to wish people would not use the phrase "our little princess"?

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It always seems to crop up in terrible cases of abduction etc where people refer to their dd as their "little princess", "daddy's little princess" etc.

So because associate it with negativity, it shouldn't be used?
Of course.

My (step)dad calls me his little princess still and I'm 21. I like it :) there's nothing wrong with it at all

Of course there is a male version. I work in an infant school and hear all sorts of terms of endearment particularly as parents drop off their children. And yes - little boys are referred to as "my little prince" "my brave soldier" etc.

I really have no negative thoughts on people choosing to refer to their children in positive terms, with terms of endearment. Have heard many who use negative terms instead and I know which I prefer.

Obviously parents shoudl only ever refer to their children by their given name only and never anything else perhaps.

Oh - and have seen many lovely little girls who parents have referred to them as a little princess. So no - the term is not only used for so called "brat" children - btw "spoilt brat" - I'd be more likely to judge over someone using that term tbh.

Ffs. I hear plenty if people say both little prince and little princess. It's a term of endearment.

Still gives some of you a reason to look down on people and call them plebs.

Actually think its quite odd that someone could object to calling children a princess but quite happily throw the word pleb about!

Seriously. Ridiculous.

I can just imagine the press release though...

Hahaha, good luck mr/ms kidnapper, shes a right little monster and if you dont want to bring her back within 24 hours, you're clearly better than me so you should keep her

Who on earth could give a shit about what OTHER PEOPLE call THEIR children?

Some of you must have egos the size of Russia. Get over it.

YANBU to dislike the phrase. I don't like it either. Even if I did like it, you wouldn't be unreasonable to not like it.

People are in shock and pain and terrified their child is dead or being tortured.
I would also imagine there is some sort of psychology involved I.e. making the abductor realise this is a child, loved and cherished.

I know the most hardarsed of people who resort to'mawkish' language when describing thier dead children.

You never know how you are going to behave until you are in the situation

I frequently call my boys my little princes. In a jokey, Pam-off-Gavin-and-Stacey-way.

Not keen on prince-princess in a non jokey way but can't say it actually annoys me c

I apologise hula baby, I did choose a lazy way to describe a child. I am posting using an iPod and I know I don't communicate so effectively, I try to keep things shorter than while using a proper keyboard.

Oh my word.

I have a huge ego because I dislike a term of endearment?

I don't like the term 'baby' when used to a partner. My ego must be ginormous!

I hate the phrase 'my little princess'. I think it is symptomatic of the girl bias in this country. For instance, Mothercare have these car signs: 'Princess on Board' and 'Little Monster on Board'. I hate the way girls are portrayed as 'princesses' and boys as 'monsters'.

YABU. It's just a turn of phrase.

I don't use it myself, but I do call my children 'darling' all the time. Who knows how many people's teeth that sets on edge?

There are some terms that I don't think much of. So I don't use them.

I don't wah wah wah about other people using them- that would be 'princessy^

They also have little prince on board. I've yet to see little monster actually.

I think.. You should just mind your own

I'm not sure anyone is 'wah wah'ing over this.

'Bleating on' then

Moaning on.

But isn't the op about the language people use ona particular situation? Not in everyday use.
I do not like the princessy teeshirts etc but why on earth would you object to terrified parents using it?

Perhaps we need to get rid of the myth that being a Princess and then a Queen, was an easy ride.

Princesses were bi-lingual, educated and had to be particulary 'accomplised' in something, then she had to keep her wits about her, to survive. Compared to other women in society,they were usually gifted.

Look outside the UK and Princesses are to be admired, for the women that they were.

It would be odd to call a girl a goddess, so princess is the acceptable name (anyone who watched 'Divine Women would understand that reference).

It means different things to different people, we don't all have to agree with the feminist version.

I think 'bleating on' covers about 70% of posts on mn doesn't it?

With the other 30% coming under 'whining'