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Pink has now become so strongly identified with femininity and in particular, being a girl, that to select something in pink is symbolic of identifying as a girl. It means that a child looking at the two shields isn’t seeing just a pink shield and just a red one, and choosing the color they’d rather have. It means that the child is saying “I’m a girl and I like this shield” or “I’m not a girl and I like this shield.”

What Are The Most Fun Writing Games For Kids?

To make a significant contribution to your kid’s development and education you should keep in mind that the main activity for every child is a game. Through the game, the child discovers the world around him. Therefore, any developmental activity with a child should be organized in the form of a fun game to reach good results and simply ensure exciting pastime for you and your kid!

Both at Princess Awesome and GoldieBlox, we saw problems with the choices available for girls. These were problems many in the fashion and toy industries didn’t see, but that didn’t mean they weren’t there. We decided to try to solve them - why not us, after all? If we can see the problems, and if we know what we want the solutions to look like, then why shouldn’t we try to solve them?

Veterans of the United States Armed Forces, we salute you this Veteran's Day. Thank you for your service, for keeping us safe, protecting our freedoms, and showing us how high we can fly. 

Katie Hodges, one of our customers, is a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy. This is her story of how what kids see show them what they can be. 

Whether we’re carrying things out of necessity or because we found an awesome little treasure, my kids and I rely on pockets. If we don’t have pockets, we rely on each others’ pockets.

At Princess Awesome we believe in pockets. They foster independence. They give kids freedom. Kids needs pockets. And girls need and deserve them just as much as boys.

Who doesn’t like to make learning fun? And, thanks to arts and crafts, you can make learning and development for your child fun.

These activities are great to do with your child and also great for them to do alone. Next time you are stuck inside on a rainy day, try incorporating one of these projects into your schedule for that day and see what a difference just that little bit of stimulation can make.

Arianna has Gaucher’s Disease Type 2. A rare progressive, genetic disorder, Gaucher’s Disease results from the body’s inability to produce an enzyme that breaks down glucocerebroside. As the substance accumulates in the body, it affects the body’s blood cell production, leading to anemia, bruising, and lung disease. It also affects neurological development, causing complications with breathing, swallowing, and muscle control. Most devastatingly, the patient’s lifespan is projected to be only 2-4 years.

Yet Arianna has defied the odds - after spending over a year in the Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital, Arianna has finally been able to consistently live at home with her family for the last fourteen months. She has amazed her doctors and nurses, and in turn they have been able to help other children newly diagnosed with Gaucher’s Disease thanks to Arianna’s response to her treatment.

I had a moment of clarity when another parent complimented me on how empathetic and kind my 8-year-old daughter is. My daughter was inclusive and instead of comparing herself to those around her to measure if she was “the best” she was just always simply her best self. It dawned on me, how can I raise a confident and independent daughter if I can’t lead by example? It was time to stop comparing, stop being miserable and time to define my own happiness. It was time for me to be leader in my own home.

We couldn’t be more excited to introduce to you our second set of separates: the "Fleur-de-Liftoff" Rockets Collection!

Enter to win a set of leggings and matching shirt! Just tag a friend from our announcement about this collection on Facebook - one lucky winner will win the set!

We couldn't be more excited to introduce to you the very first Princess Awesome leggings and shirt set: "She-Rex" Dinosaurs!

Enter to win a set of leggings and matching shirt! Just tag a friend from our announcement about this collection on Facebook - one lucky winner will win the set!

Some fields of science are more hands-on and easy to understand as a newcomer. Think of the sciences showcased in museums with their collections of large dinosaur fossils. Microbiology isn't usually on display like that but it does have something in common with paleontology - as all science-based research does. Even the most engaging science can remain elusive from the public and is often not examined even in undergraduate courses.

That aspect of science is the collection and analysis of data! Data is simply the information that scientists collect. They collect it absolutely everywhere, from the far reaches of space to your interactions online. You will never see more excitement or curiosity than when you watch scientists trying to make sense of data - understanding the story that their experiments and observations are telling them.

We were at the corner of Sligo Creek Parkway and Burnett Avenue for only an hour and a half - but the kids raised $440.50.  WOW!  Princess Awesome matched their gift to the CDC Foundation.

To continue the momentum, we offered a 48-hour Sample Sale event to benefit the CDC Foundation. All proceeds went directly to the CDC Foundation - Hurricane Relief, minus shipping and credit card processing fees ($3 shipping, included in the price, + 2% of the sale).  

More than 100 customers bought the 175 items available during the sale, and raised an astonishing $2,374.24, to bring Princess Awesome's contribution to the CDC Foundation to $2,814.74.