06/09/2025
NOT EVERYTHING LABELLED AS "FOR CHILDREN" IS MEANT FOR CHILDREN❗
I've got something I want you to look at with me.
Read/sing along👇
Hiya, Barbie!
Hi, Ken!
You wanna go for a ride?
Sure, Ken!
Jump in!
… I'm a Barbie girl in a Barbie world
Life in plastic, it's fantastic
You can brush my hair, undress me everywhere
Imagination, life is your creation
Come on Barbie, let's go party
… I'm a Barbie girl in a Barbie world
Life in plastic, it's fantastic
You can brush my hair, undress me everywhere
Imagination, life is your creation
… I'm a blonde bimbo girl in a fantasy world
Dress me up, make it tight, I'm your dolly
You're my doll, rock and roll, feel the glamour in pink
Kiss me here, touch me there, hanky-panky
… You can touch, you can play
If you say, "I'm always yours"
Ookay! That's enough! I'm not putting all the lyrics out here. You can Google it and see the rest.
Many of us know this song. Some don't know the exact words of the lyrics, while others never thought deeply about the song itself.
👀That's the famous Barbie Girl song we're taking for instance. Bright colors, dolls, catchy beat, playful energy. On the surface, it looks harmless. But let’s actually look at some of the lyrics children are dancing and singing to:
🎶 “You can brush my hair, undress me everywhere”
🎶 “I’m a blonde bimbo girl in a fantasy world, dress me up, make it tight, I’m your dolly”
🎶 “Kiss me here, touch me there, hanky-panky”
🎶 “You can touch, you can play, if you say I’m always yours”
🎶 “I can beg on my knees”
Now pause. Imagine a 6-year-old child repeating those words, memorizing them, dancing joyfully to them.
😭This is not innocent fun. These are adult themes of s*x, objectification, and submission — disguised in cartoon packaging. And because the melody is catchy and the visuals are bright, it slips under the radar of parents, teachers, and even society at large.
👉🏽 Children are subconsciously being taught that beauty = being s*xualized.
👉🏽 That fun = partying, kissing, and being “someone’s doll.”
👉🏽 That confidence = rebellion, glam, and consumerism.
👉🏽 That a girl’s worth is in how she dresses up, looks, and pleases others.
And this is not unique to Barbie. Western children’s entertainment is riddled with this problem:
❗Cartoons that subtly s*xualize characters (Barbie, Bratz, even some Disney princess redesigns).
❗Music that normalizes casual relationships, rebellion, alcohol, and heartbreak as “fun.”
❗Shows and movies that condition children to crave consumerism and adult lifestyles long before their time.
This isn’t just entertainment. It’s programming. It’s shaping the values of a generation, one song and one cartoon at a time.
So when we see children at school parties or family gatherings happily dancing to “adult songs,” we shouldn’t be shocked — they’ve already been fed similar subliminal content from what we thought was safe: cartoons and kid-branded music.
The truth is: innocence lost is hard to restore.
💡 Parents and schools must wake up to this reality.
Don’t assume because it’s animated, colorful, or labeled “kids’ show” that it’s safe. Vet the lyrics. Watch the messages. Filter what your children consume.
Because if we don’t, we are letting media raise them — and media’s values are not the values that protect innocence.
Protect their minds. Guard their innocence. Because society is already waiting to do the opposite.
So, if you think you can extract songs from cartoons and it'll be fine, this is a call for you to think again.
See you on the next🤙
-Hameedah Adenuga