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big_dog

(4,144 posts) Mon Dec 22, 2014, 08:16 PM Dec 2014

One In Five British Girls Say Their Dream Job Is Crown Princess Elsa from Walt Disney's 'Frozen'

According to a survey run by publishing company Kids Educational Books, one in five British girls say that their dream job is Elsa, from Frozen. Not entirely realistic.

Surveying 950 parents and their kids, the company found that becoming Elsa is an aspiration for loads of little girls, well ahead of being a teacher or vet. Which may seem ridiculous and a sign of the downfall of our feminist society (a Disney princess? Ahead of a lawyer, a writer, or a world leader?), but TO BE FAIR, at least Elsa has power, magical skills, and values female relationships. Ask some kids 10 years ago, and they'd probably list Ariel (who can't even SPEAK for half of The Little Mermaid) as their dream profession.

Also positive is the fact that the children surveyed said that being a doctor or a nurse was their number one dream job, ahead of Elsa. Nice. Firefighter, policer officer, and the very vague 'professional' also made the top ten. In fairly unsurprising news, the majority of boys said they wanted to be footballers. http://www.cosmopolitan.co.uk/reports/news/a32103/elsa-frozen-dream-job/

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One In Five British Girls Say Their Dream Job Is Crown Princess Elsa from Walt Disney's 'Frozen' (Original Post) big_dog Dec 2014 OP

Interesting that they picked someone that (SPOILERS) Renew Deal Dec 2014 #1

Or math, science and engineering. Initech Dec 2014 #3

My 3-year-old granddaughter is a huge Elsa fan. Blue_In_AK Dec 2014 #2

We were in Disney World a year or so ago, and Anna and Elsa were in Epcot. Nye Bevan Dec 2014 #5

Let it Go!! (and you know people are totally skipping the lines with VIP passes) big_dog Dec 2014 #6

Let them have their fun while they are kids. Nye Bevan Dec 2014 #4

Exactly. enlightenment Dec 2014 #7

Renew Deal

(81,866 posts)

1. Interesting that they picked someone that (SPOILERS)

Reply to big_dog (Original post)

Mon Dec 22, 2014, 08:30 PM

Dec 2014

Could be considered to have a disability, has lived through hardship, but is also very powerful.

What is the age of these kids? It's nice to see police and fire up high for little girls.

Initech

(100,083 posts)

3. Or math, science and engineering.

Reply to Renew Deal (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 22, 2014, 08:47 PM

Dec 2014

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)

2. My 3-year-old granddaughter is a huge Elsa fan.

Reply to big_dog (Original post)

Mon Dec 22, 2014, 08:43 PM

Dec 2014

We got her Elsa and Anna both for Christmas, but Elsa is the clear favorite.

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)

5. We were in Disney World a year or so ago, and Anna and Elsa were in Epcot.

Reply to Blue_In_AK (Reply #2)

Mon Dec 22, 2014, 08:52 PM

Dec 2014

I asked a cast member how long the wait to see them was, and the answer was.....

wait for it......

FIVE AND A HALF HOURS!!

YES, people were actually waiting for over 5 hours to interact for a couple of minutes with two actresses dressed like these characters!