An Australian mother was horrified by what she found in the $10 Kmart dollhouse bathroom set she bought for her daughter.
Simone Navybox, from Brisbane, bought the Wooden Dollhouse six-piece bathroom set which includes shower, toilet, plunger, shower mat and sink.
But Simone was surprised when she noticed a small set of yellow flakes also appearing on the package.
“I probably won’t teach my little girl that she needs a scale in her Kmart bathroom,” he wrote in a now-viral TikTok. video.
For many people, especially girls and women, weighing themselves can be detrimental to their mental health and body image, something Simone wanted to highlight.
Australian mom Simone Navybox found a toy scale inside Kmart’s Wooden Dollhouse bath set, which costs $10. In a now-viral TikTok video, the Brisbane mum wrote: “I probably won’t teach my little girl that she needs a Kmart bathroom scale.”
Simone told FEMAIL that she wants to make sure she teaches her daughter positive body image habits from a young age, including removing the scale from a dollhouse she plays with.
“A lot of people on TikTok seem to have missed the point,” he said.
“Everyone has an opinion when it comes to parenting, but the important thing is that you know what is best for your child.”
WhatsNew2Day Australia has contacted Kmart for comment.
The Wooden Dollhouse six-piece bathroom set including shower, toilet, plunger, shower mat, scale and sink.
Simone told FEMAIL that she wants to make sure she teaches her daughter positive body image habits from a young age, including removing the scale from a dollhouse.
Within 24 hours, the video surpassed a staggering 3.3 million views and thousands of comments.
‘Thank you! “A lot of people think it’s not that serious, but I’d rather be safe than ruining my children’s adolescence, it really starts at home,” one commented.
“Personally, my family never had a scale and the only time there was one in our house, my sister bought it during her first serious battle with her ED (eating disorder),” another said.
“Literally having a scale in the bathroom ruined my life,” wrote a third.
‘I completely understand. “I don’t understand why they have a scale there,” wrote one more.
Someone else said: ‘Scales don’t live in my house.’
Others had no problems with the scale.
‘Healthy association with scales is better than avoiding them!’ one wrote.
‘This is so true. Let him know what a scale is and how we use it to measure the size of our bodies! Sometimes we use them to make sure we’re healthy, but mostly they’re just numbers!’ said another.
“I think if you teach him that scales are normal then it’s not a problem, my mom was the one who taught me that scale was the enemy,” added one more.
Someone else said: ‘I think it’s normal to have a scale in the bathroom, but for a dollhouse?’
For many people, especially girls and women, weighing themselves can be detrimental to mental health and body image, something Simone wanted to highlight.
Young Australians describe body image as one of their top five personal concerns, according to Beyond the blue.
It is estimated that about 28 percent of men and 35 percent of women between the ages of 11 and 24 are dissatisfied with their appearance.
Research by Butterfly Foundation It also revealed that almost half (45 percent) of young people between 12 and 18 years old are dissatisfied with the appearance of their body.
A staggering 70 percent of young people said they had experienced appearance-related teasing, and 73 percent of them said they had experienced it at school.