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Not snotty Paris Hilton narcissism but just the attitude
‘I’m worthy of respect’.
And I think all the Disney Princesses are beautiful more because
of they way they treat those around them

Hmmm...maybe when my niece hits her teens, I'll tell my brother
to remind her that (as in the films) "Princesses don't sleep around".

I wasn't totally down on the Disney Princess enterprise.
Just wondering if it might get a child to think "the real world"
is as wonderful/perfect/fantastic as the films.
At the same time it does impart a decent number of moral principles.

I'd rather my niece keep some of the nice "Princess" qualities
and not "go over to the dark side" of the Bratz/Paris Hilton life-patterns!

[Tax-chick]

Just wondering if it might get a child to think "the real world" is as wonderful/perfect/fantastic as the films.

Only if the girl lives in a vacuum, with no other influences. If she has a family and friends, goes to church and school, competes in sports or learns to play an instrument, the chances are she'll have get idea that life has ups and downs, and achievements usually require effort, before she reaches adulthood.

The real risk of producing children with unrealistic expectations arises when adults insulate children from the realities of life: ban games or contests because everyone can't win at everything; fight about grades, instead of letting children get the marks their work deserves; argue with coaches or umpires, instead of letting children learn that sometimes life is (or just seems) unfair, and so on.