How does it work in America ? (Just a curious French wanting to learn more

@@h.h.7550 so we have no federally required maternity leave at all, or at least not paid maternity leave. Companies and states have varying laws and policies. Generally though, you tend to see about six weeks of maternity leave, and usually only for the parent who physically gave birth. You also see a lot of people having to use up their sick or vacation days on their maternity leave. Also, even if a company does have maternity leave, the toxic work culture here means that a lot of people go back to work even sooner than the six weeks to look “dedicated” or whatever. Tl;dr it’s awful and practically nonexistent. I still remember the shock when I studied abroad in Austria and learned about the maternity leave laws there (and most of the developed world tbh).

@@bibliophilecb this. It sucks

Some US workers get something known as FMLA leave. It's up to 12 weeks off unpaid in a 12 month period for maternity/caregiver/severe medical/military transition (26 weeks for military caregiver leave). "FMLA leave is not available to every employee. FMLA eligibility requires the following criteria: • The employee must have been employed with the company for 12 months • The employee must have worked at least 1,250 hours during the 12 months prior to the start of FMLA leave . The employer is one who employs 50 or more employees within a 75-mile radius of the worksite"

I was shook to hear 6 months! Here in Switzerland is 12 weeks and you only get 80% of your salary - and that is exclusively for the moms, dads don't have free days for the children (at least not nationaly) some companies give 2 days or smth like that UK sounds pretty good regarding that point!

(my wellbeing is sponsored by Claudia 🤣)

i thought i heard “this video is sponsored by Clara” 🤣

@@ladiz.washroom so did I 🤣

@@ladiz.washroom I would hope not. I have no money! uwu

Glad I wasn't the only one to think that 😅

This made me laugh more than it should have 😭☠️

I think I heard Jess spoil it in the video, but I might be wrong 😉

@@trude8073 She did say daughter so I was like ooooooo

The super gorgeous Instagram worthy traditional pram. So what if traditional prams aren’t as practical as modern styles of pram. Jessica will look just a bit odd pushing a modern pram in her vintage dresses. Get a practical, modern pram for the days you need to be practical, and a traditional pram for the days you want the drool worthy photos on Instagram?

I had one of those,! Later, I took my dolls around Grandma’s neighborhood in it. It survived my mom, uncle, Mom’s dolls, my brother, me, and my dolls!

My cousin B., wasn’t big on dolls and it ended up in the attic.

There is a German company called Angelcab who manufacture vintage inspired prams that can be completely customized. They are on the more pricey side but are a sustainable brand who focus on natural materials.

That's one of the varying "parenting philosophies" that children hate, but really, you have to decide whether children really need to know things in the first place while they are still children.

@@jwb52z9 I think they do, children are ultimately learning about the world and it would be your job as a parent to tell them how and why things work the way they do, telling them "because I said so" just creates an unjustified authority that will ultimately make them try and rebel against that authority. If you explain why they can or can't do something it could even lead to more cooperation as the authority you have as a parent is justified as they could be willing to follow your lead more if they understand you only have their best interests in mind. And children are much smarter than people give them credit for tbh, its not REALLY that hard to explain pretty much anything to them in a way that would satisfy their question, like how homophobes think children won't understand gay relationships when really its as simple as "a man can love a man too" and they just catch on

As the parent to an almost 18 year old, don’t beat yourself up when sometime you do end up saying “because I told you so”. Sometimes you are overwhelmed and have given an actual reason why, but said child doesn’t agree, and continues asking why, and you eventually say because I said so. Life happens.

