As I got older I looked towards my mom as a role model. As far as celebrities went, I loved Brett Butler and Rosanne Barr. I loved sarcasm and woman with balls! Women who worked hard for their families!
Todays roll models for girls are nothing short of a train wreck. Look at Brittany Spears, Christina Agulara, and god forbid you kids likes Lindsay Lohan. I dont remember there being so many "young" starlets when I was a kid. I remember heart throbs ;)
Now lets fast forward to 2011. I go to Toys r Us and see that Strawberry shortcake now looks like strawberry tart and Disney Princesses are on EVERYTHING. Everything from chairs, tables, cups, balls, mirrors and bags. Really people? Princesses?
Is our society trying to make a generation of Kardashian sisters? Good for nothing, famous for nothing and entitled to believe they re everything! Please noooo! I love Disney movies. The movies are all locked into a mysterious "vault", so my daughter doesnt know (and a majority of girls) dont even know who these princesses are. Kinda silly, considering the fact that the morals of these stories are all locked away. Only the pretty princess images are here for little girls to see.
The "girls" isles in toys stores are also littered with plastic hooker stilettos, fake make up, tiara's, pom poms and kitchens! Is this 1950? where's the reality in all of this? Where are the toys that teach the lesson a girl that she can be whatever she wants to be....besides a pretty pretty princess??? Oh, wait, that's right, veterinarian Barbie...yeah great! Thats awesome, but where is President Barbie, front line Marine Corp Barbie, paid more than a man executive Barbie??? Oh wait...that's right...society hasn't created those yet.
I have been working hard to remove some of these influences from Audrey as much as I can now, before it starts to effect her way of thinking. Almost all the hand me downs we get, are re donated if they have the word "princess" or "Diva" on them. I just dont like the message. Divas are brats and so are people with a "princess complex".
She listens to real women sing real music ( IE Stevie Nicks, Heart and Janis)...no pop yet. Most pop music isnt appropriate for her to listen to. Especially now that she repeats everything she hears.
I let her play with trucks, cars and airplanes. Because she can be a firefighter, fighter pilot or an automotive engineer if she wants to be. But she is not a princess. She is better than a princess, because she can be many different things.
She is going to have to work hard in this life. She has to depend on herself...not anyone else. She will be taught that she has value and worth...along with everyone else in this world. She is not a princess....she is Audrey Jeane from the Eichler/ Lacefield/ Hesselgessler/ Clark Clan...she is not royalty, but she is powerful and can change the world. She is better than a princess.
Don't get me wrong, I let her watch Tangled and other princess/Disney flicks. If she chooses to play dress up and be a fairy princess, I dont mind at all. I just chose not to shove the concept that she is a princess or a diva down her throat. I want her to be more well rounded than just a princess.
I want her to use her imagination. I dont want society to imply who she should be. Its our Job as parents to teach our children what their potential and self worth is. Lets not rely on the plastic crap in the toy stores, mainstream media and pop culture to do that for us.
The last thing I want to do is raise a whiny entitled self described princess or diva. So my dear miss Audrey, if you ever come up to me and tell me that you want to be "Belle" for Halloween, you're in for a rude awakening ................................
LMAO!Just Kidding ( to all of you that cant see sarcasm in plain text ;). She can be anything she wants to be for Halloween just as long as it doesn't include fish nets and a micro mini ;)
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