Comments on: My head is too big for a tiara

By: Summer

Summer — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:15:00 +0000

Love this! One of the things I’m the most thankful about having sons is I’ve escaped the “princess” trap. It gets under my nerves more than anything else. Well, except those Bratz dolls. LOL

By: gretablau

gretablau — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:52:00 +0000

I love this idea! So cool. I have a son so (probably) won’t have to deal with this, but I like the idea of anti-princess because i was a tom boy!

By: Liz

Liz — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:07:00 +0000

Great book list – I’m pleased to see we already own a lot of the books. I would also add the Trixie Belden books and the Betsy-Tacy series, both classics, as being great anti-princess material. Hopefully my daughter’s head will also be too big for a tiara!

By: Amber

Amber — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:21:00 +0000

Guess I’m too practical to have ever considered the long reaching arm of the princess mentality. Like Georgetta Nextdoor, if we talk about it, it’s focused on behavior that is kind, generous, helpful and obedient. I’ll have to think more about how it is affecting our daughters and what action I want/need to take. Thanks for bringing this to light!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:47:00 +0000

A woman after my own heart! I couldn’t agree more. H and I have gone rounds over his “nickname” for our daughter, which obviously makes me want to barf every time I hear it… you guessed right, he calls her “princess” ::gag::
I will definitely be checking out that list.

By: Georgetta Nextdoor

Georgetta Nextdoor — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:27:00 +0000

I encourage the princess mentality in our home, but we focus on ACTING like a princess. A princess should always be kind and courteous and of course she has good manners! Once in awhile when my oldest is having a hard time remembering who’s the boss, I wear a tiara. She obeys the queen! She thinks it’s funny but she does obey when I wear a tiara!

By: Brandice

Brandice — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:53:00 +0000

I know what you mean! I can’t stand the mentality either. Thanks for the reading list!

By: Sab

Sab — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:49:00 +0000

my daughter is 3 weeks… i’m not opposed to a lot of princessy things, but yes, the princess mentality is quite annoying. You neeed to work for your bread imo. She will learn that quickly,being a farmers daughter.

By: Casey

Casey — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:27:00 +0000

Awesome post, really. I have a five month old daughter and I’ve spent many blog posts ranting about her not being a princess. Thanks for the list, I’ll definitely pick some books out for her.

By: That Nora Girl

That Nora Girl — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:34:00 +0000

I don’t even have a daughter (yet?) but I right there with you on being anti-princess!