Talk:Doctor (children's game)
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What?!? When I used to "play doctor" with my friends, it meant that one of us would pretend to have a broken arm and the other would wrap it up in an improvised bandage. -Aranel ("Sarah") 02:08, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- I concur. Mindman1 04:56, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Proposal to make this a redirect
I've alrady made Doctor (game) a redirect to a new article, Children's games (role play), and I did the same for this. Another editor, Kappa, disagrees, and has reinstated it. My objections to it as a separate article are:
- It's not encyclopædic
- Its content is over-generalised and lacks citations (what on earth are 'parenting professionals' anyway?)
- Nothing of worth here can't be dealt with adequately on the new page
- Aside from Kappa's addition of a link on the new article, and a number of redirects, only one article – a list of 'traditional children's games' – links here.
I'd appreciate some thoughts on this, so that consensus can be reached on keeping it or making it a redirect. Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 20:46, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- I think basically the reason it should be separate is that it's not the same as the other roleplaying games, and is not always "roleplaying" or even a "game". Other games are about fun and pretending to be something else. This activity is about satisfying curiosity. Incidentally, I see that it's mentioned in Child sexuality. Kappa 08:50, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- But of course it's different in some ways, but unless one thinks that sex is different in kind from other human activities, the differences aren't significant here. Besides, 'mothers and fathers' can share most if not all of its features. And if it's neither role-playing nor a game, then what qualifies it to be called 'doctor'? You seem to be using the title to refer to any sexual exploration by young children. Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 09:30, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Can't think of one
I'm kinda with Aranel on this one. That's what I and everyone else I knew did. Nothing risque. Just plastic first aid kits. As a matter of fact, I think only dirty twenty-somethings ever seem to be the ones that ever call this that. I think most proper parents would call this "horrid" and end up giving their kids a good whipping and confining them to quarters or something of the like for a very long time. I never knew a kid of the age group Kappa seems to envision to do this, and I have a feeling few kids think of this on their own. It's only been ten or so years since I was this age. I also think I've heard other terms for it (might be better?).
I certainly think it's horrid to have a children's game article link to this. Please move it. Just for propriety. Thanks.
- Different strokes for different folks, I guess...though giving your kids a good whipping is completely uncalled for and useless, but whatev. —lensovet–talk – 18:43, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] I think the article is fine as-is
Just my opinion Radishes 09:17, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
- Seconded, it's fine. Though it could use an explanation as to why the game is called by this name. My condolences to those who discovered that their innocent triage center and surgery roleplay games shared a common title with this one. --tjstrf talk 01:39, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] History
When and where did the link was there a link established between the game and sexuality? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Spikeleefan (talk • contribs) 08:38, 4 March 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Claim
"Typically in such a game, children play roles of doctor and patient, using the imaginary clinical setting as a pretext to examine one another without clothes." is a huge, extremely provocative and overly generalized claim; and if a credible citation is not given, I will remove it from the article and will also remove other related material from other paragraphs. I tagged above mentioned line in October 2007. Believe me, I hate you! (talk) 22:34, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
