to tell my kids the truth instead of lying ?

[noitwasntme]

My kids are very young, but I dont read them stupid romantic love stories like Cinderella, at night becuase I know its false and most of the time Cinderella does not live happily ever after,im not bitter im in a relationship for 20years not married but happy anyway.
I will grow with my children and tell them the truth about life,sex and relationships and still set boundries because I feel that is very important in life,im not claming Im perfect im not we all have problems and live and love is never easy, I know i will have problems thats life but how much do you protect your children really?.
Like most mums I want my children to be happy,but not fill them with stupid nonsence that they aspire to be these days like I want to be Cheryl Cole ,Jordan etc.
How about being you and being proud of who you are and achieving your dreams and ambitions not having a dream that requires a man to give us the happy ending?. Im not saying dont find someone, im just saying have your own dreams as well ,aibu Im waiting to be told im am.

[noitwasntme]

My sister has a traditionally male job which is great, what makes me cross is women are so pathetic in stories it annoys me thats all and I hate reading about it.

[KickArseQueen]

Then maybe your dcs will grow up to be amazing authors of pro female fantasy!

Anne mccaffery wrote a superb book called restoree in respnse to the weak and feeble females in films and on screen at the time.

I think you need to stop being so absurd about Cinders, she's a good girl sticking around to look after that miserable old bag and the ugly chicks!

Anyway - the story of sleeping beauty should have forewarned you that you can ban your entire kingdom of Cinderella books, but if your dc are fated to read it - they will.

You may hate it but at some point you will probably end up reading it every night for a month.

[madcatsazz]

TBH OP, I never set out to read these stories to DD but she kind of found them herself anyway. One of her friends is princess crazy and you can't get away from Disney princesses anyway so you may find you change your views anyway. They don't know the meanings this young anyway. DD certainly doesn't comprehend 100 years asleep, nor does she care. She just loves the pretty dresses and the sparkles. You'll never stop them finding cinderella so I wouldn't waste my time getting het up about it - plenty of other things to worry about!

[sungirltan]

i think ya a tiny b u but i can kind of see where you're coming from. i have big issues with disney. i won't let anyone buy dd disney things because the whole disney princess crap is so offensive to me (and that they change the endings to classic literature) but i can't ban it forever. she will see it at friends/family houses etc - i'm just not going to shove it down her throat myself