tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post8515737079108564324..comments2023-09-29T06:00:09.242-05:00Comments on Julie Pippert: Using My Words: The Every Day Princess: noble, brave, and twice as quickJulie Pipperthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03169574697104642479noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-92122876284635107462008-01-03T11:33:00.000-06:002008-01-03T11:33:00.000-06:00I also wanted to add that Miss M is not allowed to...I also wanted to add that Miss M is not allowed to wear Princess outfits to day care. None of the kids are. Costumes on Hallowe'en only; that's their policy and I am quite grateful for it.Madhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13416585771017767796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-79828820059305416112007-12-31T17:44:00.000-06:002007-12-31T17:44:00.000-06:00Awwwww...I suspect I'm never going to have a littl...Awwwww...<BR/><BR/>I suspect I'm never going to have a little princess, no matter how irrational they can be from time to time. ;-)<BR/><BR/>You're so lucky. She's just lovely.ewe are herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13339650361453626546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-6193595149898806732007-12-31T09:54:00.000-06:002007-12-31T09:54:00.000-06:00Oh yes, I know the princess phase well. Ours has ...Oh yes, I know the princess phase well. Ours has lasted over a year since we bought the Little Mermaid DVD in October last year. I believe it is a healthy growth stage although I never went through it and it is pretty foreign to me as well. Just don't show Persistence the princess birthday cake I made for Dova (to be posted Friday for the photo hunt).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-78877734386777461802007-12-31T09:51:00.000-06:002007-12-31T09:51:00.000-06:00It happened here too.First it was the need to wear...It happened here too.<BR/><BR/>First it was the need to wear a dress everyday. Then things had to be pink or lavender or shimmery.<BR/><BR/>I say it's preK. Halloween was just as you described -- every girl in that room was in princess attire.<BR/><BR/>I'm not a fan either, but I figure it will pass.<BR/><BR/>I hope...Cathy, Amy and Kristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01472486650115997239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-83299534450136100302007-12-31T09:09:00.000-06:002007-12-31T09:09:00.000-06:00Second The Paper Bag Princess rec. We are big fan...Second The Paper Bag Princess rec. We are big fans of Elizabeth in this house.<BR/><BR/>Try, if possible, to keep P out of Victoria's Secret, as she may decide, like Lucy did, that the teddies in there would make great "skating dresses." How mixed are those messages?Gwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12526629366170486737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-16242246400214502332007-12-30T22:52:00.000-06:002007-12-30T22:52:00.000-06:00Got boys, so no princesses. But oh, we can be spi...Got boys, so no princesses. But oh, we can be spies and "army guys". We have many things that are cammo.<BR/><BR/>But it's an important part of trying things on and finding out who they are.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14599462281364463565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-23538691449263102662007-12-30T21:45:00.000-06:002007-12-30T21:45:00.000-06:00Oh my heart goes out to you - I have had a daughte...Oh my heart goes out to you - I have had a daughter go through the individualism squashed by "what the other girls are doing" at a young age. The fantastic news is that they bounce back!<BR/><BR/>I love the Lord Tennyson.jeaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17322709527738134797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-55400699776165679872007-12-30T18:54:00.000-06:002007-12-30T18:54:00.000-06:00Zoe is too young, I think, to be in the Princess p...Zoe is too young, I think, to be in the Princess phase yet but a friend of ours has a 4 year old who is princess crazy. She even had a princess birthday party for her complete with white horse-drawn carriage. It's crazy how much princess stuff actually does exist out there.Michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058386764811033042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-29780821085609096282007-12-30T18:35:00.000-06:002007-12-30T18:35:00.000-06:00Ohhhh we are so there with you Julie. As I type, J...Ohhhh we are so there with you Julie. As I type, Jo is at the Nutcracker with her two cousins and grnadma in the front row decked out in all manner of tulle, satin and faux fur cape...I feel ya.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-12232147659398796982007-12-30T13:43:00.000-06:002007-12-30T13:43:00.000-06:00All hail to the princess power!All hail to the princess power!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-59136202250793273082007-12-30T12:52:00.000-06:002007-12-30T12:52:00.000-06:00Julie, the same thing happened to us: it was the s...Julie, the same thing happened to us: it was the school Halloween party, age 3 1/2. Fiona was in a very small class of five, four girls and a boy. She wore a black cat costume that she absolutely loved up until that moment, and the other three girls were princesses. She was crushed to be the odd one out, and thus began the princess phase.