Fallen Princesses by Dina Goldstein

I believe that at least eighty percent of girls in America are living in the dream of having a fairy tale life. They believe one day the fairy godmother would bring everything to them. They believe that without high education, they could also find a good job that has less pressure but earns big money. So there are lots of girls want to be the models and actresses, they do not know the hardships of being these people, they just know that they could earn a lot and look beautiful. As lots of girls are dreaming of having a good job, there are more girls dreaming of having a golden bachelor to be their boyfriend and one day he would propose to her. Then the fairy tale of Cinderella comes true. Though it is stupid, but I believe that if they could, girls would like to have a rich man as the husband. They read too many fairy stories in their childhood so they believe that they are the beautiful princesses and only the noble prince could marry them. Some of them join the spinsters’ club because of their daydreaming. And even when they wear the rubber wristbands with the word “Marry Me” in the spinsters’ party, they are still waiting for the Prince Charming. Sometimes I think that with fairy tales, kids could have a beautiful memory of their childhood and have a wonderful vision for the real world, but with too many fairy tales, an adult could be useless for this society because of his or her daydreaming. They would leave things and wait for fairy godmother to deal with them. They would wait for the opportunity to fall from the heaven and hit dead against them. This thought would destroy their life and kill them one day. Shall we stop telling fairy stories to kids?