Yesterday was my first wedding anniversary. We had a fun day at the beach with my family followed by drinks on top of Ocean Lodge with a view of the ocean. Then the guys grilled steaks and we ate more of the one year old wedding cake which I can not believe was still good. That alone is just crazy to me.
Our first year of marriage was surprisingly easy for a first marriage for a pair of 40 somethings. We had bumps in the road like the stress of buying and remodeling a house while surviving a miscarriage and 2 out patient surgeries and a 4 month legislative session. Recently, we went to a marriage seminar at the church we attend when in Atlanta and not only were we the oldest ones there! But, we realized we did not have many of the issues the leaders were discussing because we lived the message of Princess Bubble and we had had complete lives before we married and knew who we were going into the marriage. I would not suggest for other women to wait as long as I did to marry; but I found someone worth the wait and there are positives to being an older bride. If you have not read my book, Princess Bubble, the message is that true happiness is not found in a prince but in helping others, loving God, liking who you are already. The conference we attended spent a lot of time trying to heal or correct the issues couples had when they entered the marriage expecting their spouse to make their lives perfect or rescue them.
I spent so much time trying to empower girls and share with them the message of Princess Bubble and knew the message was important for women to also remember...But, then I got caught up in all that was happening in my own life and put the message aside for a while. Now I am reminded of the importance and how every woman and girl needs to be encouraged to remember how special they are and how we need to take responsibility of our own happiness and not expect someone else or something else to make them happy.
So girls-remind your girlfriends, teach your daughters, and tell yourself that happiness is attainable for all of us start your own happily ever after today! Today I start on year two of my marriage and love my prince but plan to live happily ever after with him instead of because of him.
www.PrincessBubble.com
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Saturday, February 20, 2010
Let Your Princess See The Importance of Self Esteem
February 18, 2010 by Chris
About The Book
You know how the story goes—Prince Charming, “Happily Ever After,” The End, right? Is this the ONLY option today’s moms want to share with their young daughters? Two successful girlfriends are offering parents an updated
version of the traditional fairy tale. No longer a “Damsel in Distress,” this princess travels the world, helps others, and finds “happily ever after” even before she finds her Prince!
Princess Bubble stars a princess who is confused by the traditional fairy tale messages that say she must find her “prince” before she can live “happily ever after.” Princess Bubble dons her “thinking crown” to research traditional fairy tales, interviews married girlfriends, and even takes counsel from her mother, who advises her to sign up at FindYourPrince.com. With a little help from her fairy godmother (this is still a fairy tale after all), Ms. Bubble discovers that “living happily ever after” is not about finding a prince. “True happiness,” the book reveals, “is found by loving God, being kind to others, and being comfortable with who you are already!”
“We are definitely not anti-Prince,” said Webb. “We just believe that young girls today are bombarded with so much inaccurate advice on how to build their self-esteem—messages that focus on the outside rather than what’s within. We want to change that message.” Johnston, recently married, said, “Princess Bubble is a better version of us. She is educated, well traveled, wants to make a difference, owns her own castle and had also been a bridesmaid and is told in the story that she will wear the bridesmaid dress again.
With wisdom gleaned from their careers as independent, globe-trotting flight attendants, first-time authors Susan Johnston Hamrick and Kimberly Webb have crafted a new generation of fairy tales that celebrates singleness and self worth. A contemporary fairy tale for all ages, Princess Bubble was written to reduce the overwhelming sense of failure, self-doubt, and despair that many youth face.
Three most common disorders in girls: low self-esteem, depression, and eating disorders
In 2003, breast implants tripled from 3,872 to 11,326 in girls under age 18
Girls ages 12 to 19 spent over $8 million on cosmetics in 2005
(Source: Report of the APA Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls,2007)
“I adore sharing the Princess Bubble message with my daughter because it teaches her that happiness comes from within,” said Kim Daniels, mother of two.
ABOUT PRINCESS BUBBLE and BUBBLE GUM PRESS: The Princess Bubble message,
cleverly articulated by former Delta flight attendants Susan Johnston and Kimberly Webb, seeks to find an alternate ending to “happily ever after” and change the notion that life begins and ends with finding your Prince
Charming. Looking to bolster the poor self-esteem of female youth and the stigma that many single adult women carry, Johnston and Webb believe“this is a book for women of all ages, a story they can believe in and share with their children.” In upcoming adventures, Princess Bubble will travel to distant
lands where the knowledge of every new culture will enrich her flourishing life.
My Take On The Book
I am the father of two daughters and everyday I worry about the external influences which will make them feel that they must act or dress a certain way. This message within this book was one that I plan to read over and over to my girls as they get older. The message that a girl can choose the life she wants and that she does not need a man and money to be happy is what young girls need to hear today. Princess Bubble allows girls to see that there are many other ways to achieve happiness.
The illustrations within this book were great and helped my girls understand the message that was being shared. I liked the idea that a “happily ever after” doesn’t have to be the kind that you see in the movies. Instead it is more important that they create their own “happily ever after” no matter what that may be.
I received a copy of this book as a review, but it did not effect my review of this book.
About the author:
A father of two who works to balance working full time in college administration along with trying to regain his kingdom on a daily basis. Exploring the joys and challenges of being a father, parent and husband, you can explore the divadom with him daily at http://dadofdivas.blogspot.com
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February 18, 2010 by Chris
About The Book
You know how the story goes—Prince Charming, “Happily Ever After,” The End, right? Is this the ONLY option today’s moms want to share with their young daughters? Two successful girlfriends are offering parents an updated
version of the traditional fairy tale. No longer a “Damsel in Distress,” this princess travels the world, helps others, and finds “happily ever after” even before she finds her Prince!
