It didn't hit me until my commute home that I might be a tad bit of a hypocrite about something.
See, last week I picked up E at day care, and Miss J, her teacher, told me that she needed more diapers. I asked how E's pull ups were working. Miss J said, "fine" then paused. "But... all the other little girls have princess pull ups and E keeps asking why she doesn't have princesses on her pull ups."
My first reaction was pure pain, for my little 2 year old who wanted to have princess pull ups like the other little girls. I don't even know what her other pull ups had on them - Dora? Tweety? I hadn't even checked. And even though I have a long-standing and perfectly reasonable dislike for all things "princess" I told E that I would get her princess pull-ups.
And I did.
I've thought about that decision several times since, and not just after what I posted earlier today. I'm not really regretting it, it's just a diaper that she's peeing and pooping in, and if anything makes her more enthusiastic about the potty learning process, I'm all for it, even if it means collaboration with the evil princesses. I've just been thinking about how sad it is that I'm already having to deal with peer pressure, with commercialism and branding.
Anyway, I just felt in the interest of fair and balanced journalism, I should come clean about my hypocrisy. Kinda.
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4 comments:
It's hard when our little girls are SO into the Princesses and things like that. I made the mistake of once calling Liz "my little princess" and she immediately picked up on it. I stopped. She's got a ton of the Princess stuff, but, I figure at least the princesses aren't slutty or setting bad moral examples for her. I want to keep her little and innocent for as long as I can. It's tough.
I don't think there's anything wrong with the Princesses themselves... but I think what's most important is moderation... it's like anything in life... a drinking alcohol isn't bad, being a drunk is... a little candy/desert isn't bad, eating only crap is.
~~Jenn
Well, look at you being all honest and stuff. I'm not normally into the whole character thing. Shoes, pj's etc. But I saw some Cars pj's tonight that my kid would be so excited over. Don't feel bad. I'm getting sucked in too. Does this mean that my kid will want to be a nascar follower/racer? Crap.
B still wears pu's at night and for now, could care less what's on them. Thank gawd. I know it's coming with him. But like Kami's little Nik, my little K wants those lunchables so bad like her friends do. It is tough to resist the temptation to give in when they want something so badly.
However, I'm with gail on the slutty thing. K has an interest in anything bratz. I put my foot down there. They look like the easy girl you remember in high school. I WISH she was still into the 'princesses'.
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