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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why are people still encouraging the princess fantasy in their daughters? [/quote]

I have two daughters, ages 6 and 3.  My oldest loved trains and cars when she was a toddler/preschooler.  We saw Frozen at a birthday party and her favorite character was Olaf.  I patted myself on the back a lot for all that.  See how awesome I am?  MY daughter doesn't like all that girly girl princess crap.  I'm sooooooooo much more modern.  Then she started to get into some more "girly" things.  She started to like princess things.  And I realized, why would I stop her from liking what she likes, just because it's princess/girly?  Are girly things not as good as "boy" things?  That's even worse than encouraging the gender stereotypes--treating stereotypically girl things are inferior.  My daughters have the freedom to choose their interests.  Princesses, dinosaurs, ponies, puppies, trucks, robots, WHATEVER.

We're planning a trip to Disney World this year, and yes, we are going to Cinderella's to eat.  They're both also really excited for the Star Wars stuff.  And I'm looking forward to seeing if the Indiana Jones show is as thrilling as it was 25 (!!) years ago.

There's a big difference between saying your daughter can ONLY like princesses, or that all girls like princesses, or only girls can like princesses, and saying that princesses are terrible and girls should be shamed and discouraged for liking them.[/quote]

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