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-26793102343742872982007-12-30T07:28:00.000-06:002007-12-30T07:28:00.000-06:00Frances never got into the princess thing, for whi...Frances never got into the princess thing, for which I am grateful. She has always loved her party dresses and party shoes but doesn't need them to be costumes. <BR/><BR/>But I do tell her Princess Frances stories at bedtime, sometimes; and when I do it always starts the same way: "Once upon a time there was a little girl who was very brave and strong, and her name was Princess Frances." Because that is what I want her to learn, and what she calls it just doesn't matter.<BR/><BR/>But I like this "noble, brave and twice as quick." That is good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-41880373654381403222007-12-30T07:20:00.000-06:002007-12-30T07:20:00.000-06:00Now, you see, I am in awe of you being able to cor...Now, you see, <I>I</I> am in awe of you being able to corral a group of toddlers into something resembling organized dancing. <BR/><BR/>It's a fine line to walk when it comes to these obsessions. We're knee-deep in Dora over here, and while there are upsides (the Spanish, the sequencing, etc) and limited actual downsides to her (the real issue with Dora, other than the yelling - that my daughter doesn't exhibit - is that she annoys the crap out of the parents) give little reason to limit it, somehow, like you mentioned, I feel like we're spoiling her but letting her accumulate stuff and watch the shows and what not.<BR/><BR/>But then I look at the Star Wars DVDs on my shelf and the action figures at my office, and I sit down and shut up.<BR/><BR/>Kids are into stuff just like their parents are. Just because you don't have a Blogger dinner plate doesn't mean your (not you, I'm talking in general) affection for blogging is that different from her princess thing or Dora thing.<BR/><BR/>But maybe that's just me.SciFi Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10479890087443823197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-68755093811010776172007-12-30T00:14:00.000-06:002007-12-30T00:14:00.000-06:00the brain washing starts early, and my husband is ...the brain washing starts early, and my husband is convinced that all the princess stuff calls out in a frequency heard only by small girls... in a store she has never been in MQ can walk directly to the princess stuff. No lie.<BR/><BR/>read this book: The Paper Bag Princesspainted maypolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06446625015003854710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-62722705933249449042007-12-29T22:04:00.000-06:002007-12-29T22:04:00.000-06:00My daughter is a girlie girl, but never went throu...My daughter is a girlie girl, but never went through the Princess phase... but I'll tell you, anyone that quotes from Tennyson is alright in my book... which is not to say that you weren't beforehand.Gunfighterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05762432006297768871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-32923130440179246822007-12-29T21:20:00.000-06:002007-12-29T21:20:00.000-06:00We're more of an Irish-dancing girlie/ballerina ho...We're more of an Irish-dancing girlie/ballerina household with a strong attachment to all things elephant. I can hardly wait to see what we are next year or in five years. You're right, though; there's at least once a week that the whole thing makes me weak in the knees with self-doubt about my parenting choices but then her melt-down passes and she becomes a reasonable dancing girlie again.Madhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13416585771017767796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-4586337915046455782007-12-29T21:11:00.000-06:002007-12-29T21:11:00.000-06:00Yep, totally princess mania here, too (at 3 and a ...Yep, totally princess mania here, too (at 3 and a half). I like your take on it and I do believe it is mostly just developmental, part of the role playing/gender modeling. They have NO idea why we get bent out of shape b/c to them, as you put it, being a princess is whatever they want it to be, NOT at all about waiting for a man or being helpless or whatever.