Don't even get me started on what *Barbie* teaches kids... Generations of little girls may well have developed body/self-image issues from this doll's unrealistic figure, and a consumerist "die with the most toys and clothes" ethos from all the various outfits and accessories Mattel peddles with her. Dolls with actual-woman proportions have been developed and marketed specifically as a counteractive social force to Barbie.

And I still don't like kids getting the idea that guns are something to play with. I was brought up in a hunting culture and taught to respect the dangers of firearms from a very young age. Just the other day at a flea market, I caught a boy practice-aiming a BB gun indiscriminately and had to tell him to watch where he pointed it.