COMMENT | I am not a big fan of classic Disney movies featuring fairy tale princesses like “Snow White”, “Sleeping Beauty”, “The Little Mermaid”, and the like.

I think it’s pretty obvious why. It’s because of Princess Syndrome, whereby all these main princess characters portray weak and reliant females who are helpless and need a man in the form of a prince charming to help them through life.

As a parent of three young children, I do not want ideals like this to influence my children and make them think that this is how things should be in the world. And as a parent, I feel like I have the authority and the ability to restrict them from being exposed to ideals like this.

What I can do is not allow them to watch any classic Disney movies like the ones I mentioned.

Disney has been doing better these days with movies like “Frozen”, “Tangled”, “Mulan”, “Moana”, etc. I think they realise their role in propagating the Princess Syndrome and are trying to make amends.