I agree, and what really drove it home for me years ago was watching this video of a kid's reaction to receiving a doll like her: https://youtu.be/yj5U-tr-E24

I agree, and what really drove it home for me years ago was watching this video of a kid's reaction to receiving a doll like her: https://youtu.be/yj5U-tr-E24 https://youtu.be/yj5U-tr-E24 Who can watch that and say rocks and sticks would be just as good?