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The Good

  • Playing with dolls and dressing up encourages imagination and fosters creativity amongst children.
  • The ladies involved in this unstructured play are nonviolent role models.
  • These stories promote true love.
  • The themes focus on the importance of treating people with kindness and having a good attitude.
  • Allowing children to unabashedly play in the princess world also teaches them that "girl things" aren't inherently bad or inferior.
  • The stories, characters, and different ways of life help to expand their world view from a young age.
  • All princesses aren't just waiting on their prince — many are also free-spirited, brave, and determined.
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