to throw this book in the bin?

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It was a present for my 2yr old dd. It is called "Be the best ever princess!" The 'content' (ha!) basically involves wearing pink dresses, eating pink cakes, living in a pink castle, being waited on hand and foot, having parties all the time, being the most beautiful of all girls and, of course, meeting a handsome prince.

Would it be ridiculous of me to throw the book in the bin on the grounds that these are the opposite values I want to teach my dd?

I am hesitating because a) it was a present and b) dd seems to like it.

Would you throw out the gruffalo because it promotes lie-ing

It's just a book - keep it or give it to charity.

she is 2. she cant read. she will scribble on the pictures.

I'd throw it out!

I'd chuck it to be honest.

buy her some books that redress the balance??

Julia Donaldson (gruffalo etc) has a good one called ZOG where the princess is not all fluff and frills

but I agreee, she is 2, dont worry yet !

If it is annoying you now then just imagine after you have picked it up off the bedroom floor a billion times and "read" it to her. YANBU to bin it (in the recycling naturally ). FWIW I do indulge my kids adoration of all that is pink in many ways because how I live my life and the general messages they get from me about their worth do count for more than a pink bedspread.

You know you will get slated for worrying your pretty little head about this?

Sorry, but I think it's silly to throw out a book. And I'm very against the whole pink princess philosophy of parenting a girl as well. It's just a book.

ok. have i missed something here? i have boys, they want to be spiderman the incredible hulk and power rangers when they up, so they can fight baddies, am i concerned? no not really, thet are four and six. don't little girls enjoy playing at princesses? does every book they own have to be educational and pc??? come on shes two

Its just a book surely?

A fictional tale which she will/ does undoubtedly enjoy. But it is not going to teach her that thats the right thing to do/be.

Sounds grim. But I am sure she'll manage to work that out on her own when she's older.

you could subvert it by telling her you think its stupid and making up something better to be

my dd's are used to me going on about how weird it is that in jack and the beanstalk he's the hero but basically just steals stuff

ok she's only two, but she might as well know your values...I think it was Mumsnet that got me into subverting the influence of advertising by loudly proclaiming about the cheap tat they try to sell children by making it look much better in the ad than it really is when you get it home from the toy shop etc etc

I don't mind her having pink stuff if that's what she likes, but I do object to the message that a girl's ambition should be to be beautiful, rich (without working for it) and find a man.

I wonder if Mrs Middleton read this book to her dd when she was 2

I think I'd accidentally lose it somewhere, perhaps the dentist's waiting room or a charity shop. But then I have Strong Issues with wanton destruction of books, including binning them.

Sounds vile though.

Bin

id love to be beautiful and rich, sadly i have missed the deadline :(

Yes ,, I don't think I have ever thrown a book out (apart from the odd one that had fallen to pieces) but I'd make an exception in this case

And I'm going to throw out the child hating toddler taming too

Chuck it, or give it to a charity shop. It sound rubbish though, so maybe just chuck it.

If she goes through a princess phase when she is older get her princess books then.

I'd throw it out.

Ick. I'd never throw out a book but personally, I'd give it to a charity shop

Get her this instead....all about rough tugh little girl pirates.

let her take it out and then she can "accidentally" lose it.