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            Toys, those action-figures and dolls that when we were younger we just couldn’t seem to be able to get enough of when we were kids.  These toys can come in all shapes, sizes, builds, and even interests. But what do these different toys teach us? That every adult should be fit, clean, good looking, and in all ways of the word normal, or even perfect? How many perfect Barbie girls do you see today, or men who have abs and muscles beyond compare like G.I. Joe. The story “Memories of my Girlhood” talks about how Barbie isn’t real, and how the other doll she loves is more uglier then Barbie.  She is not real, and she shouldn’t be what children look to as an adult figurehead. But we are taught from a young age that we are wanted for perfection. Marianna Torgovnick writes on behalf for the Modern Language Association and I quote “ Like many people who chose the academic life, I have a fundamental need for a approval. I believe that at a young age, we should be raised to be different and special inn our way, not be forced to be normal, or simply another face in the crowd. Children I feel need to embrace the thing that makes them stand out. They need to reject the stereotypical “Barbie” and embrace their own “Baby” the special thing about themselves. They should be learning that it is not always necessary to seek constant approval from society. Only then will they learn to stand among the crowd as visionaries and new leaders.