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Comment on Why My Daughter Doesn’t Watch Disney Movies by Leora

Leora — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:36:08 +0000

I don’t let my daughter watch princess movies either! For the exact reason you wrote in the article I have sheltered her as much as I can from Disney (she’s 7).. You are not alone!

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Comment on Why My Daughter Doesn’t Watch Disney Movies by Lillian

Lillian — Fri, 11 May 2012 18:45:56 +0000

What are the statistics of the Disney channel? My son watches it sometimes and the shows seems pretty horrible. If he acted the way those kids acted, I would be sorely disappointed! I worry more about the shows that have real life characters than cartoons, simply because they can relate more.

Comment on Why My Daughter Doesn’t Watch Disney Movies by Lillian

Lillian — Fri, 11 May 2012 18:40:10 +0000

“I think moms who are willing to step outside the norm, in a well thought out, constructive way, to provide what they feel is right, are awesome.”

I think it just goes to show that the young ladies who’ve posted on here who were raised without Disney movies (and probably much of the pop culture media) have turned out to be far more mature and intelligent at their young ages than most of the other posters on here who are demonizing this woman for her opinion.

Kudos to these young ladies and their moms!

Comment on Why My Daughter Doesn’t Watch Disney Movies by Lillian

Lillian — Fri, 11 May 2012 18:22:31 +0000

When she gets older, I believe the hope is that she will have much better judgement than she did as a young child because her mother took the time to educate her on these types of things. She will understand better how Disney doesn’t care what your beliefs are, only that they profit. And the things corporations will do for profits are beyond what anyone would like to believe.

Hmmm, 95% of kids grow up watching Disney and you say there’s nothing wrong? Let’s see, there are glass ceilings and walls in corporate/business America; we (as women) outnumber men, yet we are grossly under-represented in politics; we still haven’t had a woman as President when most of the other industrialized and progressing nations have; I personally was not a fan of Hillary but to hear how men mocked her was insulting; women who enter fields largely dominated by men are ridiculed and harassed; the poorest sector of our society are women… Shall I continue?

If you think these movies don’t have at least some impact on the socialization of our children and the cultural values they impart, then you are sorely mistaken.

Comment on Why My Daughter Doesn’t Watch Disney Movies by Natalie

Natalie — Sun, 06 May 2012 00:17:16 +0000

Why does no one ever remember that TECHNICALLY Mulan is not a PRINCESS! She was seriously awesome and everything and she’s definitely one of my favorite Disney characters….but was she a Princess to begin with? No. Did she marry a Prince? No….So I don’t see why everyone automatically includes her with the other Disney Princesses (even Disney does it.) I’m not saying that Mulan merchandise shouldn’t be sold or that she’s not an amazing character, but she is not technically a Princess. Pocahontas should be considered more as a princess than Mulan should…Pocahontas was the Chief’s daughter which would make her a Princess. Mulan was not a princess. I love her, but she’s not.

Comment on Disney Princesses II: Princesshood is Only Skin Deep by Natalie

Natalie — Sun, 06 May 2012 00:16:02 +0000

Comment on Why My Daughter Doesn’t Watch Disney Movies by megan

megan — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 03:16:59 +0000

i think you should let your child watch these movies i think you are sheltering her from the real world and if you do that shes only going to rebel and watch them at a friends house saying that you wont let her and as that as a rule in a child’s or when she becomes a teen she will be more inclined to break that rule i see this alot in parents they want to control there children prevent there children but these movies the plot is so simple and so innocent everything you are saying i could never even see where you were coming from when you were writing this and i do not think you have a right to bash or complain about princess movies because i think if you think about i bet your daughter is to scared to admit it but she just wants to be a kid and you as the parent are depriving your young child of imagination that yearning to be a princess that feeling of just pure joy dressing up and pretend are important in child development and i respect that you want your child to be knowledgeable but maybe you can just do things like science and math and reading but i think you are depriving her of something very important and you should be ashamed of your self for just deciding for her that she cant be a princess and that being a princess is bad for that i demote you from a mother mam

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Comment on Disney Princesses II: Princesshood is Only Skin Deep by Gina

Gina — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 04:38:08 +0000

I like this post a lot, but I do want your opinion on something. If I’m understanding correctly, you said that you enjoyed Mary Poppins. I used to think it was an okay movie, until I read an analysis that rattled me. In the movie, Mary Poppins looks after the kids while their mom is off marching for women’s suffrage. The mom is portrayed as silly, flighty, and distracted. So Mary Poppins showed her that she was a bad mom for neglecting her kids and not staying home with them. What’s your opinion? I haven’t been able to stomach the movie since I read that.