Comments on: Busting Out of Barbie http://parentingwithoutalicense.com/2007/10/31/busting-out-of-barbie/ I'm the scofflaw in your mother'hood Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:48:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: dixie http://parentingwithoutalicense.com/2007/10/31/busting-out-of-barbie/#comment-294 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 01:50:58 +0000 http://parentingwithoutalicense.com/2007/10/31/busting-out-of-barbie/#comment-294 I kind of have a problem with the whole princess thing too. I have watched girls grow up in that environment(where they were handed everything )and then when they went off to college disaster struck. They could not function on their own. Some older moms say " You will know in time what kind of a job you did " but I think what your girls did is a pretty good indication of how you have done so far. I kind of have a problem with the whole princess thing too. I have watched girls grow up in that environment(where they were handed everything )and then when they went off to college disaster struck. They could not function on their own. Some older moms say ” You will know in time what kind of a job you did ” but I think what your girls did is a pretty good indication of how you have done so far.

]]> by: Liz http://parentingwithoutalicense.com/2007/10/31/busting-out-of-barbie/#comment-292 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:51:39 +0000 http://parentingwithoutalicense.com/2007/10/31/busting-out-of-barbie/#comment-292 Love the idea! My daughter has me listening to the soundtrack continuously (not that I mind) since she saw the movie the first day it came out in the theaters. My aunt is a beautician from back in the day and we went as Tracy (my daughter) and Edna (me) complete with the hair! Would love to see how the girl's outfits ended up. Love the idea! My daughter has me listening to the soundtrack continuously (not that I mind) since she saw the movie the first day it came out in the theaters. My aunt is a beautician from back in the day and we went as Tracy (my daughter) and Edna (me) complete with the hair! Would love to see how the girl’s outfits ended up.

]]> by: Eden http://parentingwithoutalicense.com/2007/10/31/busting-out-of-barbie/#comment-289 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 05:40:22 +0000 http://parentingwithoutalicense.com/2007/10/31/busting-out-of-barbie/#comment-289 What a fantastic idea they had. :) What a fantastic idea they had. :)

]]> by: Karen Rani http://parentingwithoutalicense.com/2007/10/31/busting-out-of-barbie/#comment-288 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:50:10 +0000 http://parentingwithoutalicense.com/2007/10/31/busting-out-of-barbie/#comment-288 that is awesome. happy halloween, good mama. also, i IM'd you with some info - let me know if you didn't get it. that is awesome. happy halloween, good mama. also, i IM’d you with some info - let me know if you didn’t get it.

]]> by: Kirsten http://parentingwithoutalicense.com/2007/10/31/busting-out-of-barbie/#comment-285 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:28:58 +0000 http://parentingwithoutalicense.com/2007/10/31/busting-out-of-barbie/#comment-285 Pictures! We need pictures! My issue with the princess thing is more specific. The appeal of a princess seems to me to lie in her ability to do nothing (she has servants and money and stuff), except attract the right kind of mate (the prince). It's not just the focus on appearance, 'cause who doesn't love a pink sparkly skirt? It's the focus on appearance to the apparent exclusion of all else, and the focus on the appearance to accomplish another dubious goal, the attraction of a wealthy, heterosexual, socially high in status mate. But this is just my two cents. I'm not saying that anyone who lets their kid watch Disney is doomed to produce a pointless and evil child; I'm just saying I don't think it's possible to accept the pink sparkly of the princess without inviting all those other unwanted guests in as well. Please don't flame me. Ask Kimberly -- I'm an academic sort. I just like to discuss stuff. Pictures! We need pictures!

My issue with the princess thing is more specific. The appeal of a princess seems to me to lie in her ability to do nothing (she has servants and money and stuff), except attract the right kind of mate (the prince). It’s not just the focus on appearance, ’cause who doesn’t love a pink sparkly skirt? It’s the focus on appearance to the apparent exclusion of all else, and the focus on the appearance to accomplish another dubious goal, the attraction of a wealthy, heterosexual, socially high in status mate.

But this is just my two cents. I’m not saying that anyone who lets their kid watch Disney is doomed to produce a pointless and evil child; I’m just saying I don’t think it’s possible to accept the pink sparkly of the princess without inviting all those other unwanted guests in as well.

Please don’t flame me. Ask Kimberly — I’m an academic sort. I just like to discuss stuff.

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