Sunday, September 28, 2008

"whats Wrong With Cindrella?"

In this article,the author talks about thr problems with the "Princess" image that hirls get fed when they are young. while she believes that this image can damage a girl more then help, she makes a point to show both sides of the agrument throughtout the article. She talks about how she explains her feelings to her daughter but at the same time is a little scraed that her daghter, because she is only 3-years-old, feels like her mother is telling her not to act like a girl.

she gives the history on the "Princess" line from Disney and she even talks with the man that created the "Princess" line. He says that the"Princess" line is not harmful and that there are no shown studies that prove that it will cause harm. The author says that while this is true, it has been proven that girls that always feel that they hve to be nice and girly all the time end up becomign depressed later in life.

while I agree with her that princessing may not always be the best thing for a young girl all the time and a girl should be taught to grow up and be able to depend on themselves when they get older and not on men or anyone else nd the can be anything that they want to be. i still do believe that treating a girl like a princess sometimes will help them o know not to let anyone mistreat them and do anything that they want to do to them.

1 comment:

EmSmith said...

I completely agree with you!! Every girl needs to be treated like a princess, just to know what it feels like to be treated in such a way; however, a girl also needs to be a strong person.