How often did you play with your Barbies in family scenarios?

"Not very often. They were mostly all friend scenarios because I didn't have but maybe one or two Skipper or Kelly dolls. Also because I didn't have very many Ken dolls, most of my family scenarios were just mother/daughter."


-Eva, 20, Caucasian, heterosexual female from South Carolina, USA 

How often did you play with your Barbies in family scenarios? Were families always made up of a mother, father and children? If not, what did families consist of?

"Quite often, though they would be a large mix of family members - not all families would have both parents etc. Most often, it'd be mums with children (I never quite understood how Skipper, Stacie etc were meant to be her sisters... I always thought of Barbie as much older than them and more their mother/aunt)"

-Helen, 21, Caucasian, heterosexual female from Essex, England