Princess Bubble stars a princess who is confused by the traditional fairy tale messages that say she must find her “prince” before she can live “happily ever after.” Princess Bubble dons her “thinking crown” to research traditional fairy tales, interviews married girlfriends, and even takes counsel from her mother, who advises her to sign up at FindYourPrince.com. With a little help from her fairy godmother (this is still a fairy tale after all), Ms. Bubble discovers that “living happily ever after” is not about finding a prince. “True happiness,” the book reveals, “is found by loving God, being kind to others, and being comfortable with who you are already!”
“We are definitely not anti-Prince,” said Webb. “We just believe that young girls today are bombarded with so much inaccurate advice on how to build their self-esteem—messages that focus on the outside rather than what’s within. We want to change that message.” Johnston, recently married, said, “Princess Bubble is a better version of us. She is educated, well traveled, wants to make a difference, owns her own castle and had also been a bridesmaid and is told in the story that she will wear the bridesmaid dress again.
With wisdom gleaned from their careers as independent, globe-trotting flight attendants, first-time authors Susan Johnston Hamrick and Kimberly Webb have crafted a new generation of fairy tales that celebrates singleness and self worth. A contemporary fairy tale for all ages, Princess Bubble was written to reduce the overwhelming sense of failure, self-doubt, and despair that many youth face.
Three most common disorders in girls: low self-esteem, depression, and eating disorders
In 2003, breast implants tripled from 3,872 to 11,326 in girls under age 18
Girls ages 12 to 19 spent over $8 million on cosmetics in 2005
(Source: Report of the APA Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls,2007)
“I adore sharing the Princess Bubble message with my daughter because it teaches her that happiness comes from within,” said Kim Daniels, mother of two.
ABOUT PRINCESS BUBBLE and BUBBLE GUM PRESS: The Princess Bubble message,
cleverly articulated by former Delta flight attendants Susan Johnston and Kimberly Webb, seeks to find an alternate ending to “happily ever after” and change the notion that life begins and ends with finding your Prince
Charming. Looking to bolster the poor self-esteem of female youth and the stigma that many single adult women carry, Johnston and Webb believe“this is a book for women of all ages, a story they can believe in and share with their children.” In upcoming adventures, Princess Bubble will travel to distant
lands where the knowledge of every new culture will enrich her flourishing life.
My Take On The Book
I am the father of two daughters and everyday I worry about the external influences which will make them feel that they must act or dress a certain way. This message within this book was one that I plan to read over and over to my girls as they get older. The message that a girl can choose the life she wants and that she does not need a man and money to be happy is what young girls need to hear today. Princess Bubble allows girls to see that there are many other ways to achieve happiness.
The illustrations within this book were great and helped my girls understand the message that was being shared. I liked the idea that a “happily ever after” doesn’t have to be the kind that you see in the movies. Instead it is more important that they create their own “happily ever after” no matter what that may be.
I received a copy of this book as a review, but it did not effect my review of this book.
About the author:
A father of two who works to balance working full time in college administration along with trying to regain his kingdom on a daily basis. Exploring the joys and challenges of being a father, parent and husband, you can explore the divadom with him daily at http://dadofdivas.blogspot.com
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Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Princess Bubble Book Review by Parenting Pink
December 2, 2009 by Elizabeth Donovan, M. A.
Great Books for Girls
http://parentingpink.com/2009/12/princess-bubble-by-susan-johnston-kimberly-webb/
Princess Bubble by Susan Johnston and Kimerbly Webb (illustrated by Maria Tonelli) is a delightful, refreshing read that sends a positive and important message to girls that Disney occasionally does not: “Be yourself; embrace who you are; and forget about waiting for a prince to rescue you from your troubles!” Princess Bubble is an independent, intelligent, thoughtful, and charitable princess who can’t understand why her parents and “princess friends” constantly pressure her to ‘find Mr. Right’ and ’settle down’ by getting married.
Princess Bubble is a well-traveled princess with an education (from Royal University), a job, lots of friends, and a ‘palace’ she purchased on her own. She enjoys movie night with the other princesses, attending royal celebrations, and spending time with her family. But Princess Bubble just can’t seem to figure out why her parents and others want her to find ‘Prince Charming’ so she can live her ‘happily ever after.’ She tries to please her parents by dating lots of Princes, but none of them make her happy. She desperately sorts through fairy tales trying to find a reasonable Prince to date to no avail. After much soul searching, Princess Bubble decides that if she’s already happy with herself, she can make her own ‘happily ever after’ without the assistance of a man. Bravo Princess Bubble! Finally a princess that encourages girls to rescue themselves and forgo waiting for ‘prince charming’ to show up and magically sweep them away on his perfectly white horse! Princess Bubble is a wonderful, fun, and inspirational modern day fairytale for girls of all ages!
To purchase a copy of Princess Bubble ($9.60) see Amazon.com.
December 2, 2009 by Elizabeth Donovan, M. A.
Great Books for Girls
http://parentingpink.com/2009/12/princess-bubble-by-susan-johnston-kimberly-webb/
Princess Bubble by Susan Johnston and Kimerbly Webb (illustrated by Maria Tonelli) is a delightful, refreshing read that sends a positive and important message to girls that Disney occasionally does not: “Be yourself; embrace who you are; and forget about waiting for a prince to rescue you from your troubles!” Princess Bubble is an independent, intelligent, thoughtful, and charitable princess who can’t understand why her parents and “princess friends” constantly pressure her to ‘find Mr. Right’ and ’settle down’ by getting married.