I mean, if it's during the "why" phase, you'd be wasting a whole lot of your time since it's most of the time isn't a genuine inquiry as to why something is lol. "We need to wear our jackets today, it's really cold outside!" "Why?" "Because it's winter." "Why?" I mean, if you want to you can try to explain in a comprehensible way the earth is tilted in a way while it's turning around it's axis orbiting the sun, and how this gives us our seasons, and the reason why the season we call winter happens to be colder where we live. But it doesn't matter if you answer like a patient teacher or if you pull something out of your ass, because you know what the next thing coming out of your toddler's mouth is going to be... "Why?" So yeah, it's winter because I say so. ;P

@@KattReen thats a different situation really, when you think of a "because I said so" situation, it's usually in a way where the parent could be doing something unreasonable or just something that seems unreasonable to the child, in that situation it can often be really beneficial to just tell the child why what you say has to happen, and if you cant, maybe that's a POSSIBLE sign that its not that big of a deal and is more about control. and the "why" phase I would say IS genuine inquiries, its just that children are still learning and are naturally curious, they keep asking why because they want to understand, it can just get annoying to us because sometimes we just don't want to answer question after question or we just don't know the answer. and honestly, if you don't know the answer, it can show a lot of vulnerability that can help strengthen the relationship if you just say you don't know

For me it was the fact that my parents did he opposite. It wasn't till recently that I discovered that I like dance an abnormal amount. I've only had 2 "dance" classes in my life: a "ballet" class when I was like 5, and a hip hop class around 10 or 11. It is quite a bit of money though if you go to classes.

It depends on the child. Some children know what they want, like to explore and can figure out what they like spontaneously. Some children cling to their comfort zone and don't know how to try things unless you encourage them. Some kids need freedom of choice, so they can be happy. Otherwise they rebel. Some kids need people to take them out of their comfort zone, so they can grow. Otherwise they become dependant. The same way, some children need to learn how to be less agressive and more respectful, while other kids are naturally more well behaved but need to learn how to speak up and stand up for themselves. Long story short, people have different personalities and different needs.

@@lobaetoile8440 Still forcing a child is never something you should do because it can create resentment. Encouraging a child or as other would say “giving them a little push in the right direction” is better. If you encourage a child to do something like dance you will often find they will want to do it more than the child who was forced.

@@Ethereal_Moonlight I agree. But, for the record, I do wish my parents had forced me to try more things outside of my comfort zone when I was younger. Because, if given a chance, I always ended up doing what I thought was my duty or what I thought was better for other people, and never learned how to do things that I wanted. Some people are scared of what they want or like. I know that sounds messed up, but it's true. Some people don't take risks because they are afraid of making mistakes, even when the risk is worth it and mistakes are human. And the thing is, the more you avoid things that make you uncomfortable or things that are difficult for you, the more your defects remain underdeveloped or paralysing. Kids are different, and they need different things. When I say "force" I don't mean making kids do things while they cry and or while they complain every time that they don't like something... I mean at least making them try things once or twice, before they can say if they like something or not.

For me, I wish my parents were more supportive. I have a few sports I was interested in but my parents were against it all because I WAS BORN A GIRL. I wanted to play basketball, they say that I was going to be too tall. I wanted to learn martial arts they say it was too masculine. If your kids is interested in something just support it. If they are like me and not allowed to do anything, we slowly become lazy.

Maionese?

@@eduardaarrais Montessori haha

@@lgbtqplus AHHHHH. I was so confused with what the M word was supposed to be 😂 thanks for explaining!

Montessori is an amazing school sistem designed for the individual needs of the child, look it up💕

Well imagine - we did orienteering, which means half a day in whatever weather happens to be. Between mid-April and mid-October there are all kinds of weather here, we sometimes even got snow on the first of May (not common, but happens occasionally).

I didn't get it until recently and I'm... well, middle aged 🤣

👁️👄👁️ THAT'S WHAT PTA MEANS?

Audiologist terms this would mean Pure Tone Audiometry =. PTA. What else can it mean?

I'm 27 and I just realized it as well XD

@@lauslora6511 why do they need help

@@Chaosdemon-mj6yh because transphobes assume that everyone around them is crazy

Baby clothes used to be basically just dresses regardless of gender anyway

I agree in my home country it's quite normal for babies to wear dresses and bows whatever their gender is

@@lauslora6511 you seem to be in every single comment section that praises how they plan to parent their child, specially when they mention things like this...

They covered that already! They will be teaching BSL from the start :)

Yeah I'd like to hear their thoughts on that.

@bails9546 ohh I guess I missed that thank you!

