Get your daughters started on anorexia early with Ballet Bears
My mom got us this book at a garage sale for $0.25 shortly after Audrey was born. It’s called The Ballet Bears (TM) getting in shape, by Jill Wolf. It has these fat little teddy bear pictures in leotards, leg warmers, and ballet slippers, and basically tells the story of the wonderful life of a ballerina. Well, Jill might be in need of some counseling, listen to the opening stanza:
Ballet Bears
Must get in shape
For their new dance revue:
They exercise
Eight hours a day
And watch their diets too
Eight hours a day! Holy cow! Now I’m sure that professional ballerinas might work on dancing eight hours a day, but is this really what you want a toddler to start out with?
And then this gem…
Ballet Bears
Are shaping up–
They hope their tights will fit,
Or else they won’t
Be getting up
When they do the splits!
Yes, obsess about your clothing and whether it will fit, and you always need the pursuit of perfection and poor self esteem.
Ballet Bears
Are shaping up–
They spin and pirouette;
Although they’re looking
Very good,
They’re just not perfect yet.
Needless to say, now that she is comprehending what these books mean, we’re putting this one away.
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