``The Princess Problem offers sound, sensible, and parent-tested advice for helping children thrive in today\'s consumer culture.``--JO B. ``Her ideas and suggestions on how parents can help their children navigate the overwhelming Princess marketing, media, and negative stereotypes are refreshing receptive...
Parents--this is a must read.``--Brenda Chapman, writer/director, Disney/Pixar\'s Brave.
The Princess Problem offers language to have honest conversations with our children and shows us how to teach them to be thoughtful, open-minded people.
As parents, we do our best to keep pop culture\'s most harmful stereotypes away from our kids, but contending with well-meaning family members and sneaky commercials can thwart us.
So what\'s a parent to do?The Princess Problem features real advice and stories from parents, educators, psychologists, and children\'s industry insiders to help equip every parent with skills to navigate today\'s princess-saturated world.
Behind the twirly dresses and glittery crowns, however, sits a powerful marketing machine, encouraging obsessive consumerism and delivering negative stereotypes about gender, race, and beauty to young girls.
Paoletti, author of Pink and Blue: Telling the Boys from the Girls in America How to Raise Empowered Girls in a Princess World It\'s no secret that little Girls love princesses. ``The Princess Problem offers sound, sensible, and parent-tested advice for helping children thrive in today\'s consumer culture.``--JO B
