This cold, fall weather has made me yearn for hibernation...and cookies. Every day after work I feel like eating dinner and then hanging out at home -- reading or watching a movie. Odessa is not into my indie-drama flicks however. So I decided to rent the Disney movie "Enchanted", hoping that Odessa would enjoy the singing and dancing enough and that she would be okay with hanging out at home for the evening.
"Be careful what you wish for":
Odessa is now obsessed with princesses. I am one of many modern moms who would prefer stronger female heroes for Odessa than Cinderella or Snow White. I had foolishly thought that if we didn't encourage the whole princess obsession, then maybe Odessa would be left ambivalent.
I was wrong. I think that a love for all things sparkly and frilly may be encoded in the genes of many young girls (and some boys).
I hear the phrase "more princess" a lot nowadays. We have Enchanted on DVD and on CD in the car so we can listen to the soundtrack on the way to school in the mornings. Oh joy! It is a little crazy.
The other day I read this post on the Mothering website and found it very interesting, and a little helpful in relieving my princess-obsession encouragement guilt.
http://www.mothering.com/articles/growing_child/childhood/a-little-princess.html
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My friend Deb has a theory that if you let them go gangbusters with the whole princess thing they will get it out of their system as little girls and not grow up with body image issues trying to be an adult barbie. it is one theory to just go with it and let her go overboard. after all, what you resist persists, eh?
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