@@bails9546 Oh, where did they cover that? I don’t remember it coming up...

@@silvermoon2281 Maybe it was in the members only video? Idk i don't remember either

That's true, but I do worry about how the baby will be treated as it gets older if its exposure to life is so basic and old fashioned where they are more or less kept from what constitutes the modern world in favor of lessons that, while very appropriate, done to an extreme can create issues with socialization and relation to other people who aren't so structured and restricted.

@Jwb52z hey I completely get this concern, but I don't think it's really possible to raise a child entirely separately from the modern world. My parents are rather old-fashioned and I didn't have a smartphone until I was 14, which is pretty old for most kids my age. We did, and still do, lots of walks gardening and learning about nature and painting and that kind of thing, but that doesn't mean that I missed out on all the other stuff, and it just means that I have the grounding to deal with the rest of life. I'm doing fine!

@@jwb52z9 it sounds like you really care for this baby and love them already too! And you just want what's best for them. I think there are countless concerns when it comes to raising children, and what's best is extremely subjective. I didn't hear them say they weren't gonna expose them to those things, but rather that it wasn't going to be their choice/preference. I also heard them say that these are their intentions, rather than rules. The fact that they speak with so much care and intentionality brings me some relief and reassurance. I can see how much they already love baby. I hope you can feel some relief and acceptance too.

did u not hear how they changed the pronouns at 1:00? 🤨

@@bekkahefe haha yeah i thought they were just reading the assumption. But they used they/them after that

@@bekkahefe that might be how the assumption was worded? Only assuming, though.

@@notavailable5911 yeah they do :) most of my lego is my mums

LEGO still enriches my life as an adult. It’s so good to just concentrate on making it and let the worries slip away!

As someone who missed a lot of the references as a kid (some stuff I wasn’t allowed to watch; some stuff I would have been if we’d had cable; some was from the fact that we never listened to more popular music, just K-Love; I had a little sister so it was normally just PBS and TBN tv and movies meant for kids her age), it sucked and I got picked on and made fun of a lot for it. Being singled out because Mom said “no” to watching a movie about a book we’d just read was unpleasant (it was Hatchet, I was 11, but “it says PG-13 and you’re not 13”, I spent the afternoon with a bunch of fourth graders I didn’t know and watched them have field day outside). I had enough to be made fun of for without being totally unaware of everything around me in popular culture and current events, with undiagnosed autism and being 5’6” at age 11 and incredibly uncoordinated and clumsy because I grew so fast I needed to spend the next five years growing into my nearly-adult size. Later, our options expanded a lot with the advent of Netflix and me joining the school band and listening to the music we were playing to get a better feel for what it was supposed to sound like. Still had to ask “can I watch this?” until I was 17, but as long as it was TV-14 or PG-13 or lower it was usually approved. I get that cable was a money issue, but looking back, I wish they’d taught us about pop culture and current events. About pop culture from decades past and how some parts of older pop culture became classics. So when people were talking about these things at church or school I’d be able to follow along and maybe even contribute to the conversation.

@@brennaweaver3974 Yeah that most have been hard. I think it's a lot easier now to be aware of culture and what is happening in the world. not necessarily a good thing for some people. Something that 2020 changed for me was being more culturally aware and following the news. I have a news magazine subscription and also try to follow things that interest me. There were several big even that happened in my lifetime that I just wasn't aware off, some due to age and some due to just now being aware.

same, my parents wanted me to learn to swim and learn to ride a bike it wasn't in the same category as sport

Same, the only classes I forced on my child since he was rarely in contact with pools otherwise. It was a safety purpose like CPR for me.

I had swimming lessons, I think all kids should have them, its a life skill that everyone should have, so, for me, swimming lessons were like extra school. Same with learning how to ride a bike.

This is my rule for my boys. We started them in swimming lessons whilst they were still infants and they will have to continue until they graduate from the program, usually around 10yrs old. After which they can choose to do it as a sport or not.

In the Netherlands, everyone gets swimming lessons! Too many canals, sloten, ponds, lakes and sea for kids to fall into when playing. It used to he mandatory in primary school.

