Reply #32: A lot of the Disney princesses are pretty good role-models [View All]

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They're all smart young women, and women like Mulan, Belle and Ariel all take the lead in their respective stories by leaving home, Mulan and Belle to save their fathers and Ariel to find her prince.

As the father of a girl who turns 6 tomorrow (and who has moved on to fairies from Princesses) I think the Disney Princesses are better role models than Barbies and Bratz.

And, young girls have pretended to be princesses for decades now, Disney had just capitalized on the market the past 10 years by making official princess clothing - so, instead of a 4 year old putting on a dress and calling herself Cinderella, she can now put on an official Cinderella dress and call herself that.