CartoonDollEmporium (http://www.cartoondollemporium.com)
common sense media says
Glitzy dress-up dolls ooze bad female stereotypes.
parents & educators say
What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this dress-up doll site touts itself as the number one online destination for girls ages 6-16, yet much of its content isn't appropriate for elementary school kids -- or even some older tweens. While the staff claims the site was created to foster creativity, many of the dolls that kids can dress up include tired, uncreative female beauty stereotypes: shirts with spilling cleavage and emaciated long legs in stiletto heels, for example. Banner ads flank the pages, and the games, content, and moderated bulletin boards are mediocre quality at best. One cool feature is the music section, where kids can listen to clips and learn more about some of today's hot tween artists.
Educational value:
Fashion lessons the site imparts are more appropriate for adults -- in the adult movie industry.
Violence:
Dress-up dolls include "Female Fight Club" and "Vampire Bride" characters.
Sex:
Many female dolls depicted with sexual undertones. Sexy doll clothes are the norm.
Language:
Not applicable.
Consumerism:
Ads for music, DVDs, beauty schools, and more. Kids pay $6.99/month for CDE club.
Drinking, drugs, & smoking:
Not applicable.
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Cdehater
parent of 12 year old
parent of 12 year old
MEAN!
I HATE IT!!!! TOO MUCH CUSSING!! THE STAFF AIBEE IS A MEAN B TO MY KIDS!! SHE BANNS PEOPLE A LOT!!! SHE ONLY LIKES ONE PERSON!! HIS NAME IS DANGEROUSSTORM AND HE HARASSED IAMGIRLYGIRL AND MORE LIKE MY DAUGHTER LIKE MAY88 AND SHERIE99!!
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♥ нσℓℓу ♥ ...
teen, 14 years old
teen, 14 years old
LOG IN AT UR OWN RISK
90% of the girls (sometimes boys) on CDE take photos imitating stereotypes and that results in insta-fame. its weird. simply weird. i dont know where the trend started,but their parents are pissed for sure. and a kid being able to post just about everything about them is frightening. and when ur offline for like 4 months,theres a pack load of blogs about u and its creepy!!! (well at least if ppl are obssessed wit u) and i absolutely hate it!!!!! it ruined my lifeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! they never leave me alone!!!! its like myspace,but one that ur parents think is OK but its NOT!!! kids shouldnt be allowed to post crap like this!!
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lotus1369
teen, 13 years old
teen, 13 years old
love it
really i do love this site i got my account this may and i get on it every day and if you want a kids input it IS DEFINITLY a websitye a 8 year old could get on its safe,fun,creative,and completely cool ive been on the site for a mouth and ive played with all the dolls and none of them are raunchy or "revealing" in any way i mean its a bra and belive it or not all girls wear them:o so i find nothing bad about this website and my mom even told me "it would be a good thing to have your own account on cde."and i told my friend to try it out and her parents thoght the same thing my mom did so yeah and any one who wants to see if it is safe that is if you don"t belive me my username is hisagi_shuhei69 ok.
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neomarastar
parent of 13 year old
parent of 13 year old
Perfect for kindergarten to younger tweens.
I think this very fun site for small girls is great, but at nine or ten girls may out grow this fun and unique site and it's kid friendly fun.
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emmaleebjpj
kid, 11 years old
kid, 11 years old
OI! SOOO DUMB I TRY TO MAKE AN ACCOUNT AND EVERY TIME I TYPE IN THE CODE THING ITS ALL LIKE...
'SORRY THAT DOES NOT MATCH!"
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LittleRatersGirl
kid, 13 years old
kid, 13 years old
Good Idea, Bad come out
This website has many fun games and you can create an avatar! But it has advertising,Player photos,and blogs, So therefor there be some bad because advertising can have you to buy things and bad content and players can upload bad behavior plus in blogs you can say bad things and tell people to do bad things. This website is fun, but i would recommend a parent over shoulder when using this website, unless you don't go for this i'd say 10+ Barely.
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RebeccadiGirl
kid, 12 years old
kid, 12 years old
Iffy but fun..when you have good friends are rich and popular.
Its great. but i feel it is a Myspace/bebo/twitter/facebook e.g for under 18's. it is possible for the kids who use it to be found out where they live and stuff. people do swear sometimes when they are bullying you. and there are alot of ads,a
plus you have to buy a ppm for quite a few perks.And on the female dolls before you have dressed them, you can see inapropriate parts of the female body.and as quite a few boys go on it that is rude.
