Taking a Pass on the Pervasive Princess Culture

Princesses have always been role models, but they’ve changed significantly over time.

Many of us don’t want to see our daughters and granddaughters pursuing that pushy princess mode, ready to tell off anyone who crosses her at any time. JGI/Jamie Grill/Getty Images

Has it ever struck you that today’s kids seem far more prone to disrespectful outbursts than the kids of a generation ago?

Even uttering that question makes me feel like I’ve passed into the back-when-I-was-a-kid realm of nostalgia, though I can barely be classified as a middle-aged millennial! Yet I know I’m not alone in this observation.