Hello All (again); Well, my wife and I have certainly been enjoying and *appreciating* the responses to the questions I posed about Snow White. One point, though; our 3 yr-old is a boy... which shouldn't make any difference... we are of the opinion that it's just as important for boys to have a positive, realistic attitude towards girls. Which reminds me of an experience I had a couple of years ago... I was asked to produce a 2 minute segment for Canadian Sesame Street. My proposal was a story about a little girl helping her father (a dairy farmer) fix the fence. Well, the top brass back in Toronto suggested that I should have the farmer be a woman! I countered that rather than hitting the audience over their little heads with political correctness, why not be a bit subtle, yet slightly radical.... have a busy father take time for, and appreciate the company of, his daughter. They agreed! This was one in a series of proposed segments in which children (girls & boys) were shown to take active, constructive parts in their parents' lives. From your responses so far, one debate that really struck me was whether or not *power* is necessarily evil. The thought (not originally mine) that *true* power comes from strength of character I find most moving. This, then, could be the theme that transcends good & evil as well as gender. Rick ******************************************************************** * * * Rick Gibbs Just a lurker in search of his .signature * * * * [log in to unmask] * ********************************************************************