{"id":180,"date":"2012-10-09T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-09T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kikis-list.com\/2012\/10\/09\/i-am-a-princess-long-may-i-reign\/"},"modified":"2013-06-04T00:19:05","modified_gmt":"2013-06-04T04:19:05","slug":"i-am-a-princess-long-may-i-reign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/09\/i-am-a-princess-long-may-i-reign\/","title":{"rendered":"I am a Princess. Long May I Reign."},"content":{"rendered":"<div>I have never been a fan of the &#8220;Princess&#8221; phase that little girls go through. \u00a0I would cringe when you asked one of them what they wanted to be when they grow up and they would reply &#8220;a Princess.&#8221; \u00a0I wanted them to see past the glitter and tulle. \u00a0I wanted them to not rely on a Prince to always save the day. \u00a0I wanted them to aspire to be more than just another beautiful face. \u00a0 So, \u00a0when I saw this commercial on the Disney Channel the other day, I&#8217;ll admit&#8230; it made me tear up just a little. \u00a0It was powerful. \u00a0Maybe I&#8217;m a sucker. \u00a0Check it out for yourself.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>What a great message for little girls;<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0Be who you are.<\/div>\n<div>It&#8217;s okay to be different.<\/div>\n<div>Be brave.<\/div>\n<div>It&#8217;s okay to be scared.<br \/>Be brave even when you are scared.<\/div>\n<div>Be loyal.<br \/>Trust.<\/div>\n<div>Be kind.<\/div>\n<div>Be generous.<br \/>Be kind even when others are not so generous.<\/div>\n<div>Stand up yourself.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0Stand up for others.<br \/>Stand with others.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>Be compassionate.<\/div>\n<div>Kindness is power.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Family is the tightest bond of all.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>You are beautiful.<br \/>You are strong.<\/div>\n<div>Always keep your promises.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0Somehow, I feel a tinsy bit better about the small fortune I have invested in the Disney Princess franchise. \u00a0Hell, I am a Princess too! \u00a0Anybody with me?<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have never been a fan of the &#8220;Princess&#8221; phase that little girls go through. \u00a0I would cringe when you asked one of them what they wanted to be when they grow up and they would reply &#8220;a Princess.&#8221; \u00a0I wanted them to see past the glitter and tulle. \u00a0I wanted them to not rely [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}