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RE: Should you stop girls wanting to be princesses? - 6/14/2009 6:56:53 PM
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ChristineB
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I agree with you...geesh....now kids can't even be kids...what are we heading into?
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RE: Should you stop girls wanting to be princesses? - 6/16/2009 4:56:25 PM
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dianerene
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you knew it was coming though, right? people wanting to take away barbie, bratz dolls, the idea that all tv is bad, games are damaging to young minds ...
I believe that all children should be given the right to use their imagination. if you want to pretend you are a princess - have at it!! if you want to dress a bratz doll or play video games - go for it! it's up to parents to monitor their children, not squelch their creativity.
just my two cents ;)
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RE: Should you stop girls wanting to be princesses? - 6/17/2009 7:45:01 PM
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fiery
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Bravo, diane, well said. If all this narrowing of boundaries doesn't stop soon we'll end up with kids that are like something out of the Stepford Wives. Let them have some individuality, for goodness sake!
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RE: Should you stop girls wanting to be princesses? - 6/18/2009 7:44:12 AM
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dianerene
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that's funny - I was thinking along the lines of stepford wives as well - lol
I was just commenting on the innocence of children yesterday. where do we lose the ability to see such a wonderful life where all possibilities exist? and now I see it - when we get 'too old' to use our imagination and adults try to tell us we need to 'get serious'. I hope I can nurture my kids' imaginations much further :/
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RE: Should you stop girls wanting to be princesses? - 6/18/2009 7:50:55 AM
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ChristineB
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I agree, let them be. If parents are doing their jobs then it should never be an issue. It's just make believe...if they can't dream as kids when can they?
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RE: Should you stop girls wanting to be princesses? - 6/19/2009 3:18:51 PM
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fiery
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ORIGINAL: dianerene
that's funny - I was thinking along the lines of stepford wives as well - lol
I was just commenting on the innocence of children yesterday. where do we lose the ability to see such a wonderful life where all possibilities exist? and now I see it - when we get 'too old' to use our imagination and adults try to tell us we need to 'get serious'. I hope I can nurture my kids' imaginations much further :/
I know you can, diane. That's your nature. Lucky for them! :) That's a good point about the 'get serious'. Also I think underneath it all lies fear. Mainly fear of them doing something or saying something that another person won't approve of or be offended by.
But the scope of inappropriateness isn't what it used to be. When I was a kid that meant being deliberately rude or hurtful. Period. That was it. And you did it once, got your butt kicked and never did it again.
Nowadays kids have to practically carry a checklist to cross off before they even open their mouth or do something in case there's the slightest infinitesimal chance they could offend someone even when they aren't doing so deliberately and would have no way of knowing that what they say or do could.
I'm not condoning bad behavior in any way nor am I saying parents should let their kids run wild. What I'm saying is that the scope within which kids can just be kids, without having to think about all that, becomes narrower and less within the realms of commonsense every day.
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