Princess Bubble is a well-traveled princess with an education (from Royal University), a job, lots of friends, and a ‘palace’ she purchased on her own. She enjoys movie night with the other princesses, attending royal celebrations, and spending time with her family. But Princess Bubble just can’t seem to figure out why her parents and others want her to find ‘Prince Charming’ so she can live her ‘happily ever after.’ She tries to please her parents by dating lots of Princes, but none of them make her happy. She desperately sorts through fairy tales trying to find a reasonable Prince to date to no avail. After much soul searching, Princess Bubble decides that if she’s already happy with herself, she can make her own ‘happily ever after’ without the assistance of a man. Bravo Princess Bubble! Finally a princess that encourages girls to rescue themselves and forgo waiting for ‘prince charming’ to show up and magically sweep them away on his perfectly white horse! Princess Bubble is a wonderful, fun, and inspirational modern day fairytale for girls of all ages!
To purchase a copy of Princess Bubble ($9.60) see Amazon.com.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Princess Bubble Book Review: A Princess Who Empowers Girls
http://www.theshoppingmama.com/2009/10/princess-bubble-book-review-princess.html
Princess Bubble is a fairy tale for today's modern girl. Written by friends Susan Johnston and Kimberly Webb, the women wanted to make that point that "although princes are fabulous, a princess must find her security in something much deeper. Johnston and Webb want women of all ages to embrace the truth that 'happily ever after' is attainable for everyone." I think you can understand why I was immediately intrigued and interested in learning more about Princess Bubble!
Princess Bubble is a 35-page, modern-day fairy tale starring a well-employed, globe-trotting, good-friend, good-date, helpful-neighbor princess who is confused by the traditional fairy tale message that implies she must find her “prince” before she can live “happily ever after.”
The story of Princess Bubble begins when she graduates from Royal University and heads into the world as a working woman. She lives in a castle all her own and socializes with other Princesses. I laughed out loud at when Princess Bubble and her friends were bridesmaid in royal weddings and wearing "Long, colorful bridesmaids' dresses and dyed satin shoes that they were told they would wear again." As her friends are marrying off, the Queen advises Princess Bubble to find a Prince. The Princess makes an effort to meet her husband, but upon reflection and a visit from her Fairy Godmother Princess Bubble realizes she's perfectly content. She has friends, family and a fulfilling life without a Prince.
The message isn't that she is anti-Prince or that she will forever live the single life. Rather, the idea is that Princess Bubble is already living her happily ever after. “We are definitely not anti-Prince,” author Kimberly Webb explained. “We just believe that young girls today are bombarded with so much inaccurate advice on how to build their self-esteem—messages that focus on the outside rather than what’s within. We want to change that message.”
To Buy... Yes! At less than $10, this modern day fairy tale has a fun story, a great message and is the perfect gift for any girl in your life. Even an adult girlfriend will get a kick out of Princess Bubble's story and the modern life parallels to traditional fairy tale themes.
Or Not to Buy... Princess Bubble is targeted for girls aged 6 and older and younger girls might be a little bored by the storyline and many references will likely go right over a young girl's head.
Shop! Princess Bubble is available for purchase on Amazon for only $9.60.
Thank you to the authors for providing a sample product for the purposes of this review. The opinions are mine and uninfluenced and others may have different experience.
http://www.theshoppingmama.com/2009/10/princess-bubble-book-review-princess.html
Princess Bubble is a fairy tale for today's modern girl. Written by friends Susan Johnston and Kimberly Webb, the women wanted to make that point that "although princes are fabulous, a princess must find her security in something much deeper. Johnston and Webb want women of all ages to embrace the truth that 'happily ever after' is attainable for everyone." I think you can understand why I was immediately intrigued and interested in learning more about Princess Bubble!
Princess Bubble is a 35-page, modern-day fairy tale starring a well-employed, globe-trotting, good-friend, good-date, helpful-neighbor princess who is confused by the traditional fairy tale message that implies she must find her “prince” before she can live “happily ever after.”
The story of Princess Bubble begins when she graduates from Royal University and heads into the world as a working woman. She lives in a castle all her own and socializes with other Princesses. I laughed out loud at when Princess Bubble and her friends were bridesmaid in royal weddings and wearing "Long, colorful bridesmaids' dresses and dyed satin shoes that they were told they would wear again." As her friends are marrying off, the Queen advises Princess Bubble to find a Prince. The Princess makes an effort to meet her husband, but upon reflection and a visit from her Fairy Godmother Princess Bubble realizes she's perfectly content. She has friends, family and a fulfilling life without a Prince.
The message isn't that she is anti-Prince or that she will forever live the single life. Rather, the idea is that Princess Bubble is already living her happily ever after. “We are definitely not anti-Prince,” author Kimberly Webb explained. “We just believe that young girls today are bombarded with so much inaccurate advice on how to build their self-esteem—messages that focus on the outside rather than what’s within. We want to change that message.”
To Buy... Yes! At less than $10, this modern day fairy tale has a fun story, a great message and is the perfect gift for any girl in your life. Even an adult girlfriend will get a kick out of Princess Bubble's story and the modern life parallels to traditional fairy tale themes.
Or Not to Buy... Princess Bubble is targeted for girls aged 6 and older and younger girls might be a little bored by the storyline and many references will likely go right over a young girl's head.
Shop! Princess Bubble is available for purchase on Amazon for only $9.60.
Thank you to the authors for providing a sample product for the purposes of this review. The opinions are mine and uninfluenced and others may have different experience.
Monday, October 05, 2009
A modern day fairy tale for girls of all ages
By Terry Hernon MacDonald October 5, 2009
http://www.singlewomenrule.com/2009/10/a-modern-day-fairy-tale-for-girls-of-all-ages/
A wonderful little book crossed my desk recently, and I wished it were around during the days I read bedtime stories to my two daughters (I nearly had an aneurysm once reading The Princess and the Pea to my older daughter; I did not repeat the mistake with the younger one).
