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[quote=Anonymous]OP- I was 100% like you, and I held a strict "no princess" line for the first few years.  And then, I decided to relax a bit, because I was just imposing my preferences on her, and I could let her decide how princess-y she wanted to be without giving up on teaching her appropriate values.  So, I watched with her, and I would talk about what I did or didn't like about a particular princess when we were talking about princesses "I don't like how they made it so that she just sits around and plays with birds all day - princesses should be leaders and take care of their people!" "I really like how Cinderella makes her own dress!  She's so good at that. But for pete's sake, girl - if you want to leave the house, go get a job!"  I didn't say that all the time -- I let DD take the lead on conversations, but she knew where I stood.  And if she said "I like Aurora because she's pretty and she gets her prince" I'd say "That's wonderful!"

It's a fine line, but just keep in mind two things: 1) supporting her as she figures out princesses will do a lot more to make her strong than banning them and 2) you're her parent.  It may not seem that way in the day-to-day, but Disney has nothing on you in the long term.  [/quote]

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