Aurora may be the most "normal" out of all the princesses. In reality she is a princess and has been her whole life but she has not lived as a princess. As a matter of fact she does not even know she is a princess. She is just a normal girl living with her three "aunts" who have raised her since birth. We don't really know what she thinks happened to her parents but she seems happy enough. Her aunts are good to her. They love her and she loves them. She meets a boy in the woods and invites him to meet her aunts. Then her life goes all crazytown when she finds out she is a princess and has to go to the palace for a big welcome home ball. She goes with her aunts as opposed to running away to be with the boy (like a certain other impetuous teenage princess that we will get to next time). Once in the castle she is enchanted by Maleficent into pricking her finger. Being in the castle with her "aunts" (the fairies) right there allows them to find her. Had she been off in the woods with her prince the fairies might not have found her in time to save her. Once she is asleep she, obviously, needs rescuing. In fairy tale style and magic the boy she met in the woods is the prince her parents have already betrothed her to and the only one who can break the spell. Ah!! Gotta love that happily ever after. So, what can my daughter learn from Aurora? Well, she can learn the importance of listening to your parents. The aunts are, for all intents and purposes, Aurora's parents. They raise her and teach her right from wrong. They set the rules for her. When they say do not talk to strangers she basically does not. She talks to the animals in the forest and is already dancing and singing with the strange boy (who really I would have been scared to death of - not only is he touching me but he KNOWS MY SONG). before she knows he is there. She likes him but remembering the rules she leaves. She invites him to her house to meet her aunts. She hopes they will approve of him. When they say she cannot see him again she listens. She is sad but she listens. Aurora is 16 and at that age most kids think they know all the answers for themselves and while they do have to learn by making mistakes they also need to take into account the things their older, and hopefully, wiser parents tell them. Aurora is a good reminder that listening to your parents is good for you. My daughter can learn that even when she thinks I am not on her side I am still taking care of her. My daughter can learn that a parent's love is strong enough and big enough to take on any monster.
My daughter can also learn a big lesson about a parent's true, deep love. Aurora's biological parents love her very much. Unfortunately, their home has become unsafe for her. With very heavy hearts and with a lot of sadness and many tears they hand her over to other "parents" to raise her. Aurora's story teaches about the love of birth parents. Aurora's mother and father NEVER stop loving her. They never stop missing her and they always look forward to the time that they can be together again. My daughters are not adopted but my son is and this story sets a tone. It shows that raising a child is not the only way to love them. It is an important thing to understand. Probably more so for the general population than for anyone personally connected to adoption. Those in the adoption community tend to already understand this where as the general public often does not. Understanding this love and remembering how difficult it is so important. People rarely talk about birth parents at all - and more often than not if people do discuss birth parents they talk about them in a negative tone. But trust a Disney princess to teach the lesson that a birth parent's decision to hand their child to someone else is made out of love and a desire for this child to have the best life possible.
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