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Mum is outraged after spotting grim item in her daughter's $10 Kmart dollhouse: 'Everyone has an opinion'

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A mum was horrified by what she found in the $10 Kmart dollhouse bathroom set she bought for her daughter. 

Simone Navybox, from Brisbane, purchased the six-piece wooden dollhouse bathroom set which includes a shower, toilet, plunger, shower mat and a sink. 

But she was taken aback when she noticed a small yellow set of scales in the pack.

'Um probably not gonna teach my little girl she needs scales in her bathroom Kmart,' she wrote in a now-viral TikTok video.

Simone told FEMAIL she wants to ensure she's teaching her daughter positive body image habits from a young age, even by removing the scales from a dollhouse she plays with.

Australian mum Simone Navybox found a toy scale inside the $10 Wooden Dollhouse Bathroom set from Kmart
In a now-viral TikTok video, the Brisbane mum wrote: 'Um probably not gonna teach my little girl she needs scales in her bathroom Kmart'

Australian mum Simone Navybox found a toy scale inside the $10 Wooden Dollhouse Bathroom set from Kmart. In a now-viral TikTok video, the Brisbane mum wrote: 'Um probably not gonna teach my little girl she needs scales in her bathroom Kmart'

'A lot of people on TikTok seem to have missed the point,' she said. 

'Everyone has an opinion when it comes to parenting, but the important thing is that you know what's right for your child.' 

Daily Mail Australia has contacted Kmart for a comment. 

The six-piece Wooden Dollhouse Bathroom set which includes a shower, toilet, plunger, shower mat, scale and a sink

The six-piece Wooden Dollhouse Bathroom set which includes a shower, toilet, plunger, shower mat, scale and a sink

Simone told FEMAIL she wants to ensure she's teaching her daughter positive body image habits from a young age, even by removing the scale from a dollhouse

Simone told FEMAIL she wants to ensure she's teaching her daughter positive body image habits from a young age, even by removing the scale from a dollhouse 

Within 24 hours the video exceeded a staggering 3.3million views and had thousands of comments.  

'Thank you! A lot of people think it's not that serious but I'd rather be safe than ruin my kids' teenage years, it really does start at home,' one commented. 

'Personally my family never kept a scale and the only time one was ever in our home, my sister bought it during her first severe battle with her ED [eating disorder],' another said. 

'Literally having a scale in my bathroom ruined my life,' a third wrote. 

'I completely get this. I don't understand why they have scales in there,' one more wrote. 

Someone else said: 'No scales live in my house.'  

Others didn't have an issue with the scales. 

'Healthy association with scales is better than avoiding them!' one wrote. 

'This is so true. Make her aware of what a scale is and how we use it to measure how big our bodies are getting! Sometimes we use them to make sure we're healthy but they're just numbers mostly!' another said. 

'I think if you teach her scales are normal then it's not a problem, my mom was the one that taught me the scale was the enemy,' one more added. 

Someone else said: 'I think it's normal to have a scale in the bathroom, but for a doll house?'

For a lot of people, especially girls and women, weighing yourself can be detrimental to your mental health and body image - something Simone wanted to highlight

For a lot of people, especially girls and women, weighing yourself can be detrimental to your 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 Blue. 

It's estimated about 28 per cent of males and 35 per cent of females aged between 11 and 24 are unhappy with their appearance.

Research by Butterfly Foundation also revealed nearly half (45 per cent) of young people aged between 12 to 18 are dissatisfied with the way their body looks.

A staggering 70 per cent of young people said they have experienced appearance-related teasing, with 73 per cent of these saying they'd suffered it at school.

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