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[quote=Anonymous]OP - haha, you are me 6 years ago. I even managed to take my 2yo dd to Disney World without her catching on to princesses, only Mickey and Winnie the Pooh. No way was my daughter going to turn into a pink glittery Disney Princess girl.

Until her 4th birthday party and a guest brought her two small Anna and Elsa dolls. I was actually diehard enough that I considered putting them away where she would forget about them, except that she literally didn't put them down for like a week - she even clutched them during naps. She LOVED them and had not yet seen a single princess movie.

She saved up her allowance (that was the year we started because that was the year she asked to buy stuff) for 8 weeks to buy a $6 rapunzel addition to her tiny collection. She asked every few days if she had enough money yet and did. not. forget. that she wanted that next princess doll.

Yada yada yada, between me chilling out, indulgent grandparents, friends who knew her well, etc. she had all of the princesses and all of the costumes and all of the movies and lived and breathed them in constant play time, usually making her own stories up to go with them. We went back to Disney World and she ate breakfast with Cinderella and dinner with Belle and the beast.

And you know what, it all turned out fine. She is her own person, and she is a great kid. She's outgrown the princess phase but remembers it fondly and has plenty of friends who love her despite them never having cared about the princesses one way or another. She also loves all the rebel girl books and is a hard worker and generous friend and cousin to little ones.

Now a middle schooler, pink is still her favorite color, and she still likes glitter and bling. Last year she asked to see both the RGB and On the Basis of Sex when they were in theaters, and a couple of weeks ago she asked to see Frozen II and said she liked it even more than the first one.

Don't worry, OP. The dark side of Disney Princesses doesn't need to be all bad :-)[/quote]

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