tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769349339576283724.post4828906399602493411..comments2023-09-03T04:04:21.900-04:00Comments on Disney Princess Recovery: MethadoneMary Finucanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01972900058999375075noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769349339576283724.post-3966783674722402002010-07-11T04:18:33.453-04:002010-07-11T04:18:33.453-04:00editor's check: Pocahontas.editor's check: Pocahontas.Mary Finucanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01972900058999375075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769349339576283724.post-70386646451102139482010-07-11T04:11:19.506-04:002010-07-11T04:11:19.506-04:00arkivarie---
We've been moving in that directi...arkivarie---<br />We've been moving in that direction, recently making a paper bag dress for the book, Paper Bag Princess. I'm a terrible sewer, carpenter, but your blog has ideas, so feel free to send any beginner projects my way...C and I can learn together. You're spot on in that bringing her to "I can, I made," rather than, "We bought" should be the focus.<br /><br />conuly---<br />Good point. The American Indian dress was brought in b/c C had seen some photos of me with kids from a school where I used to teach, a Lakota Sioux school on the Pine Ridge Reservation. She had asked questions about the students, and then asked about Pocohontas. I wanted to bring in some sort of non-Pocohontas dress (the dress part if very important to her) and share some stories of actual American Indian women, non-Disneyfied. We used the dress to talk about some Lakota traditions, which I'm sure we could have done without the gear, but my aim was to replace the Disney dresses to expand her play.Mary Finucanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01972900058999375075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769349339576283724.post-31754440783841124162010-07-10T22:42:35.781-04:002010-07-10T22:42:35.781-04:00I don't know, but I've always heard that i...I don't know, but I've always heard that it's kinda... well, *rude* to dress up in other people's ceremonial garb. I wouldn't dress my kid up like a nun or a priest, and neither would I tell them it's okay to wear something "vaguely American Indian" when I'm not, well, of that ethnicity. (What tribe is that, anyway?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769349339576283724.post-47544434943091479272010-07-10T15:41:22.295-04:002010-07-10T15:41:22.295-04:00As your daughter gets older, how about y'all M...As your daughter gets older, how about y'all MAKING the projects together? Even if the costume/accessory/doodad is a "princess" one, C will learn new skills (sewing, carpentry, etc) and will learn how satisfying it is to be able to say "I made it myself!" :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769349339576283724.post-33947367349388442682010-05-05T17:40:55.307-04:002010-05-05T17:40:55.307-04:00That's great! What a cool project--I can't...That's great! What a cool project--I can't wait to read more.gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905596165694578898noreply@blogger.com