Quote from : Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Frontlines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture Book

That said, pointing out inaccurate or unrealistic portrayals of women to younger grade school children-ages five to eight-does seem to be effective, when done judiciously:taking to little girls about body image and dieting, for example, can actually introduce them to disordered behavior rather than inoculating them against it. I may be taking a bit of a leap here, but to me all this indicated that if you are creeped out about the characters from , it is fine to keep them out of your house.