Is Your Daughter a Princess?

re: Is Your Daughter a Princess?

AllisonWonder — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:17:17 GMT

I don't have a problem with girls wanting to play (or be) princesses- imagination is great. What I hate is the whole "Disney Princess" thing. I agree about Belle- she's a great character in the movie. But when the princesses are all just packaged together and stuck on a bunch of merchandise, they lose the kick-ass aspects of their characters and stories and become... skinny chicks with big boobs in poofy dresses.

I'd rather hang out with princess Pooty-Pants, myself.

re: Is Your Daughter a Princess?

chyna823 — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:32:01 GMT

I was very anti-princess at first, but now that I have two toddler girls, I don't see what the big deal is anymore. The princess phase is so brief, and it happens at an age where they are much too young to be affected by any "damsel-in-distress" messages.

The fact is that most little girls like glittery, fluffy dresses because they're pretty, and that's why they like the princesses. I don't think there's much more to it than that, at least for my girls. When they dress up in their foofy princess dresses, they don't "play princess"--they dance together, they play their toy electric guitars, or they just sit and color. They just like to wear foofy dresses while they do those things.

I'm not going to get worked up about it because they have plenty of good, real-life female role models in me, their aunts and grandmothers, and my friends. Plus, by the time they hit kindergarten there will be a new obsession.

re: Is Your Daughter a Princess?

Dee — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:07:25 GMT

Wow! What's the big deal? Your only a kid once!

re: Is Your Daughter a Princess?

Kaz — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:19:09 GMT

wow, I had trouble following the rambling, but I guess you aren't giving into the "I'm not letting my daughter have anything princess" crowd around here..?