Variety misspells Astros as 'cheaters' in published TV ranking.H-E-B's domination of Texas scares off competing grocery chain.It was raining fish (hallelujah) in this eastern Texas city on Wednesday.Maybe it's the best for us to tell the kids, I'd really like to do this for you but I just can't." "We want our kids to understand that life is complicated - that we can't always have what we want when we want it.
This Christmas most parents are going to fail in the quest to give their children the Cabbage dolls. And a doll - you can enjoy it, it looks perfect, it doesn't wilt, and it doesn't mess up the living room carpet." In touch economic times, "we tend to go to something we can handle. People did that during the Depression, and they are doing it now, Dr. Eileen Cassard, a child psychiatrist who is chief of the child and family clinic at he Texas Research Institute of Mental Sciences, says some adults are buying the dolls for themselves as inexpensive substitutes for children, pets or plants. "Maybe not, but it's something to think about."ĭr. Maybe a fad like this speaks of a rather different attitude."Ĭlaghorn laughs heartily. "But we went through a long period of the "me" psychology - a time when people emphasized individuality, personal needs, feminism, self-realization. "It's obvious that a fad is a fad - it may be that people are getting turned on by the fact that everyone else is excited about Cabbage Patch dolls." Claghorn says. "What do the Cabbage Patch dolls say about us? Perhaps the dolls are harbingers of other changes - a rising marriage rate, an increase in the birth rate, a leveling off of the divorce rate." James Claghorn, a psychiatrist, continues Pollack's line of reasoning. It's almost as if they're giving their child a baby, so the gift is quite thrilling, quite valuable."ĭr. Each one is an ugly duckling only a mother could love, and for parents, the gift is worth a lot more than $23 (or however much the paid for it). "The dolls appeal to children's fantasies about having babies," Pollack says. Psychologists Stephen Pollack says the unique characteristics of the cabbage dolls have caused their popularity. However, there may be more to this particular fad that meets the eye, say sociologists, psychologists, psychiatrists and shopkeepers.įirst, a sampling of the different theories espoused by Houston's mental health community. That, it seems, is all there is to it, as far as these third-graders are concerned. All I know is, I'd rather have the racing track." "Last year the big thing was a (special kind of racing track, this year it's Cabbage dolls, and I don't know what is going to be next year.
My mother can't go around looking for one."Ĭabbage-doll mania is a passing fad, says Ronald Dinnon, 9, seeking ti put things in perspective. "If my mother can't find a Cabbage Patch doll, I'm going to ask for something else. Others are more practical, such as Van Tran, 9. Keep looking, a few of the third-graders say. What are parents who want their children to be happy on Christmas Day to do? But if the company says no, she shouldn't fight."
Says Sherry Shevin, 9, "I think my mother should go to the store and buy me a Cabbage Patch doll, but if the store doesn't have any more, maybe she should ask the company that makes the dolls. Says a very serious Robert Whitehead, 8, "If people don't stop fighting, no one is going to get a Cabbage Patch doll." "Is it silly for grown-ups to be fighting over what essentially is kid stuff?" "No!" the kids shout, seemingly pleased to set the record straight.
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