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Dad of Divas · 1 year ago

Oh yes, I hear you here...with 2 girls...princesses are key to survival for this dad and my eldest like yours also looks for the princess world to continue beyond where it currently is... she not only likes the tried and true old movies but the nw Enchanted movie is aso a new favorite (is that Giselle from Enchanted who is the new middle "princess" that is showed on the picture?). Consumerism at its best but I tell you as a Dad of girls it is hard to steer her away from the princess mania...especially being from a family where my mother worked for Disney in the past. Good luck with Girls and the Princess-mania - There will definitely be more to choose from as the marketers for Disney continue to think of new ways to capture our childrens' attention!

Chadwick · 1 year ago

Long Live Princess Cinderella!!! My daughters are 7 & 9 now & princess mania has not died at all. In fact, I this it has gotten worse over the last few years. Just about everything in house house has become "princessified" - by way of making it pink. In fact I had to make a room in my house where no pink or purple was allowed just so I could keep some semblance of my masculinity in my home.

That said - I wouldn't trade it for anything. Good luck with the new baby coming soon.

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OhCaptain · 1 year ago

My girls used to be all about the princesses. Now, not so much. The Littlest Pet Shop now litters the floor and causes great pain in the middle of the night when someone needs to be put back to bed. Ouch.

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Tyler · 1 year ago

@Dad of Divas: Yep - I'm going to be in your shoes a few years from now. I was hoping you were going to tell me that the princess craze ends when they are about 5 years old. (Yes - I think the middle princess is Giselle from Enchanted). It is funny how girls are drawn to girl sort of toys...we haven't done anything to steer her in any direction, but she just loves girly things.
@Chadwick: Thank you - I hope I can hold on to some sort of masculinity after my house is overflowing with estrogen. So you're telling me that I have at least 6-7 MORE YEARS of princess maina? Geez...
@OhCaptain: How old are your girls? Yea - not much hurts more than stepping on something in the middle of the night...why do they make toys so hard anyway?

RC of strangeculture · 1 year ago

Good call on Strawberry Milk being Princess Milk!

But a princess cow? Princess golf shoes?

I don't know about those!

dadofdivas · 1 year ago

We didn't push girlie things either but they tend to fall that way naturally it seems...doesn't hurt at all of the marketing out there...BTW - just liked back to this post on my site - http://dadofdivas.blogspot.com/2008/05/thursday...

Tyler · 1 year ago

@RC: Tell me about it - I can see princess golf shoes way before a princess cow!
@Dad of Divas: Sweet - I appreciate the link. Thank you!

Jolly Green Dad · 1 year ago

Ohh yes, I have 2 girls as well. Everything with them is Princess, Princess, Princess....

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Jen W · 1 year ago

Ah yes... the Disney princess machine- I remember it well. Have no fear, when your daughter outgrows the Princess phase, Disney is prepared. They've got Hannah Montana waiting for you!!!

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LiteralDan · 1 year ago

I don't know who that princess in the middle is, but whoever drew her must have been having a late, lonely night at the Disney sweatshop...

evilwoobie · 1 year ago

hah! Wait 'til the Princesses-in-Wings catches on. Right now the princess-drive is geared towards making all princesses fairies, starting from Barbie! I have a baby boy, but I'd love to have a fairie Princess Barbie of my own (Princess Mania lasts for the rest of their lives, they just pretend they got over it at 9 because it's 'baby-ish" already)!

Goodluck and I enjoyed this post. ^^

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Andre · 1 year ago

It's clear that she's in a higher state of thinking... "princess" is a state-of-mind (whilst stickers and pink only accentuate its inner-truth).

Tyler · 1 year ago

@Jolly Green Dad: With my second one on the way, I'm really starting to wonder how I'm going to handle all the girly-ness in the house.
@Jen: Oh geez - must there always be something?
@Literal Dan: I laughed so hard when I read your comment - it's just too funny. Someone in management must have "approved" that drawing...go figure.
@Evilwoobie: I appreciate you stopping by and leaving me a comment. Yea - I guess they might stop "playing" with Princess things but it's always in the back of their mind. Stop by anytime!
@Andre: Boy you've got that right. "Princess" to her is a state of mind. Thanks for stopping by! Hope to see you around.

James · 1 year ago

Hand-me-down princess stuff! You already will have all the loot.

Mrs. Right · 1 year ago

What are you going to do? Buy loads of princess stickers. And, maybe some pink paint. :)

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Kelley · 1 year ago

My daughter is 16. She is princess crazy. Apparently she is Aurora (sleeping beauty, how apt) and her friends are other princess as suits them, red head is Ariel... yada yada.

Seems that kiddy things are uncool until about 15 and then it is all cool again.

Kids are weird.

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Elliott - 21st Century Dad · 1 year ago

My wife and elected not to get our daughter's ears pierced. At 9 months, she's still somewhat androgynous, so she's got princess everything. We still get an occasional color-blind person ask awkwardly about the baby.

BTW, we want her to ask for the earrings and make it something of a rite of passage for her. It may hurt more, but she's a tough customer and only getting tougher. She'll be OK.

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Glykeria · 11 months ago

Being just a girl of 16, it was fun reading all the above-written. I have to tell you, that I and even many of the most "posh" girls at school, still love princesses, fairies and anything girly-pink-heart-covered-disney-thing. I personally like classic Disney more, but it's not a shame, for any schoolgirl, to say that her room is overflown with princess things. I don't know other girls' motive, besides it being cute (and since all the new fairies and so on are even hotter than they used to make them, if you've noticed), but Princesses are a kind of mania for me, for three reasons: 1) it makes my room pretty, pink, and mine, 2) I always try to be my age as much as possible, and that's one way, I think and 3) I kind of miss all the princessy romance I see at their movies and I'm one of the million girls on this planet, who would die to have all those disney stories made true, with us as starring princesses...

Joseph Hoetzl · 7 months ago

Ahhh, that is awesome! My wife is obsessed with all things princess just as much as my little one.

As for the airplane, maybe this would do?
Fisher Price Little People Lil' Movers Pink Airplane

My little one has it an no one is allowed to stay on board the plane for more than 3 seconds.

Tyler · 7 months ago

@Joseph: See, my wife isn't into the whole princess thing so my daughter is proof that some women are hard wired for girly, pink, sparkly things.

That little airplane is cute - I'm sure my girls would wear it out!

David · 1 month ago

This was a very interesting article. I would be very interested to see a Princess Cow :) We too are always interested in Princess themed products.

David
www.everything-princesses.com