Today, I received a very pointed comment from a 16 year old about the Disney Princesses. But before we get to that, let’s back up. A while back, I used my blog to answer a mother’s blog post she entitled; “Are the Disney Princesses Sexualizing my Daughter?” She wrote: …There was a time when we [...]
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It appears that our yesterday’s favorite cartoon characters are getting extreme makeovers to cater to the modern tastes of today’s kids. According to the New York Times, these classic characters are being “freshened up” in order to add upward momentum to the rough sloping economy. Apparently, the YouTube generation is interested in less belly fat [...]
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It can be difficult to cope when it seems that our children are growing up too soon. Parents often have a love-hate relationship with much of the media when it comes to their children. Especially their daughters. On the one hand you have the hypersexualization of women and girls in music videos, magazines, internet games [...]
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It can be difficult to cope when it seems that our children are growing up too soon. Parents often have a love-hate relationship with much of the media when it comes to their children. Especially their daughters. On the one hand you have the hypersexualization of women and girls in music videos, magazines, internet games [...]
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Kevin Pease wrote a rebutal on Big Fat Blog after the backlash he took for writing a distasteful essay for his University paper. The topic centered around Disney World accommodating the growing waistlines of their patrons. I would like to start by saying everything I wrote in that article and here today was my doing, [...]
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“By keeping the ride boats slim, they could serve as a harsh reminder that obesity is a problem.” – Kevin Pease Thank you to BFB’s Paul, for bringing to light this article which pins obesity against Disney. The story: Disneyland is revamping its famous It’s a Small World ride due the expanding waistlines of many [...]
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