<BR/><BR/>The plastic heel shoes really piss me off, though, and had I realized what they were before she got them as a gift, I would have thrown them out. She has higher heels than I do, for crissake!! And the worst part is that she prefers to wear those damn shoes and nothing else. Her dad is starting to worry that she might have a future as something a lot worse than a princess!Lori at Spinning Yellowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09820406823337728514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-43104984826174297562007-12-29T20:19:00.000-06:002007-12-29T20:19:00.000-06:00I knew I loved that kid. Go, princess, go!I knew I loved that kid. Go, princess, go!Livhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09154719979114564561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-65310380377179590472007-12-29T15:45:00.000-06:002007-12-29T15:45:00.000-06:00Free your inner princess biddy P! She has a look t...Free your inner princess biddy P! She has a look that can kill and makes a killer princess. I think the "new" princess is not of weakness and frailty but of strength and power. I hope she keeps that high self esteem. With a great mom like you, she surely can. <BR/><BR/>She is adorable in that dress. So was big P in the Christmas photos.Gina Pintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15089007650772242209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-5174342413730472172007-12-29T15:29:00.000-06:002007-12-29T15:29:00.000-06:00Oh, this was priceless. I think it's a universal ...Oh, this was priceless. I think it's a universal phase. T. is in a modified Princess/mermaid/Care Bear/ballet phase and has been for some time. I wish she'd hurry up and get to the pony phase--I'd enjoy that one...Aliki2006https://www.blogger.com/profile/15763865834765963343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-19645111795345329502007-12-29T14:33:00.000-06:002007-12-29T14:33:00.000-06:00I can't say I know much about this, having boys......I can't say I know much about this, having boys...but I know it is so common. Allowing it I don't think is a matter of spoiling them, more so letting the girls to explore certain facets of their own personality. <BR/><BR/>And can I just say...she is mightily adorable in that picture!<BR/><BR/>Heidi :)<BR/><BR/>PS: Julie, about the travelling, we are taking advantage of doing so in Europe - so probably overdoing it a tad. But when else are we going to be able to hop on a flight and be in a different country within an hour or two? Bear with me...next year will be oh-so-boring :)Family Adventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093360285075029799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-12327878238842819992007-12-29T14:29:00.000-06:002007-12-29T14:29:00.000-06:00Wow! We just can't choose their obsessions, can w...Wow! We just can't choose their obsessions, can we? <BR/><BR/>Can we? I'd like the opportunity.Karen Jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02540617923517042598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-90006337565193945112007-12-29T12:26:00.000-06:002007-12-29T12:26:00.000-06:00"This, too, shall pass."My son, at age 4 (or so) i..."This, too, shall pass."<BR/><BR/>My son, at age 4 (or so) insisted on wearing pink tights, a black mesh muscle shirt and black rubber boots. Painful for us as parents, but we let him do it. He's fine.<BR/><BR/>Kids express themselves and what they experience in all sorts of ways. As long as they are safe and well loved, I think we let them explore and experience all sorts of things.<BR/><BR/>Blessed be! Life is good.<BR/>RebeccaRebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02878519284932058717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-68724025702923652692007-12-29T12:08:00.000-06:002007-12-29T12:08:00.000-06:00I have two young 20-something daughters. At our ho...I have two young 20-something daughters. At our house, three was the age of pretty pink sparkly clothes, tiaras and jewelry and Barbie dolls. But that was left behind long ago as they pursued an ever-evolving series of interests throughout their childhood. Neither of them turned into anything remotely resembling a diva and just try to get them to wear pink, sparkly stuff now. <BR/><BR/>We read the book "A Little Princess" when they were young. As the wikipedia article about the book says, Sara "strives to emulate the qualities of [a princess]: generosity, compassion and politeness." I think "noble, brave, and twice as quick" are wonderful traits to add that list!<BR/><BR/>Can little princesses grow up into real princesses? As I watch mine go forward into their adult lives, I have to say yes. In the best possible interpretation of the word and in spite of whatever advice or other drivel their old, tired mother ever tried to beat into their brains. ;-)<BR/><BR/>You are a thoughtful mom. Your kids will turn out fine. Don't listen to any naysayers.<BR/><BR/>Kayak Woman (Anne)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-1875223881705679712007-12-29T10:58:00.000-06:002007-12-29T10:58:00.000-06:00Developmentally, if I remember my Louise Bates Ame...Developmentally, if I remember my Louise Bates Ames books properly is a tough year. Some of the more "difficult" aspects of this princess stuff you're talking about sound like typical three year old stuff. She'd probably be the same no matter what the obssession.<BR/><BR/>And I do think you are right, it is developmental. She is working out who she is, what she wants and how to go about getting it.<BR/><BR/>Good luck... I hope your princess is more gracious than some other royals from history... No "Off with her head!" I hope! ;)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270726693980247861noreply@blogger.com