Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuullshit. Nobody needs a Bratz doll. And if Little Susie decides she wants one then her parents have the right/responsibility to say no.

You make it sound like someone is holding parents at gunpoint FORCING them to buy crap and let their kids buy crap. That's not true. They have a choice not to buy crap. It's not that hard to turn off the television and pick up a book.

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