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@JerricaBenton: I agree, from a kid's perspective it's just dress up, as adults we give this much deeper meaning.
I'd be fine with it, and I would support my kid to dress up however they chose. If they were different from the norm, I would do some coaching ahead of time just in case they were teased.
I do hope if I ever have a girl to use some of the more kickass princesses as role models. Merida, Mulan, and Belle are favorites, and I would plan to teach a girl that they can take action and make things happen for themselves. They have the choice to dress up however they want- more than likely I would have a superhero or pirate princess because C is a good example of a rough and tumble big brother that I'm sure will be emulated.
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I think that's cute and as to your concern, I think girls in that scenario are lucky because they can be either superheroes or princesses. It's the boys who are restricted actually. But I wouldn't mind - I would just let my child pick whichever they preferred. Nothing wrong with a little girl who wants to be a princess. Or a boy for that matter.
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I'd be extremely annoyed with the implication that the girls can't be superheroes. Why can't it just be superhero week for everyone? For people saying the boys are actually the restricted ones, why? Boys can't be princesses? The whole thing just reinforces gender stereotypes and sexism in our culture.
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Well, boys can be princes or knights, they don't have to be princesses.
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