Sofia is the newest Disney Princess. But she is a little different because she is the first preschool princess. She will be debuting in a Disney Junior Channel movie, Sofia the First, on November ...

"The princess dream doesn’t exist just because Disney is selling it," Fine writes. "It’s actually an ancient archetype that girls subconsciously recognize and subconsciously crave.

TALK TO THE PARENTS of any preschool girl and you’ll find that the word princess doesn’t mean what it once did. It’s been co-opted by the Walt Disney Company. Princess is now a mega-brand ...

Case in point: a recent study found that Disney princess media had a negative effect on little girls’ body image, starting as early as preschool. “Disney Princesses represent some of the first ...

She’s not even in preschool yet,” Keithler, 31, sighs. ... When Hasbro’s Disney Princess dolls go on sale on Jan. 1, all 11 will be available in toy stores for the first time.

Disney Princess Culture Doesn't Lead to Stereotypical Gender Behavior, ... Participants in the study included 307 children who completed questionnaires in preschool (back in 2012 and 2013), ...

Disney 'princess culture' may make kids more progressive toward women, ... in which Coyne and her team surveyed more than 300 children and their parents from preschool to early teen years, ...

The study, published in the journal Child Development, is based on 198 preschool-age boys and girls and their interactions with toys, movies, and the like featuring Disney princesses.

But looks can be deceiving. A new study published in the academic journal Child Development examined the connection between how engaged preschool girls were with Disney heroines and how attached ...