I always had leggings under my daughter's skirts. She went through a fluffy tutu phase. Her daycare was happy she was started young w that combo. Easier for her to do whatever.

Britain had a licensed "copy" of G. I. Joe called "Action Man" in the late 60s. The big dolls started going out of fashion by the late 70s almost universally, so then they made the small ones, but in the UK they stayed under the "Action Force" label, but they were essentially the same action figures.

Honestly it is so much simpler to say the truth...

If they're old enough to ask, they deserve the respect of the fullest answer you can provide, at a level they understand.

@@notavailable5911 lmao right? there's a difference between not lying to children (because they'll find out eventually and that's just a general waste of energy) and getting into full scientific or philosophical explanations that they can't possibly understand depending on how old they are. Sometimes kids just don't need to know all the hows and whys and not telling them things they're too young to understand or handle is actually the more respectful option.

@@iyawakarehen Unless they want to know! If they ask, then go off, tell them how electricity works! I was like four when I started pestering my dad with questions on what enegry is, where we get it from, how it works etc. He followed through with a very detailed explanation of the law of conservation of energy (in child-friendly language of course). I was fascinated and asked him in what subject in school I would eventually learn that. He said physics. And I knew that day that this was gonna be my *thing* . And here I am, more than fifteen years later, studying for my university quantum mechanics exam. The point being, sometimes the kid really does want to know about Newton's laws. And if that's the case, don't hold back just because they're very youg

I’m watching this after having six children and thinking bless them.

That would be amazing lol

My childhood toy was horsey. I got her at four so she's almost 26 and is sitting on a book shelf.

Mine was lamby then she grew up (her soul moved on into another sheep toy) then the soul of her child (Leena) moved into the original toy. Still have her

Why questions are fine until they become nonesensical. Example: Kid: What are you doing? Me: I'm peeling a carot K: Why? Me: Because I'm going to eat it as part of my lunch K: Why? Me: Because I like raw carots K: Why? Me: ... Because my brain deems the nuronal impulses created by eating a carrot to be pleasureable K: Why? Me: ... ... Because of a combination of my genetics and experiences K: Why? Me: That question dose not make sense. K: Why? Me: [Trys not to yell] K: Why? Why? Why?

There is one point to remember though, at times you must be able to give a command like "no" or "stop" or "come here now" without having to explain things when there is an emergency or any danger.

She needs to make her money! 😂

Agreed. Something I said to my son is try it for a season, and if you really don't like it then we don't do it again. So we are finding what my son really likes and dedicates his time and effort in, and what he's just not into :)

Lol I said the same thing, then found your comment 😆

What is your “sport”? Just curious

@@leahwhite8212 circus performer. More specifically, aerialist. I do aerial silk, trapeze, aerial hoop, rope, and contortion. Hence why I said "sport"

I remember when Celine Dion released a line of gender neutral baby clothes and right wingers got VERY ANGRY

@@AmyAberrant well those people gender socks so I guess they would get offended

@@ameliapc3943 yep!

My sister works in a thrift store and she complained about how she had to sort baby clothes into boy’s and girl’s. A lot of them aren’t obviously meant for just one gender, and it doesn’t even matter anyways!

@@kesitepe the worst part of it is that most babies won’t even wear those clothes for more than 3-6 months

Totally! But so finnicky and plasticky... :(

@@jgr_lilli_ yeah, a lot of it is plastic nowadays. I remember they used to be less like that, but I don't think you can by the "originals" anywhere besides eBay! :(

They are soo cute! Most of their houses and objects a plastic, but the dolls themselves don't seem to be.

Luckily, all kids have swimming lessons in primary school. It's compulsory and part of most schools curriculum. You can't really get out of them unless it's severe medical needs (but even then, they'll try to work with you to get the kid to there) etc. Though I still couldn't swim after several years of lessons + extra lessons in schools (I went with the other year groups, aswell as my own), cause disability but I managed to finally do it as 10ish.

@@sexydoorframes weirdly not all schools offer swimming lessons over here in the Netherlands. There are some that do, but most don't.