The Princess Drama

When someone asks my 5 year old daughter, "What she want to be when she grow up?" to which she replied that she wants to be a princess.

The reason behind this is, she is so fascinated by princess crown, gowns and the castle as shown in the TV show "Sofia, the princess".

During a reading session with my DD, she gets me a book of fairy tales and ask me to read a story of Cinderella. That time I read the story to her. But something got stuck in my mind.

And that something was:

• What if she starts to believe in Godmother?
• What if she starts to believe in love at first sight?
• What if she starts to believe that after marriage to a prince the life will be happy ever after?
• What if she starts to believe that the girl should be pretty and beautiful enough to woo a boy?

In almost every fairy tale, the princess or a girl at the center of a difficult obstacle, and only prince does come to rescue her. Be it Cinderella, Snow White or Rapunzel.

These above questions make me to stop reading the fairy tales to her. As these stories are too prince charming oriented.

However, there are still some stories in which kids learn the real meaning of love, to be independent, to fight back, and to be brave in difficult times. Some good examples are Frozen, Red Riding Hood, Ursula, the little mermaid and my DD favorite Sofia.

I want her to get a reality check on some facts of fairy tales:

• There will be no Godmother that could transform her into Princess
• She has to fight back by herself only to get out from difficult phases of life
• She has to be independent and bold enough to take the responsibilities of her life.

Also, She doesn't need any prince charming to be happy and live happily ever after.