“We need a Disney princess who’s had an abortion. We need a Disney princess who’s pro-choice…We need a Disney princess who’s trans.”

Planned Parenthood deleted this tweet shortly after posting it.

There seem to be ongoing conversations about the diversity of Disney princesses that we need. People want stories that challenge the stigma of normality and show characters that are the underdog.

In recent years, Disney princesses expanded in cultural and racial diversity. Disney has grown from creating a typical, blonde-hair and blue-eyed princess waiting for her prince to save her, to creating princesses like Princess Tia, Moana, and Meredith who have diverse family settings, fight for themselves, follow their dreams and display strong senses of femininity and strength.

In response to Planned Parenthood’s tweet, there are more children that do not struggle with these controversial issues stated than children who do struggle with them. Children absorb information easily, so why would we choose to create Disney princesses that deal with these big issues and confuse children more?

There are fewer children that struggle with transgender issues. According to a 2017 study done by The Williams Institute UCLA School of Law, 0.7 percent of youth ages 13 to 17 identify as transgender. Many children do not identify as transgender until later in their teenage years. Why would we choose to cause a young child to stumble and question his or her identity when it is not a present issue?

Children are not struggling with abortion issues. Abortion is undoubtedly a prominent topic in society. But why introduce that heavy topic to a child at a young age if unnecessary?

These are adult issues and should stay adult issues. It is smart to educate children and explain the answers to questions they have. However, there is no reason to burden a child with information that causes unneeded confusion.

Disney is doing a good job at creating Disney princesses that we need.

Allow children to be children.