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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parents of daughters, if you managed to avoid the craze of all things princess, disney, etc... how did you do it?  Or, if they became interested then why, how and what did you do to manage it?[/quote]

Why would you do this? Let them use their imagination. Why would you squelch their imagination?[/quote]

New poster here. I hate the princess stuff because it is largely marketed to the kids rather than emerging out of their own imaginations. There's a massive difference between the marketing that happened when I was a girl and that is happening now, during my daughter's childhood. [b]I wanted to give her imagination space to do its thing[/b].

[b]We were very careful about what sort of TV and movies she saw[/b] (which is to say, very few) and what sorts of messages her books held. We offered a wide array of toys and dress-up clothes that would interest all sorts of kids. We bought clothing in an array of colors from the time she was a baby. I wouldn't have refused to buy pink if that was her preference, but she never cared much for it. [/quote]

You contradicted yourself. You didn't want to give her imagination space, rather you wanted to define the space in which it could be allowed to flourish. You cut off choices and alternatives, deliberately.

It wouldn't have killed her to watch Cinderella. There's a reason these stories are popular -- they have universal appeal.

Instead, you viewed your child as some kind of social experiment to be molded.

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