Like most girls, I grew up watching Disney movies. I remember wanting to be and act like almost everything I looked at. I wanted expensive things and a prince who would drive me crazy. But I never thought about the negativity that came from watching these movies until I was old enough to realize how they affected my image, my behavior, and my expectations of love. Even most parents don't understand this! I can understand how many parents are blinded by the negative effects of Disney movies and their princesses. When they get a movie for their kids they probably say to themselves, "They're made for kids, so they must be good, right?" Wrong. Just like Henry Giroux, the writer of the book “The Mouse Who Roared: Disney and the End of Innocence” believes that Disney films have a negative impact on children who watch them, I also believe so. Disney films can teach girls stereotypes about ideal body image, how they should behave, and unrealistic expectations about love. Giroux thinks that Disney films have a negative impact on children because they teach them stereotypical ideas. A big problem found in Disney films is false body image. Take "Sleeping Beauty" for example, with her stunning beauty, small waist and perfect hair, she is portraying that her look is ideal and that women should look like her. Girls who see these Disney Princesses may think that the only way to look good is to have a model's body, which is wrong because children should not worry about appearance and impressing others. But it is, and parents are seeing it. A study was conducted on little girls to determine whether or not Disney princess movies had any effect on what they thought about their body type. Like me, man... middle of paper... Paul. "The Negative Effects of Disney on Children | Daily Sundial." Daily sundial. Daily Meridiana, 4 December 2006. Web. 17 October 2013. "The reader of cultural studies". : Henry Giroux: Children's Culture and Disney Animated Films - Summary. The Cultural Studies Reader, June 6, 2011. Web. October 17, 2013. Garcia, Nadia. “Disney Princesses Still Favorite, Researchers Discuss Negative Influence.” The Seeker:. The Prospector, October 1, 2013. Web. October 17, 2013. Lefler, Carli, Julie Newell, and Lindsa Hook. "Disney Princesses - Growing up with a fairy tale." Growing up with a fairy tale. Western Washington University, n.d. Web. October 17, 2013.Nadeau, Leah. “Disney Princesses: Overwhelming or Imaginative?” The Lilith effect. College of Charleston, February 12, 2011. Web. October 17, 2013. “Silence can be violent.” Silence can be violent. Word Press.com, December 3, 2009. Web. October 17. 2013.