"What's Wrong With Cinderella?"
In the article “What’s Wrong With Cinderella” written by Peggy Orenstein a feminist mother and writer for the New York Times amongst other newspapers. Several issues and concerns are raised regarding the physical and mental impact that the younger generation might have from the excessiveness of the princess theme toys, clothing and animation. The writer belief that young girls are being influence to think that beauty is determined by their physical appearance. Many parents feel that Disney’s Princesses such as Cinderella and Tinker Bell have become a bad influence upon their little girls. But on the other hand, I believe that this article shows that all of the young generation goes through a phrase of make belief. For example, girls playing princess, Ariel, dress up, and having tea parties; while boys play Power Rangers, Batman, Spiderman, and etc. These are all make believes play practices of children.
The idea of being a princess is a dream in most young girl’s lives. They are not looking at the physical shape but at the clothing, the crown, the jewelry and the feeling that they have when they are all dressed up. The clothing that are being sold to children, was not originally designed for young children to play dress up, they were Halloween costumes. The best ways to offset the need to play make believe is to reinforce their own self-esteem. That is to let them know that they are strong and beautiful in their own special way. For example, my uncle has always called his daughter princess from the time she was born. This is a name that has resonated within her and she believes that she is a princess, not because she looks like the doll in the store but because her daddy said she was a princess. She had her princess signs on her bedroom wall and her mom had purchased her a princess bedding set for her bed. To most people’s surprise, she does not like pink, and the bedding was soon removed as she got older. But when her...