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Oh yeah. This isn\u2019t a joke from The Onion.<\/p>\n

Kathy Schiffer has the scoop: <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Industrial designer Ben Forman (benformandesign.co.uk) has introduced a new dollhouse to help today\u2019s modern preschooler prepare for the inevitable unhappy changes in her family structure. \u00a0It\u2019s called Detacho.<\/p>\n

Detacho families, like so many contemporary American families, can reconfigure themselves, either expanding with the birth of new siblings, or separating into smaller groups of married or divorced or cohabiting adults and their complacent children. \u00a0And Detacho dollhouses meet the need\u2014transforming from a single-family home with its smiling parents into two or even three smaller units, able to house new stepparents and step siblings, or two mommies, or to adapt to whatever the parents\u2019 new living situation might be.<\/p>\n

Detacho mommies and daddies are sometimes happy, and then they are all kissy-face, attracted to one another.\u00a0 But sometimes the stress caused by daddy\u2019s extramarital affair makes mommy so angry she\u2019d like to starch his shorts. \u00a0Then, with a quick twist of the hairdo, smiling Detacho mommy turns into frowning, unhappy Detacho mommy.\u00a0 And thanks to the magnets implanted inside their skulls, smiling Detacho mommy and daddy can kiss, but frowning, angry Detacho parents repel one another.\u00a0 The best that frowning Detacho parents can muster, if forced to be nice in a social situation, is a hasty air kiss, cheek to cheek.<\/p>\n

Ben Forman thinks it\u2019s good to prepare children for the harsh reality of divorce. \u00a0With Detacho, children can project their feelings onto the play scene.\u00a0 They can practice feeling lonely and scared, and waving goodbye to daddy and his new girlfriend.\u00a0 They can play at getting along with a bossy new big brother who has just moved in. \u00a0They can hide from mommy\u2019s new boyfriend, who\u2019s always checking the fridge for another beer.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read more.<\/a><\/strong> And you can visit Ben Forman\u2019s website<\/a><\/strong> for additional info.<\/p>\n

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