But this book, Princess Bubble, wrtten by Susan Johnston and Kimberly Webb and illustrated by Maria Tonellis, tells the story of a “beautiful and blissful” princess who graduates from college eager to travel and meet people in other lands. Her career allows her to buy a palace of her own, where princesses from other kingdoms gather for all sorts of fun and frolic. But the party comes to a slow end when the others drop out to get married. And then everybody keeps asking why poor Princess Bubble hasn’t found a prince of her own.
The queen, getting desperate, starts a search for her daughter’s Royal Mr. Right, and Princess Bubble goes along with this. For a while.
A Fairy Godmother clues her in:
Living happily ever after is not about finding a prince. True happiness is found by loving God, being kind to others, and being comfortable with who you are already!”
The kid wises up. She realizes that she’s living a wonderful life. She revels in her achievements. She loves her family, and her friends.
And she lives happily ever after.
If you’re in the market for a children’s book that teaches girls to live by their own lights, and that there’s more to life than getting married, take a look at Princess Bubble.
www.PrincessBubble.com
By Terry Hernon MacDonald October 5, 2009
http://www.singlewomenrule.com/2009/10/a-modern-day-fairy-tale-for-girls-of-all-ages/
A wonderful little book crossed my desk recently, and I wished it were around during the days I read bedtime stories to my two daughters (I nearly had an aneurysm once reading The Princess and the Pea to my older daughter; I did not repeat the mistake with the younger one).
But this book, Princess Bubble, wrtten by Susan Johnston and Kimberly Webb and illustrated by Maria Tonellis, tells the story of a “beautiful and blissful” princess who graduates from college eager to travel and meet people in other lands. Her career allows her to buy a palace of her own, where princesses from other kingdoms gather for all sorts of fun and frolic. But the party comes to a slow end when the others drop out to get married. And then everybody keeps asking why poor Princess Bubble hasn’t found a prince of her own.
The queen, getting desperate, starts a search for her daughter’s Royal Mr. Right, and Princess Bubble goes along with this. For a while.
A Fairy Godmother clues her in:
Living happily ever after is not about finding a prince. True happiness is found by loving God, being kind to others, and being comfortable with who you are already!”
The kid wises up. She realizes that she’s living a wonderful life. She revels in her achievements. She loves her family, and her friends.
And she lives happily ever after.
If you’re in the market for a children’s book that teaches girls to live by their own lights, and that there’s more to life than getting married, take a look at Princess Bubble.
www.PrincessBubble.com
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Princess Bubble
http://marcellahawkinsno.blogspot.com/2009/04/princess-bubble.html
As a mother of a six-year-old miss, I chance myself in a invariant conflict ( already! ) with the `` idealised '' female. In point of fact, I conceive the indoctrination of lassie gets at birth, but it hits hardest between the ages of 3-7 when they are literally plunged in the `` princess civilization ''. So, when I saw the book Princess Bubble by Susan Johnston and Kimberly Webb, it was as if the clouds splitted and ray of light interrupted through.
Princess Bubble, according to the writer 's site is a character who is `` a well-employed, globe-trotting, good-friend, good-date, helpful-neighbor princess who is confounded by the traditional fairy story message that connote she must happen her `` prince '' before she can inhabit happily ever after. ' ''
Can you tell Eureka?!
I holded a opportunity to verbalise with Susan Johnston on the telephone about her book and she stated me her tale. Recently pursued first in her 40 's, Johnston holds populated an exciting and fulfilling life as a individual woman. She bumped herself going increasingly disappointed in the conversations she was holding with lass, who consistently stated her that they desired to be princesses-and that it was a demand to happen a prince to be happy.
Johnston spoke to her friend Susan Webb ( who holds four immature nieces ) about the thought of making a character that is both a princess and a multidimensional woman. The two developed the character of Princess Bubble who Johnston draws as `` a better version of me. ''
`` She desires to assist others and do a difference in the creation. Being a princess is not merely sitting on a throne and holding a Crown. Lady diana frances spencer is retrieved more for assisting than being attend to. ''
Makes this mean that Princess Bubble is a ramp anti-man, anti-lipstick-wearing, coldhearted bitch? Not the least bit. `` There Holds cypher incorrect with desiring to be pretty and glamourous, '' Johnston stated. `` And wedlock is grand. But matrimony ca n't BE the dreaming. Wedlock is a manner to SHARE your dreaming with person special. ''
Lassie take to experience confident to search new things; addition didactics and experience; traveling and see the existence. They necessitate to be whole and complete themselves before they determine to perpetrate to a lifelong relationship. Being a woman ( and every woman is a princess ) intends enquire interrogations like:
Make you experience like a victim? ( Every other fairy story princess is a victim of some variety. )
Are you waiting to be delivered?
Make you should be delivered to hold the fairy story?
What does you really happy?
Retail therapy does everyone happy for an jiffy. But what does you happy long after
Princess Bubble besides integrates an constituent of religion, something overlooked in nearly every princess narrative. While pent from a Christian position, girl from all faiths can gain from the illustration of this charming miss who bases her picks on her beliefs, not on the despairing demand to be loved and accepted.
Johnston and Webb financed the publication of this book on their ain because it incorporates a message that they verily believe inward. If you 'd wish to aid a lassie discover more about muliebrity than being delivered and looking middling, purchase her a transcript of Princess Bubble and assist support this marvelous originative endeavor.
Princess Bubble is available at Virago, Barnes & Nobleman, and local retailers around the land.
www.PrincessBubble.com
http://marcellahawkinsno.blogspot.com/2009/04/princess-bubble.html
As a mother of a six-year-old miss, I chance myself in a invariant conflict ( already! ) with the `` idealised '' female. In point of fact, I conceive the indoctrination of lassie gets at birth, but it hits hardest between the ages of 3-7 when they are literally plunged in the `` princess civilization ''. So, when I saw the book Princess Bubble by Susan Johnston and Kimberly Webb, it was as if the clouds splitted and ray of light interrupted through.