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keroberos
teen, 16 years old
teen, 16 years old
iffy
this site is iffy even for people my age or below (13) alot of the dolls are nude and it kind of promotes the idea that girls are just here to look pretty
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Emmi
kid, 12 years old
kid, 12 years old
Great for tweens and teens
Great for girls who want to grow up and be a clothing designer, and or model!
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worldwidewebqueen8
kid, 13 years old
kid, 13 years old
AWASOME!! with a capital A
this site very cool and awsome!it is very creative and easy to use.i have an account on the site and it really dosent have sexually activity.
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animefreak00
kid, 11 years old
kid, 11 years old
WHAT THE HECK??????? I LUV THIS SITE!!!!!!!!
if you hate this site someting must be wrong with you.this site is awsome for for anime loving fashion desisgners, just like me.the thing i like about it is that you are free to have your own personallity (you have the abillty to be a goth or a girly person).the only thing that bothers me is that there are lots of advirtisements on the site,and it wants you to upgrade to CDE club.
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XxBlueBerrixX
kid, 12 years old
kid, 12 years old
Log in problems
i dont like how i cant make a person cuz my parents keep on pressing the button to finish my account then i try to log in but it wont let me....help me!!!!
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xosaraxo99
teen, 16 years old
teen, 16 years old
??
I see nothing wrong with this site. I'm a MEMEBR of this site. RAUNCHY dolls? where? it's not like the dolls are STARK NAKED. its a BRA. I wear one, most girls wear one believe it or not =O. The dollmakers work so hard on those dolls, youd never imagine. and MEDIOCRE FORUM?! I'm Sara...♥ on there, im a Junior Moderator. Please, you find a site with as much values as this one, let me know. i'd be HAPPY to see one. say this to the creators face, and get laughed out of the room. look into the forum a bit more, you'll take your comments to a more respectful level then.
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NotEmo2
teen, 15 years old
teen, 15 years old
Heck no
DO NOT GO ON THIS SITE!!!! There are kids on here that will be totally orrid to u and the user do nothing about it!! I wuld find myself crying over what people would say and do u know what the creators of the site would say?? They would say this.."It will e alright" and they would do nothing!!! Plus...It's totally boring...
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CrazyBlu4Eva
kid, 10 years old
kid, 10 years old
Please Work!
I notice everytime my parent clicks on the activation link to verify my account won't work.I know my father's password to his account(He knows).But for a million times I can't get this stupid link to work.The site looks cool cause you can make avatars and a room of your own.I would recommend I-Dressup better.:(
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נυℓιαηα
teen, 14 years old
teen, 14 years old
its ok for younger kids
I used to go on that site when I was 8. It was fun,but it got boring. But when it comes to kids 11+ on that site tend to go out of control with their posts. I recently went back on my CDE account just to check things out,and girls were writing blogs about killing their self. And it will feel like you have to have to be rich and popular to have good friends on there. Btw, LOL at my 3 cousins review below mine.
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misstaylor2345
teen, 15 years old
teen, 15 years old
i think its very good lite it nice and good for girls
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Banana_Girl
teen, 18 years old
teen, 18 years old
Take it from someone who'se been here almost 2 years.
CDE was a great website at first for me, I loved the friends I made there and I had a great time. I then started to notice some changes though. Users were regulary "online-dating", where you don't know the person in real life, but they're considered your boyfriend/girlfriend on the internet. Most of the users get WAY too into it, and personal information is revealed easier than you'd think. I'm friends with most of the staff there, but the rules are extremely loose in my opinion. Know your kid, and set boundraies if need be.
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UniqueGirl11
teen, 15 years old
teen, 15 years old
The worst is only big boobs
Eh. It's a dress up game site. Even if the models have big boobs, it's pratically harmless. Perhaps not for younger kids. A generally safe site.
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feirycupcake
kid, 13 years old
kid, 13 years old
Awesome!
First of all, I'm 10. I love this website it is awesome. So, if you want a child's advice it IS age appropriate for 9 and up. My user name is bmeyer. And it is a good way to make freinds and it protects a child from sending out information, like oh, say little Bobby tries to send out his e-mail adress. It just says thewebsites name it won't let him send it out. It also protects kids from inapropriate language like the f-word or something like that. So, over all I play it all day and you can also talk with internet freinds, blog, post pics, and buy clothes with cartoon dollars!
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