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New Book 'Cinderella Ate My Daughter' Looks at Effect of Girly-Girl Culture

by Tom Henderson, Posted Jan 25th 2011 2:15PM

Peggy Orenstein's new book deals with the Disney Princess phenomenon. Credit: Amazon
Some day your prince will come.
Not content with being a prince, however, he wants to go back to school and become a dentist. The royal family ...Princesses rule, says author, but it's a tyrannical regime.
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Is It Possible to Avoid the Princess Phase?

by Shelley White, Posted Feb 19th 2010 3:05PM

Down with Cinderella! My twins aren't even three years old, and I'm already sick of that girly triumvirate that seems impossible to escape when you are raising girls: The Princess/Barbie/Pink matrix. Toys 'R' Us has entire aisles devoted to Disney ...
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Is 'Princess Parenting' Really a Problem?

by Sandy Maple, Posted May 28th 2009 3:00PM

Is your daughter on a princess pedestal? Image: amazon.com
Almost from the moment they are born, little girls today are bombarded with princess paraphernalia. Crib sheets, bottles, bibs and blankets all come in pink girly-girl versions and often ...
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Disney Princesses Pose as Cover Girls

by Bethany Sanders, Posted Apr 29th 2009 11:00AM

When it comes to Disney Princesses, I've got an "if you can't beat 'em, join em" attitude. And it's really hard to beat 'em when you've got two small girls in the house. But as much as I've come to accept sharing my home with Princess Aurora and her ...
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Disney Princess kitchen confuses me

by Angie Felton, Posted Nov 27th 2007 2:30PM

Sarah highlighted some cute kitchen sets and Kristin discussed adults still stuck in a Disney-fantasy, and I just saw a commercial that sort of combines the two that left me totally bewildered. When I was growing up, Cinderella was my favorite ...
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Choosing a good kid's magazine

by Sandy Maple, Posted Jul 9th 2007 9:04AM

About 2 years ago, my mother-in-law bought Ellie a subscription to Highlights Magazine. This is the same magazine I read as a child and it hasn't changed much. Ellie loves looking at the crazy covers and reading the stories, but her excitement at ...
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