barbies proportions have drawn flak for playing with girls body image but on the other end of the spectrum are toys that may be too close to reality sample this in september this year american nickolay lamm creator of the realistic lammily doll with her average round body and even acne stickers added period accessories to teach young girls about menstruation the period party accessory pack for lammily now includes pad and liner stickers meant to fit in dollsized underwear a calendar and dot stickers to keep track of a menstruation cycle and an informational pamphlet for one there are no takers for these toorealtofun dolls in lucknow i dont think dolls and toys are a good medium to explain concepts such as menstruation to children a dialogue with your daughters is any day better says priyanka sarkar a homemaker who has two daughters under 10 she adds if ever i want to explain such things visually to my daughters id rather use an ipad there needs to be proper sex education and healthcare lessons in schools before we can label these dolls as toys imagine what turns a conversation between four little girls playing with these dolls can take what pets are to us adults dolls are to children we should keep toys away from such issuesuse these dolls as educational aids but the lammily period party pack doll isnt the first doll parents think is too realistic to be kids play in 2011 spanish manufacturer berjuan toys came out with a doll called the breast milk baby designed for girls as young as two years the doll would make suckling sounds when the child who was required to wear a bib with flower nipples would put it to her chest retailers public commentators and politicians in the us and elsewhere were quick to express their disgust and the doll which was priced at 90 found it difficult to find sellers willing to put the product on their shelves however a representative of the company was quoted telling an international news agency weve had a lot of support from lots of breastfeeding organisations lots of mothers lots of educators that is precisely what parents and teachers in lucknow believe dolls explaining concepts such a breastfeeding and childbirth must be positioned as educational aids not toys aashrita dass vice principal of a prominent girls school in the city says instead of calling them toys these things should be used and marketed as an aid for teachers and mothers to explain concepts of puberty childbirth etc to girls i dont think it will be a good idea to let children be with such toys its not a good idea to leave them to their own imagination swapnali nagarkar homemaker and mother to a 10yearold girl adds i wouldnt like my daughter playing with these dolls when shes alone instead they can be used as educational tools in sex education lessons for girls in schools but that too when the age is