Re: princess dress-up question

Banty <Banty_member@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In article <kjrph3pplca1s2btccvsipv54pqt6cmfu7@xxxxxxx>, Marie says...

On 22 Oct 2007 05:11:48 -0700, Banty <Banty_member@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Um, you're really asking - when do girls who enjoy dressing up grow out of it???

(This kinda reminds me of the question from a mom of a toddler boy some years
back who asked when boys 'get past the phase' of playing with their genitals...)

Oops!

The answers were pretty hilarious. People would deadpan "oh, they stop that
when they're about......in their nineties". :)

I can't verify that they stop even then. I can testify that it lasts
well into their 70s :-)


The answer is - probably never! She'll learn to tone down the sparkle and use
more taste, and clue in to fashions. There are grown up little-girl princesses
all around us! (And there's nothing wrong with that.)

I see what you're saying, I hadn't thought about it that way. I never
was into dress-up, my older two girls weren't either. I figured the
princess thing was just a phase, but you explained it very well.
Thanks! I'll get her what she wants for Christmas without worrying
that she'll be "over it".
Marie

I wasn't much for dressing up either, but my sister was. All I really
cared about was that it was comfortable and a nice color.

And I really never gave my girls much chance to do any. I put them in
boys jeans from Sears because they were so much cheaper and they wore
better. I finally woke up to the fact that when she was a freshman
in HS, my dd#3 had to go to an award dinner to get an award and she
did not even OWN any dresses.

All my girls now have definite ideas about dress and I don't dare give
them much in the way of clothes. Dd#3's daughter is really into the
princess thing - she's in first grade. When we were there last year,
I painted a pediment for over her bed with a fairy tale castle on it
(I used the Disney Magic Kingdom castle as a template)

Right.

Mind, it might actually *be* a phase as she tries out activities and
personalities. But there's a pretty good chance she's expressing her propensity
for that sort of thing and she'll continue the dress up and fashion interest.

Either way - go with it.

I did a little dress up as a kid, even though I'm not strongly inclined toward
that sort of thing (I'm pretty much your standard nerdette..). But when I did
it, it was an expression of creativity, in a way that my mom made available. It
quickly got to sewing and crafts - I clearly remember making myself a circle
skirt for kindergarten wear - I was four or five.

.

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