tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4430899272165519092.post9091085537806686510..comments2023-06-16T07:38:06.434-07:00Comments on A Mother’s Musings, Mishaps and Milestones: "Cinderella Ate My Daughter"Shelbihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11208190495603591696noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4430899272165519092.post-5491152821587227122011-02-07T08:53:40.382-08:002011-02-07T08:53:40.382-08:00I think food for thaught as a parent is great!! I ...I think food for thaught as a parent is great!! I have 3 sons and a daughter. ALL individuals BUT boy energy for the most part is different from girl energy...that is not a bad thing. The point to me is lets not stick our princesses in towers and have our princes save them. Because there are ALWAYS exceptions to the rule. The Princess can ABSOLUTLEY save the prince!!! My left handed middle son is 10 and VERY smart. His favorite color is pink. He stopped wearing it for being made fun of. He loved to play dress up as a preschooler. Society has subdued him somewhat. Other kids saying this is what boys do, and this is what girls do. It is truly about being well rounded. He also speaks of Princesses and Princes in actual literal form. Thats how his brain works. My youngest son is "all boy" I believe its genetic and how they are just made. My oldest at 13 is my rocker and will wear pink if someone tells him not to. He likes to go against the grain. ALWAYS has had a mohawk at 8. My daughter is only 19 months but I see the PINK section in the store and cringe. BUT let her choose what section she is drawn to. People are not saying lets BAN all princess stuff, its lets explore ALL areas of life with an open mind. And to say certain things dont shape our kids and that WE have control is naive. We certainly have influence and a strong one. But seeing OVER AND OVER the Princess is saved by the Prince and only then does she live happily ever after is setting up a life that just does not exist. Its give and take. Why not have a few movies where the Prince is saved by a Princess. I get it and actualy want to read the book as well. How my daughter and sons view themselves when they look in the mirror is VERY important to me. And yes since ALOT of the pink section is princess it deffinatley concerns me. MEGANAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4430899272165519092.post-12383852549972665132011-02-07T08:25:15.706-08:002011-02-07T08:25:15.706-08:00Hey all! Thanks for your comments! It seems that m...Hey all! Thanks for your comments! It seems that many of us agree and children's play should be diverse. I really did not want to debate the topic again. I allow princess play and we do have a few Disney dresses. But we also have trucks and blocks and a sandbox. We have a large aray of toys and games and use our imaginations to be and do LOTS of things... and YES that sometimes means we pretend to be princesses.<br /><br />I did not post this review to sway anyone to "my" side and it seems {though I haven't read it yet} that Peggy doesn't try to sway anyone either. I just thought maybe some of the mommies and daddies who might share my concern and are taking steps to diversify our daughters play might like to know that we are not alone. While it seems {to me} that there is an army of princesses out there and I {we} may well be out numbered. My {our} concerns are valid and it's okay to do what I {we} feel is right for my {our} daughters.Shelbihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11208190495603591696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4430899272165519092.post-24579247705246160792011-02-07T08:24:23.052-08:002011-02-07T08:24:23.052-08:00I think this topic is crazy!!! I have 2 boys and ...I think this topic is crazy!!! I have 2 boys and a girl-both just fabulous as ever. My boys are "all boy." My daugther is very well rounded-tries a bit of everything. She loves to dress up as Rapunzel and wait for one of her brothers to rescue her. After being rescued she'll join them in the mud while playing in her Rapunzel dress mind you and dig in the dirt with trucks, barbies-anything.<br /><br />As their mother I will always support any interest they may have. So long as it doesn't intefere with our beliefs in God or affect or morals. <br /><br />I love Disney and just because my daughter loves to play princess doesn't worry me in the least. I'm very confident in my decisions as a parent and trust that my guidance will get them through life. In my eyes my daughter is a princess along with my boys being my princes....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4430899272165519092.post-66626747708964188952011-02-07T06:41:18.364-08:002011-02-07T06:41:18.364-08:00We need to give our children just a little bit mor...We need to give our children just a little bit more credit, as people. They will not necessarily turn into little Paris Hiltons simply because they like to dress up in sparkly dresses and act out Disney movies!mwr2sbrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02222923943849918392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4430899272165519092.post-39974749193985681342011-02-07T06:39:30.430-08:002011-02-07T06:39:30.430-08:00As the mother of 3 girls, I also feel like Wendy. ...As the mother of 3 girls, I also feel like Wendy. It's nothing to fret over! We shape our children in many ways. If they like to "pretend" to be princesses I don't see the harm. It is only one facet of a diverse, imaginative, childhood! :)mwr2sbrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02222923943849918392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4430899272165519092.post-21185567063627889782011-02-06T21:06:48.198-08:002011-02-06T21:06:48.198-08:00Totally agree with Wendy!!!! Life is way too shor...Totally agree with Wendy!!!! Life is way too short. Let kids have fun!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4430899272165519092.post-13091195248736782752011-02-06T20:53:56.689-08:002011-02-06T20:53:56.689-08:00Just perused that other post. Some very interesti...Just perused that other post. Some very interesting perspectives. Kinda feeling like I missed an important mommy lesson or something since I haven't given the princess thing that much thought. Food for thought!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16704298016041843194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4430899272165519092.post-26881758365677960052011-02-06T20:26:29.564-08:002011-02-06T20:26:29.564-08:00Meh.
Princess don't bug me. Guess I never re...Meh.<br /><br />Princess don't bug me. Guess I never really thought about it in this much depth, though. <br /><br />My daughters love to play dress up. They have a ton of dresses -- have no idea if they're Disney or not, because most of them are hand-me-downs. I can recognize Cinderella and Belle, but, honestly, they don't necessarily play "those" characters when wearing them. They're usually playing "fancy school"...whatever that is. <br /><br />Of my 3 girls:<br /><br />The oldest just wants to read, color, draw, and play imaginary games such as school, vet, hair salon, or nurse (I have no idea why that would be, btw).<br /><br />The second is as girly as they come. She loves cute shoes, doesn't leave earrings off a self portrait (never mind that she doesn't have her ears pierced -- a totally different tangent that I could go off on), and wants to carry a purse everywhere we go.<br /><br />The third loves to play with cars, trains, and helicopters. Almost every day, she asks to sit in the driver's seat of the car so she can pretend to be driving, she'll tinker with toys until they break because she's interested in figuring out how things work. <br /><br />Three girls. One playroom that contains a plethora of princess dresses and the like.<br /><br />I'm thinking they'll all be fine. I won't be stressing too much about this stuff. Life is too short.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16704298016041843194noreply@blogger.com