What Disney Princesses Teach Girls | Strollerderby

by Sierra Black

Still, the day my daughter said, “ Princesses are better than me. Because they are prettier ,” was not a good day in our house. I’m not really worried about these girls growing up to be vapid doormats who hang their self-worth on the opinion of the first shiny man who comes along and says they’re pretty. I’m pretty lenient about letting my daughters play with Disney toys, and watch those silly movies. There’s no cable TV in our house, a minimal amount of commercial toys, no video games. I’d rather have them turn the princesses into swashbuckling musketeers, or stuff them in the fridge, or cut off their hair, than see them as forbidden fruit Mommy won’t let them touch....

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