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• The Demise of the Fairy Tale

  Do you read traditional fairy tales to your kids? If so, you are in a dwindling group of parents. According to a survey of 3,000 British parents, Snow White and Hansel and Gretel are increasingly being replaced by happier modern favorites like Gruffalo and The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Read More... Posted Jan 05 2009, 03:30 PM by Hannah Tennant-Moore with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: parents, children's books, Britain, gender stereotypes, UK, kids' books, scary, fairy tales, survey, Cinderella, Snow White, offensive, little red riding hood, very hungry caterpillar, reading to your kids, politically correct, snow white and the seven dwarves, bedtime stories, the gingerbread man, tales, jack and the beanstalk, gruffalo, most popular children's books, reading bedtime stories, are fairy tales bad for children

• Urlacher Paints Son's Toenails: So What?

  If he weren't in one of the manliest professions on the planet (professional football player? come on testosterone), I'd still laugh at the claims against Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher. His ex-girlfriend says he comes home from Dad's house with nail polish on his toes and Cinderella Pull-Ups 'round his waist. I say, who cares? Read More... Posted Nov 28 2008, 10:02 AM by JeanneSager with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: gender, football, thanksgiving, nail polish, Cinderella, Jeanne Sager, pull-ups, NFL, girly boys, Chicago Bears, Brian Urlacher, boys dressing as girls, gender confusion

• Memo to Mothers: Watch Your Back

  Very, very few little girls manage to escape their childhoods with a princess obsession. The suits at Disney, clever little marketing monkeys that they are, know this. I keep trying to convince myself that this is mostly benign, this girly urge to flock to Belle and Ariel and Cinderella. But recently the satin and tulle has been stripped from my eyes.   Read More... Posted Apr 04 2008, 11:00 AM by Adrienne Martini with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: ariel, disney, princess, Belle, Jasmine, matricide, killers, Aurora, Cinderella, Snow White