Princess Bubble, according to the writer 's site is a character who is `` a well-employed, globe-trotting, good-friend, good-date, helpful-neighbor princess who is confounded by the traditional fairy story message that connote she must happen her `` prince '' before she can inhabit happily ever after. ' ''
Can you tell Eureka?!
I holded a opportunity to verbalise with Susan Johnston on the telephone about her book and she stated me her tale. Recently pursued first in her 40 's, Johnston holds populated an exciting and fulfilling life as a individual woman. She bumped herself going increasingly disappointed in the conversations she was holding with lass, who consistently stated her that they desired to be princesses-and that it was a demand to happen a prince to be happy.
Johnston spoke to her friend Susan Webb ( who holds four immature nieces ) about the thought of making a character that is both a princess and a multidimensional woman. The two developed the character of Princess Bubble who Johnston draws as `` a better version of me. ''
`` She desires to assist others and do a difference in the creation. Being a princess is not merely sitting on a throne and holding a Crown. Lady diana frances spencer is retrieved more for assisting than being attend to. ''
Makes this mean that Princess Bubble is a ramp anti-man, anti-lipstick-wearing, coldhearted bitch? Not the least bit. `` There Holds cypher incorrect with desiring to be pretty and glamourous, '' Johnston stated. `` And wedlock is grand. But matrimony ca n't BE the dreaming. Wedlock is a manner to SHARE your dreaming with person special. ''
Lassie take to experience confident to search new things; addition didactics and experience; traveling and see the existence. They necessitate to be whole and complete themselves before they determine to perpetrate to a lifelong relationship. Being a woman ( and every woman is a princess ) intends enquire interrogations like:
Make you experience like a victim? ( Every other fairy story princess is a victim of some variety. )
Are you waiting to be delivered?
Make you should be delivered to hold the fairy story?
What does you really happy?
Retail therapy does everyone happy for an jiffy. But what does you happy long after
Princess Bubble besides integrates an constituent of religion, something overlooked in nearly every princess narrative. While pent from a Christian position, girl from all faiths can gain from the illustration of this charming miss who bases her picks on her beliefs, not on the despairing demand to be loved and accepted.
Johnston and Webb financed the publication of this book on their ain because it incorporates a message that they verily believe inward. If you 'd wish to aid a lassie discover more about muliebrity than being delivered and looking middling, purchase her a transcript of Princess Bubble and assist support this marvelous originative endeavor.
Princess Bubble is available at Virago, Barnes & Nobleman, and local retailers around the land.
www.PrincessBubble.com
Thursday, February 12, 2009
A Different Kind of Princess
Princess Bubble is a beautiful fairy tale princess AND an educated, hard-working, well-traveled woman with plenty of moxie. Authors Susan Johnston and Kimberly Webb created the character of Princess Bubble to help combat stereotypes and fight the victim mentality that young girls are indoctrinated with almost from birth. The book is written from a Christian perspective, encouraging young girls to be princess with morals, ethics, and faith in addition to a pretty dress and lip gloss.
Johnston and Webb financed the book themselves because they believed the young girls in their lives needed a story that inspired them to go after their dreams, not just wait around for someone else to fulfill them.
You can buy Princess Bubble at Barnes & Noble and Amazon. Share this wonderful story with a little girl in your life and help her become a different kind of princess.
http://www.graygaia.com/2009/02/a-different-kind-of-princess.html
Princess Bubble is a beautiful fairy tale princess AND an educated, hard-working, well-traveled woman with plenty of moxie. Authors Susan Johnston and Kimberly Webb created the character of Princess Bubble to help combat stereotypes and fight the victim mentality that young girls are indoctrinated with almost from birth. The book is written from a Christian perspective, encouraging young girls to be princess with morals, ethics, and faith in addition to a pretty dress and lip gloss.
Johnston and Webb financed the book themselves because they believed the young girls in their lives needed a story that inspired them to go after their dreams, not just wait around for someone else to fulfill them.
You can buy Princess Bubble at Barnes & Noble and Amazon. Share this wonderful story with a little girl in your life and help her become a different kind of princess.
http://www.graygaia.com/2009/02/a-different-kind-of-princess.html
Sunday, November 09, 2008
Princess - Prince = A Happy Ending Too? November 9, 2008
This was written about Princess Bubble by Beauty vs Beast. Check out this blog at
http://beautyvsbeast.wordpress.com/2008/11/09/princess-prince-a-happy-ending-too/
Apparently, there IS a fairy tale where a princess ends up happy and prince-less! Princess Bubble is a picture book for young girls where the main character is a princess who questions the traditional fairy tale ending.
It was written by Susan Johnston, who happens to be a happy single woman herself, and it’s exciting to see the book garnering some attention. I was told about the book via a link to the CNN interview that Johnston did recently and apparently Princess Bubble is rather autobiographical. Princess Bubble works as a flight attendant, helps her friends out with their weddings, tries internet dating and wears a thinking crown. Maybe she can’t quite identify with that last one, but still. The parallels between Princess Bubble’s and Susan Johnston’s happy endings are both clear and cheering. Here’s someone who’s clearly taken a look at their life and said, “Hey, I may be single, but I’m still having a really good time here.” Which is kinda cool, don’t you think?
If you want to learn more about the book (and I totally think it should be going to some little girls for Christmas) I have two links for you. 1. The official site: www.princessbubble.com and 2. The CNN interview: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/showbiz/2008/08/11/intv.susan.johnston.cnn?iref=videosearch
This was written about Princess Bubble by Beauty vs Beast. Check out this blog at
http://beautyvsbeast.wordpress.com/2008/11/09/princess-prince-a-happy-ending-too/
Apparently, there IS a fairy tale where a princess ends up happy and prince-less! Princess Bubble is a picture book for young girls where the main character is a princess who questions the traditional fairy tale ending.
