I think all the backlash is coming from women who remember the princesses of our youth who were just awful, but aren't familiar with the new generation of Disney movie characters (not all of them are princesses, by the way, and not all of them have frilly costumes). Once I realized that, I was fine.

Also, to the black hair/brown eyes/brown skin poster -- Disney's newest tv show is about an Indian girl who is the "royal detective" and it's all South Asian cast and makes an effort to use real South Asian names and reference Indian culture, which is pretty amazing for ANY show, not just Disney.

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Anonymous wrote:I do because I want my child to love her gorgeous black hair, brown eyes, and brown skin. I let her get into the music, but I refuse to buy her a blonde elsa wig.

So buy her a Jasmine or Tiana costume.

Or moana! Or Merida from brave. Or Mulan.

Yes!! I just totally blanked on those characters, and I'm the mom of a Moana lover!

Anonymous wrote:The idea that princesses are “fine” or “no bid deal”is ludicrous. The body image issues and implication that only sexy and beautiful women are powerful is totally harmful. It’s almost worse that they have some agency.

OP we watched it once and that was it bc I didn’t want my kid left out from games and play at school. Heaven help me we do not wear princess costumes or have frozen toys.

Have you even seen Frozen 2? Anna is a total dorky doofus - there is nothing sexy about her!

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Anonymous wrote:I do because I want my child to love her gorgeous black hair, brown eyes, and brown skin. I let her get into the music, but I refuse to buy her a blonde elsa wig.

So buy her a Jasmine or Tiana costume.

Or moana! Or Merida from brave. Or Mulan.

Anonymous wrote:I do because I want my child to love her gorgeous black hair, brown eyes, and brown skin. I let her get into the music, but I refuse to buy her a blonde elsa wig.

So buy her a Jasmine or Tiana costume.

Why?? Modern princesses are kick ass awesome! We don't let the kids watch the old Disney damsel in distress movies, and we talk about how characters in fairy tales make bad decisions, but Elsa, Anna, Rapunzel, , etc are awesome characters!

Please don’t do this. My mom did and it was super annoying and had zero benefit or change over my life.

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Anonymous wrote:We've avoided it but DD (4) is still interested in it and preschool with other kids has basically undid our attempts to keep her away from "princesses."

On a side note though, I find Dora far more annoying than Frozen... we avoid that show, too.

Dp. You got to remember these shows are not made for you. Can they be annoying? Of course. But each age has their own shows to watch. With moderation there is nothing wrong with Dora or Frozen. Same way you like watching sports or the Crown.

Dont try to control every aspect of your kids' lives!

yeah I've tried to stick with PBS shows because I find them to be a little less insipid

My daughter still likes Frozen but we're branching out into other things. One series we've gotten into during the quarantine was "the princess in black" series by Shannon Hale. It's about a princess who moonlights as a superhero who fights monsters. It's an early chapter book so each chapter is maybe two pages long and she loves reading them.

Anonymous wrote:We've avoided it but DD (4) is still interested in it and preschool with other kids has basically undid our attempts to keep her away from "princesses."

On a side note though, I find Dora far more annoying than Frozen... we avoid that show, too.

Dp. You got to remember these shows are not made for you. Can they be annoying? Of course. But each age has their own shows to watch. With moderation there is nothing wrong with Dora or Frozen. Same way you like watching sports or the Crown.

Dont try to control every aspect of your kids' lives!