Barbie is Not to Blame

When I was a kid, my favorite toys were barbie dolls.
I have heard much criticism about them and how they make little girls think they have to have blond hair and blue eyes to be pretty.
But barbie was not to blame for my desire to be blond.
I wanted to be blond because my mom and sister are both natural blue eyed blonds, and I wanted to be like them.
Barbies did not make me want something I didn't have, or think that I wasn't pretty.
I didn't think I was pretty, because I picked up on my mother's preference for blond hair and blue eyes.
Environment has much more to do with these issues than any toy ever could.