It was written by Susan Johnston, who happens to be a happy single woman herself, and it’s exciting to see the book garnering some attention. I was told about the book via a link to the CNN interview that Johnston did recently and apparently Princess Bubble is rather autobiographical. Princess Bubble works as a flight attendant, helps her friends out with their weddings, tries internet dating and wears a thinking crown. Maybe she can’t quite identify with that last one, but still. The parallels between Princess Bubble’s and Susan Johnston’s happy endings are both clear and cheering. Here’s someone who’s clearly taken a look at their life and said, “Hey, I may be single, but I’m still having a really good time here.” Which is kinda cool, don’t you think?
If you want to learn more about the book (and I totally think it should be going to some little girls for Christmas) I have two links for you. 1. The official site: www.princessbubble.com and 2. The CNN interview: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/showbiz/2008/08/11/intv.susan.johnston.cnn?iref=videosearch
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Does Mommy Love It? YES!
Princess Bubble
By Mommy Zabs on September 30th, 2008
We all know the main elements of a fairy tale. First, we have the beautiful damsel in distress, then a handsome prince charming who rescues her, and finally, the life happily ever after. Perhaps there was no beautiful princess in distress, then would there still be a fairy tale? What does “happily ever after” really mean?
In the book, Princess Bubble by Susan Johnston and Kimberly Webb, the fairy-tale is modernized. Not only is the princess not in distress, but also learns to find happiness within her own self. She no longer sits and waits for Prince Charming, but realizes that he’s not the only key to happily ever after. An article in the Tennessean writes, “Princess Bubble is not anti-Prince Charming, but if anything, Princess Bubble is anti-damsel in distress.”
Growing up, I was told by my parents that I was smart, and I could do anything. The confidence to live a happy life is in my own heart and volition. Heck, if my Prince Charming came along, it was icing on the cake! By the way, he didn’t come along until my late 20’s, but I had lived a wonderful life prior to that
Adding to the new message for girls, the illustrations in Princess Bubble are colorfully vibrant. They are vivacious and bring to life the beauty of a princess who finds fulfillment in loving God, being kind to others and being comfortable with who she is already.
http://doesmommyloveit.com/2008/09/30/princess-bubble/
Princess Bubble
By Mommy Zabs on September 30th, 2008
We all know the main elements of a fairy tale. First, we have the beautiful damsel in distress, then a handsome prince charming who rescues her, and finally, the life happily ever after. Perhaps there was no beautiful princess in distress, then would there still be a fairy tale? What does “happily ever after” really mean?
In the book, Princess Bubble by Susan Johnston and Kimberly Webb, the fairy-tale is modernized. Not only is the princess not in distress, but also learns to find happiness within her own self. She no longer sits and waits for Prince Charming, but realizes that he’s not the only key to happily ever after. An article in the Tennessean writes, “Princess Bubble is not anti-Prince Charming, but if anything, Princess Bubble is anti-damsel in distress.”
Growing up, I was told by my parents that I was smart, and I could do anything. The confidence to live a happy life is in my own heart and volition. Heck, if my Prince Charming came along, it was icing on the cake! By the way, he didn’t come along until my late 20’s, but I had lived a wonderful life prior to that
Adding to the new message for girls, the illustrations in Princess Bubble are colorfully vibrant. They are vivacious and bring to life the beauty of a princess who finds fulfillment in loving God, being kind to others and being comfortable with who she is already.
http://doesmommyloveit.com/2008/09/30/princess-bubble/
Monday, September 29, 2008
Books, seminar help girls build self-esteem
Monday, September 29, 2008
By Jennifer Ackerman-Haywood
The Grand Rapids Press
It's a great time to be an American woman, right?
Girls today can realistically consider every option as they map out their futures. They can run for president, be a professional athlete, CEO, mother or combination of these.
And little girls believe they can do anything. Just ask the nearest preschooler.
But then the world seems to chip away at the confidence of these girls when they hit middle school, that awkward time when many adolescents struggle to find their voice. Once confident girls are suddenly aware they can't measure up to the airbrushed definition of beauty celebrated in glossy ads featuring skinny and voluptuous models.
Cattiness and cliques compound the problem for many girls who find themselves sitting alone at lunch when they desperately want to belong.
Enter Lindsey Williams, a 19-year-old Western Michigan University student, who is doing her part to help young women help themselves and each other. This weekend, Williams will host the "I Am Woman" seminar for girls in grades six through 12 and their mothers.
The event will feature a presentation by Patti Criswell, a Kalamazoo-based social worker, WMU adjunct professor and author of six American Girl books.
"This is a way to teach girls: 'You're not alone,'" Williams said. "Because you do feel like you're alone."
Williams did.
Her family moved from Kalamazoo to Rockford when she was in eighth grade, and Williams struggled to find her groove at her new school. She was frustrated by the way girls would cut each other down and fight over boys.
"My mom was a huge part of getting me through that time," Williams said, recalling how great it felt to have a safe place to come home to.
Her mother repeatedly told her to "teach them, not tell them," and she took that message to heart.
Since 2006, when Williams was in her junior year of high school, she has hosted seminars for mothers and daughters in hopes that participants would bond and develop a support system for one another. This is the last year she'll organize the seminar, funded by a grant from the Nokomis Foundation, because of living in Kalamazoo, but she's hopeful someone might step forward to keep it going.
"I didn't really blossom until I found something that I was passionate about and inspired by," she said, explaining her commitment to social justice and feminist issues.
This is key, said Criswell, 43, who met Williams at a women's conference.
