I don’t like dressing my kids in cartoon characters. It’s a real pet peeve of mine. Cars, Disney Princesses, Dora the Explorer, what have you. It looks cheap and makes your kid a walking billboard for stuff that doesn’t need any more advertisement. I mean, really, Disney. Really? They need another dime from me? Bah!
Giving more money to Disney is like giving more money to Mr. Burns. Neither of them need more money.
I'm so glad we are removed from that here. It's around, via other expat kids, but Muffin's too young to be wise to the Disney channel. Also a lot of American characters aren't sold in the stores here. A little bit will sneak in because I happen to like Finding Nemo and Spongebob Squarepants, but if I can keep her trained toward the snippets of cartoon on tv rather than all the merchandise, that would be preferable.