I am a huge proponent of the Disney princess culture. Still today, at 20, I will drop just about everything to watch a Disney princess movie if it is on T.V. There is just something about the beauty and excitement of it all. And growing up I wanted to be a princess. Heck, I still want to be a princess. If a prince of some far off country were to come and ask me to marry him on the spot, I'd say yes. I will not get over the excitement of princess and prince's riding in to save them.
I consider myself a princess, and I am not ashamed of that. I do not consider myself a princess in the sense that I am narcissistic and believe that the world should give me everything I could ever want. I believe I am a princess because I believe I deserve the best...that I can give myself. There is nothing I hate more than having to ask people for anything. But if I want that new pair of shoes I am going to figure out a way to get them even if they are $200.
That is what makes me different from the princess we read about. I want all of the fancy stuff, and I get the fancy stuff. But not by asking mommy and daddy or racking up massive amounts of debt. I get the fancy stuff because I work my princess butt off for it.
I can see why it is important to not make our kids grow up believing they are special and better than everyone else. But I grew up thinking I am special, and I still believe I am special. I do not consider myself narcissistic because I believe I am special. I believe I am special because I am me. I am a unique person who was created by a magnificent God. He made me special and unique and made me to want the best life can give me. I want the best life can give me, not because I believe I am better than everyone else, but because I want it. And I am willing to work for it. I deserve the best, because why should I expect anything less. Why is it worse for me to expect my boyfriend to spend money on me and buy me flowers than it is for me to expect or want a boyfriend who just sits around and plays video games all day.
I am special and unique so I deserve to get what I want if I work for it.
So maybe the princess culture that Disney promotes isn't all bad. It taught me to want the best life can give, but through my family I was taught to work for. Those princess we have in today's world do not come from watching Disney movies or Gossip Girl or some other 'ritzy' show. They come from parents who do not know how to say no.
So lets start blaming the parents and not Disney.
I consider myself a princess, and I am not ashamed of that. I do not consider myself a princess in the sense that I am narcissistic and believe that the world should give me everything I could ever want. I believe I am a princess because I believe I deserve the best...that I can give myself. There is nothing I hate more than having to ask people for anything. But if I want that new pair of shoes I am going to figure out a way to get them even if they are $200.
That is what makes me different from the princess we read about. I want all of the fancy stuff, and I get the fancy stuff. But not by asking mommy and daddy or racking up massive amounts of debt. I get the fancy stuff because I work my princess butt off for it.
I can see why it is important to not make our kids grow up believing they are special and better than everyone else. But I grew up thinking I am special, and I still believe I am special. I do not consider myself narcissistic because I believe I am special. I believe I am special because I am me. I am a unique person who was created by a magnificent God. He made me special and unique and made me to want the best life can give me. I want the best life can give me, not because I believe I am better than everyone else, but because I want it. And I am willing to work for it. I deserve the best, because why should I expect anything less. Why is it worse for me to expect my boyfriend to spend money on me and buy me flowers than it is for me to expect or want a boyfriend who just sits around and plays video games all day.
I am special and unique so I deserve to get what I want if I work for it.
So maybe the princess culture that Disney promotes isn't all bad. It taught me to want the best life can give, but through my family I was taught to work for. Those princess we have in today's world do not come from watching Disney movies or Gossip Girl or some other 'ritzy' show. They come from parents who do not know how to say no.
So lets start blaming the parents and not Disney.
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