Pitter-Patter of Little Plastic Feet
<i> Associated Press</i>
NEW YORK —
Pickles and ice cream were in order Friday when toy store FAO Schwarz unveiled what is believed to be the nation’s first pregnant doll.
Beneath her denim maternity dress, the $19.95-doll has a lift-off belly with a little plastic bundle of joy inside. When you remove the baby, the doll gets a board-flat stomach.
Critics, including child psychiatrist Gary Pagano of New York University School of Medicine, say the dolls give children a distorted perception of childbirth.
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