There are so many Disney Princesses out in films now. Some are animated. Some are real. But every Princess has a little "princess" somewhere in the world that wants to be just like her.
I personally, remember watching "The Little Mermaid" over and over again as a child, just hoping that someday I could swim and sing as well as Ariel, and have a prince fall in love with me. It was a dream. But thankfully my parents didn't allow it to become more then that.
As soon as my sisters and I were old enough to understand my parents would sit down and watch our Disney movies with us and would then proceed to talk to use about the content.
Was Ariel sinning when she disobeyed her daddy?
Why did Belle choose to stay in the castle with the scary Beast?
If Cinderella was treated so bad, why didn't she run away?
These questions were posed to us at such young ages that growing up we were able to watch and learn from our Disney rolemodels, both how to act and how not to act.
Disney did not do a terrible job when creating these characters, as some people seem to think. However, as leaders of young people, we need to be aware of the characteristics that were created. Ask a question. Start a conversation. Teach the generation of tomorrow how to really shine, today.
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