Now don't get me wrong, Disney movies are amazing and I will be the first to admit I am obsessed. After working at a daycare for five years it's hard not to fall in love with them. So, ask anyone around me and they will tell you how much I adore and love the concept of them. However, when you're a little kid these movies can be one of the most important things in your life, where the line between fantasy and reality doesn't yet exist. So, it's easy to grow up thinking that these movies are what your life is going to be. And, while they carry a wonderful sentiment, there are some things I wish I had known growing up, that weren't completely true.

Disclaimer: Frozen and Brave did seem to defy many of these stereotypes but otherwise most of these hold true.

1. You need a prince to make you happy.

This is the concept that Disney made millions on. The idea that to be happy in your life, you need a prince. Think about it, every princess was grappling with some life issue that seemed to disappear the moment a prince came into their lives. Now, this isn't to say that relationships aren't great and that they don't make things better, but Disney makes it seem like it's impossible to find happiness without a prince by your side. The lesson should have been about finding yourself and making yourself happy.

2. There is always a good guy and a bad guy.

Disneyhas made it pretty clear that in life, there will be a villain and a hero. Every movie has made the world seem pretty black and white, and tells you that every person falls into one of two categories. But after living, its pretty clear that people can be both good and bad, a hero and a villain. We all have good and bad in us and we all have a back story. Disney made it easy to judge a book by its cover and that if it ever seems like anyone has a different opinion or is on a different side of the same story than they must be a villain.

3. Your entire life is going to fall into place when you are really young.

Life is messy, its just the way it is. All of the pieces probably aren't going to work themselves all out when your a teenager like most of our Disney heroines. Life is long and it is filled with journeys that will take you to all different places in all different states of mind. So when you're twenty years old and everything is not neatly taken care of and you're not the happiest you've ever been, don't sweat it. Life is a race with no finish line, you have to keep going, facing every obstacle, living it, knowing that happiness is not a destination, its a state of being.

4. Pretty has only one definition.

Big eyes, stick thin with perfect flowing hair. Sounds like the recipe for almost every Disney princess out there, making it seem like to be a princess there is only one mold. In reality there are hundreds of definitions of beauty and everyone is amazing in their own way. Everyone should be able to be confident in their own bodies because no matter what you look like, you deserve a happy ending.

5. Everything will end with "happily ever after."

As negative as it might seem, not everything has a happy ending. It's just not realistic. This isn't to say that everything won't work out, and that everything will be fine in the end. But, things are not always going to turn out the way you expect them to, and that happily ever after you were hoping for might not be as easy as it looks in the movies. Happy endings take work and effort and can sometimes take more than one try. I believe they are out there, they just might not be as perfect as Disney made them seem. But that doesn't mean they won't be special.