Turbulent teen years
While there are plenty of community resources to build girls' self-esteem through elementary school, many girls experience a drop in confidence when entering their teens.
"Body image is absolutely huge," Criswell said.
And Criswell observed young women today tend to be more passive than those from her generation.
"I think my generation was more likely to speak up," she said. "We were coming off the women's movement.
She said, "women need to speak up" when someone is calling a friend by a negative name.
Criswell said it's not enough to arm little girls with "girl power" messages. They also need to learn how to stand up for one another.
Tools for change
At Saturday's seminar, Criswell said she plans to help girls find their voice and build a bridge between girls and their moms.
She recommends moms bank their time with their children. Invest as much as possible throughout their childhood, so they know you'll be there when they need you as young adults.
She said parents of teenagers are kind of "on call" all the time. Teens are more independent and like space, but when they need you it is often right away.
"Build traditions into your daily life, not just Christmas," Criswell said, explaining this can be as simple as stopping for breakfast on the way to school once a week or joining a mother-daughter book club.
Building bonds
Parents can strengthen their relationship with their kids if they have fun with them, play cards, invite their friends over and make their home a welcoming and easy place to be, Criswell said.
With honest and open communication, moms can express their concerns about the peer pressure and social situations they worry about. Meanwhile, daughters can offer their moms reassurance they know how to handle those situations and ask for help when they can't.
"Letting go is an inherently difficult process," Criswell said, adding it is possible to do so while "staying close."
The mother of a 13-year-old daughter and 9-year-old son, Criswell has spent her career counseling girls and families.
She said it is a myth that mother-daughter relationships have to be awful, but "it's true that it will be uncomfortable," she said.
Criswell and her daughter have been in a book club together for nearly five years.
"I love these girls," Criswell said about the group that includes girls from different schools. "All those girls know they can come to me anytime, and my daughter knows she has all those other moms she can go to."
Shattering myths
Many books have been written in the past decade about girls and self-esteem
One of the newer ones was inspired by the young girls reading books about princesses being rescued by a prince.
Atlanta author Susan Johnston got tired of the little girls in her life reading books about girls waiting to be rescued so she co-wrote a book called "Princess Bubble" with her best friend, Kimberly Webb, to remind girls it's possible to be a happy, well-adjusted princess without being rescued.
"These girls were so worried about having the acceptance of a young boy, and that just broke my heart," Johnston said.
A single woman who has stood up in 17 weddings, Johnston said the book aims to get a positive message out to girls and give their moms a reminder that they don't need to wait for a prince to make them happy, either.
"You can read it at 6 or 36," Johnston said, adding she wants all girls to know, "sometimes, life isn't how you pictured.
"It can be even better."
Monday, September 29, 2008
By Jennifer Ackerman-Haywood
The Grand Rapids Press
It's a great time to be an American woman, right?
Girls today can realistically consider every option as they map out their futures. They can run for president, be a professional athlete, CEO, mother or combination of these.
And little girls believe they can do anything. Just ask the nearest preschooler.
But then the world seems to chip away at the confidence of these girls when they hit middle school, that awkward time when many adolescents struggle to find their voice. Once confident girls are suddenly aware they can't measure up to the airbrushed definition of beauty celebrated in glossy ads featuring skinny and voluptuous models.
Cattiness and cliques compound the problem for many girls who find themselves sitting alone at lunch when they desperately want to belong.
Enter Lindsey Williams, a 19-year-old Western Michigan University student, who is doing her part to help young women help themselves and each other. This weekend, Williams will host the "I Am Woman" seminar for girls in grades six through 12 and their mothers.
The event will feature a presentation by Patti Criswell, a Kalamazoo-based social worker, WMU adjunct professor and author of six American Girl books.
"This is a way to teach girls: 'You're not alone,'" Williams said. "Because you do feel like you're alone."
Williams did.
Her family moved from Kalamazoo to Rockford when she was in eighth grade, and Williams struggled to find her groove at her new school. She was frustrated by the way girls would cut each other down and fight over boys.
"My mom was a huge part of getting me through that time," Williams said, recalling how great it felt to have a safe place to come home to.
Her mother repeatedly told her to "teach them, not tell them," and she took that message to heart.
Since 2006, when Williams was in her junior year of high school, she has hosted seminars for mothers and daughters in hopes that participants would bond and develop a support system for one another. This is the last year she'll organize the seminar, funded by a grant from the Nokomis Foundation, because of living in Kalamazoo, but she's hopeful someone might step forward to keep it going.
"I didn't really blossom until I found something that I was passionate about and inspired by," she said, explaining her commitment to social justice and feminist issues.
This is key, said Criswell, 43, who met Williams at a women's conference.
Turbulent teen years
While there are plenty of community resources to build girls' self-esteem through elementary school, many girls experience a drop in confidence when entering their teens.
"Body image is absolutely huge," Criswell said.
And Criswell observed young women today tend to be more passive than those from her generation.
"I think my generation was more likely to speak up," she said. "We were coming off the women's movement.
She said, "women need to speak up" when someone is calling a friend by a negative name.
Criswell said it's not enough to arm little girls with "girl power" messages. They also need to learn how to stand up for one another.
Tools for change
At Saturday's seminar, Criswell said she plans to help girls find their voice and build a bridge between girls and their moms.
She recommends moms bank their time with their children. Invest as much as possible throughout their childhood, so they know you'll be there when they need you as young adults.
She said parents of teenagers are kind of "on call" all the time. Teens are more independent and like space, but when they need you it is often right away.
"Build traditions into your daily life, not just Christmas," Criswell said, explaining this can be as simple as stopping for breakfast on the way to school once a week or joining a mother-daughter book club.
Building bonds
Parents can strengthen their relationship with their kids if they have fun with them, play cards, invite their friends over and make their home a welcoming and easy place to be, Criswell said.
