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Umm, your child is only 7 MONTHS old!!  Come back and talk to us when he's seven YEARS old!!!!  [/quote]

Don't let others discourage you, PP.  I feel strongly that the stories that feed my child's mind should be of the highest possible caliber, so I am one of those crazy moms who limits media consumption and "characters."

I agree it is impossible for most families, because if you stick your kid in daycare then preschool, then public, you lose control over what they are exposed to from friends and from classroom materials.  I kept mine with a like-minded nanny, then sent them to a character-free preschool, and they are about to start a character-free elementary program.  I know others who have stayed home partly for this reason.  I may seem like a silly priority for some, but if you want to, you can make it work.

When my then-3-year-old saw Dora at the white House Egg Roll 2 years ago, she yelled, "Look!  It's the girl from my pull-ups!"  Only assocition for her.  She is now 5 and in the princess phase, but the only Disney princess she knows is Merida (an intentional choice on my part).  Other than that, we look for stories about princesses and queens who display bravery, sacrifice, leadership, and--most importantly--ownership of their choices.  Her peer group is friends from her school and we have had only one princess birthday party so far.  Her brother is right there too.

You can think this is a stupid or wasteful priority, but if you think it's impossible, you're wrong.[/quote]

What on earth is a character free preschool and public school?  If you actually think these exist outside of locking your kid at home you are a NUTCASE.[/quote]

PP with the 7 month old boy here. I believe Waldorf Schools don't allow all kinds of marketing and commercial stuff in their schools, no Disney, etc.

I know there is a saturation of corporate crap and marketing in our culture but I don't like it so I am going to do my best to keep as much of it away from my kid as possible when he is older. Obv now he is learning to crawl so it doesn't rally matter yet. I like the PP's idea bout searching out stories about princesses and queens who have displayed good qualities, like bravery. How is having an animated stripper body and waiting around for a man to come make your life complete something we want to teach our kids is a feminine ideal?

I don't care what y'all think about me for holding these opinions. [/quote]

I am the much-maligned PP from above, and yes, it's a Waldorf school.  To address some of the accusations/assumtions:

1) the point is not to shelter Larla and Snowflake from any and all outside influence forever, but to surround them with stories about people who are making powerful, potent choices when they are very young, so that the stories starring empty stereotypes will be less appealing.  That is why I prefer "scary" Brave to vapid Cinderella.  Merida has terrible fights with her mother, but they come from a real and complex relationship between two characters making real choices, and the movie led to a lot of talks about listening to others and how being a leader means taking responsibility.  Cinderella makes alomst no choices.  She works hard (for people who abuse her) and is endlessly cheerful, but her stepmother, the fairy godmother, the king and the duke make all of the choices in the story.

2). Sorry to disapoint, but my DD potty-trained at 2, she just has a long memory--not that 3 is even that late.

3). I am not a fan of princesses, but my DD is right now, which is why we read about them.  We read plenty of book about other types of characters, just not when it's her turn to pick.

4). I know I will continue to be ripped apart a d I should probably give up.[/quote]

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