Mum on TikTok Says Calling Your Little Daughter ‘Princess’ Is Offensive

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UNKNOWN: "So, I don't know if this is considered an unpopular opinion, but if you have a daughter, you need to stop calling her princess if you do. The way that Disney has branded a princess is based on her beauty as her most important asset. This term also encourages the damsel in distress that needs to be rescued by a man, and it doesn't focus on their intelligence or integrity or any other character trait. Why don't we call girls 'scientist,' 'engineer,' 'doctor'? Like, why does that have to be something cutesy like, 'Oh, princess, what do you need?' Like, no! My daughter's father called her princess yesterday and I had to lecture him again because we do not use that term in this house. Even my own sisters have called her princess and I will tell them, 'Don't call her that.' Maybe I come across as very controlling, but I think it's a very harmful word and she shouldn't look up to that term."