Are dolls and stuffed animals training for consumerism?

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I don't really get a deep need for dolls and stuffed animals so I never was that kid who pointed at something and said "I want that!" and I think it is harder for those parents (not mine) to say no if they have already embarked on buying unrequested dolls and stuffed animals for their babies. It seems to me that the I have to have that, I want that habit is developed at that stage of really dumb toys that end up being collected and placed on windowsills or nets in children's bedrooms.

I know a lot of aspies did enjoy dolls and stuffed animals as children. I would like to be sensitized to why other people would like dolls or collecting stuffed animals.

Is it wrong to discourage that? I got nothing from them. Is the pleasure in the having as I suspect?

Some people find things attractive and impulsively want it. There's no thought about the pleasure or utility it will give after owning it, if any. I cannot say anything about the pleasures of owning something useless as I tend to regularly clear my stores of such things.

I love dollies. :O)

I like plush toys because they are so soft and fuzzy.