DeLeon: Too Much Pink for Girls?

The color pink might be damaging to girls, a recent BBC story suggests. In “Should we not dress girls in pink?” writer Clair Bates interviewed several people who believe it’s not healthy for girls to be “obsessed” with the color. “We are creating little fluffy pink princess, an image of girliness, that is very specific and which some girls don’t want to go along with, but due to overwhelming peer pressure, are having to conform to,” said Sue Palmer, author of “ Toxic Childhood .” But Bates also interviewed Spokane’s own Michael Gurian , therapist and author of numerous books on raising kids including “ Nurture the Nature .” Gurian told the BBC that an overexposure to the color pink (or any other color) has absolutely no biological effects/ Virginia De Leon , Are We There Yet? More here .

• Financial success by the ring finger /Vox Box
• Day after Santa Clara /Sportslink
• Shades of ‘Escaped From New York’ /Eye On Olympia
• When your parents need help /Everyday Economy
• Building something out of nothing /Down To Earth

Question (from Virginia): Do you have a daughter who loves pink? Are you at all concerned about the stereotypes and messages behind the “fluffy pink princess” and other “girly” images?