With honest and open communication, moms can express their concerns about the peer pressure and social situations they worry about. Meanwhile, daughters can offer their moms reassurance they know how to handle those situations and ask for help when they can't.
"Letting go is an inherently difficult process," Criswell said, adding it is possible to do so while "staying close."
The mother of a 13-year-old daughter and 9-year-old son, Criswell has spent her career counseling girls and families.
She said it is a myth that mother-daughter relationships have to be awful, but "it's true that it will be uncomfortable," she said.
Criswell and her daughter have been in a book club together for nearly five years.
"I love these girls," Criswell said about the group that includes girls from different schools. "All those girls know they can come to me anytime, and my daughter knows she has all those other moms she can go to."
Shattering myths
Many books have been written in the past decade about girls and self-esteem
One of the newer ones was inspired by the young girls reading books about princesses being rescued by a prince.
Atlanta author Susan Johnston got tired of the little girls in her life reading books about girls waiting to be rescued so she co-wrote a book called "Princess Bubble" with her best friend, Kimberly Webb, to remind girls it's possible to be a happy, well-adjusted princess without being rescued.
"These girls were so worried about having the acceptance of a young boy, and that just broke my heart," Johnston said.
A single woman who has stood up in 17 weddings, Johnston said the book aims to get a positive message out to girls and give their moms a reminder that they don't need to wait for a prince to make them happy, either.
"You can read it at 6 or 36," Johnston said, adding she wants all girls to know, "sometimes, life isn't how you pictured.
"It can be even better."
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Young Girls & Self Esteem
Life is funny! Us older girls are told if we look younger we will feel better about ourselves but the youngest girls these days feel the worst about themselves.
In 2003, breast implants tripled from 3,872 to 11,326 in girls under age 18
Girls ages 12 to 19 spent over $8 million on cosmetics in 2005 (Source: Report of the APA Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls,2007)
CNN recently did a story about the staggering number of teen girls in abusive relationships.
We at Princess Bubble believe that young girls today are bombarded with so much inaccurate advice on how to build their self-esteem—messages that focus on the outside rather than what’s within. We want to change that message.
Three most common disorders in girls: low self-esteem, depression, and eating disorders.
At a very young age we teach girls that they will live “Happily Ever After” if they find a prince. Is this the ONLY option today’s moms want to share with their young daughters? Princess Bubble was written to reduce the overwhelming sense of failure, self-doubt, and despair that many youth face.
Susan Johnston and Kimberly Webb, seek to find an alternate ending to “happily ever after” and change the notion that life begins and ends with finding your Prince Charming. Looking to bolster the poor self-esteem of female youth and the stigma that many single adult women carry, Johnston and Webb believe“this is a book for women of all ages, a story they can believe in and share with their children.” In upcoming adventures, Princess Bubble will travel to distant lands where the knowledge of every new culture will enrich her flourishing life.
The real fairy tale is when our girls realize their value and power to make a difference in the world!
To learn more about Princess Bubble visit www.PrincessBubble.com
Life is funny! Us older girls are told if we look younger we will feel better about ourselves but the youngest girls these days feel the worst about themselves.
In 2003, breast implants tripled from 3,872 to 11,326 in girls under age 18
Girls ages 12 to 19 spent over $8 million on cosmetics in 2005 (Source: Report of the APA Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls,2007)
CNN recently did a story about the staggering number of teen girls in abusive relationships.
We at Princess Bubble believe that young girls today are bombarded with so much inaccurate advice on how to build their self-esteem—messages that focus on the outside rather than what’s within. We want to change that message.
Three most common disorders in girls: low self-esteem, depression, and eating disorders.
At a very young age we teach girls that they will live “Happily Ever After” if they find a prince. Is this the ONLY option today’s moms want to share with their young daughters? Princess Bubble was written to reduce the overwhelming sense of failure, self-doubt, and despair that many youth face.
Susan Johnston and Kimberly Webb, seek to find an alternate ending to “happily ever after” and change the notion that life begins and ends with finding your Prince Charming. Looking to bolster the poor self-esteem of female youth and the stigma that many single adult women carry, Johnston and Webb believe“this is a book for women of all ages, a story they can believe in and share with their children.” In upcoming adventures, Princess Bubble will travel to distant lands where the knowledge of every new culture will enrich her flourishing life.
The real fairy tale is when our girls realize their value and power to make a difference in the world!
To learn more about Princess Bubble visit www.PrincessBubble.com
Friday, February 29, 2008
I am listening to an audio book, Snow Flower and The Secret Fan, on my commute to work. This book goes into details on how Asian girls bind their feet. I could not even listen to all the details. The girls toes are broken and I can not tell you what all else because turned the volume down during this torture. While silent in the car waiting on the book to skip ahead, I wondered, "Why did men find this attractive? Could these girls even walk?" I remembered the plump women sprawled out in art from past eras. And learning how these larger women were seen as beautiful and must have been wealthy to even be plus size. Who decided what beauty looks like? And are men this easily dictated to by society?
We both are at fault and/or ignorant. Men for wanting what society decides in beautiful. And women for actually enduring pain and damaging our health to be the type of beauty our society recognizes as beauty.
Will we ever be able to see beauty the way God sees beauty from the inside out? And why do we believe what society tells us is beautiful vs. what the creator of all beauty assures us is beautiful?
Have a beautiful day!
www.PrincessBubble.com
We both are at fault and/or ignorant. Men for wanting what society decides in beautiful. And women for actually enduring pain and damaging our health to be the type of beauty our society recognizes as beauty.
Will we ever be able to see beauty the way God sees beauty from the inside out? And why do we believe what society tells us is beautiful vs. what the creator of all beauty assures us is beautiful?
Have a beautiful day!
www.PrincessBubble.com
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