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<\/center><\/p>\nYes, that’s right, Disney strikes again, bringing havoc to our once-tranquil home. Lydia is so enamoured of this cartoon character that she wants to emulate her down to the smallest detail, and apparently the most important detail is a bared midriff. Lydia’s and my differing opinions about whether the types of clothes Kim wears are appropriate for a seven-year-old have been the cause of much wailing and gnashing of the teeth on Lydia’s part and colorful swearing on my part. I’m holding firm, though. As long as she’s living under my roof, and all that.<\/p>\n
Kim’s influence can be felt in other areas of our lives as well. In the past week, Lydia has begged us to search out and sign her up for, in no particular order, a karate class, a new dance class, and a cheerleading class. She wishes the world were in danger from mad scientists and evil robots so that she could save it. She also wants a snowboard. And pom-poms. And a naked mole rat (what the hell?!).<\/p>\n
She has the theme song recorded in both Swedish and English and sings both versions so often that they’re a constant refrain in my head. Even her not-quite-two-year-old brother recognizes the opening strains and can sing along admirably. It goes on and on and on.<\/p>\n
To think I imagined she might be a positive role model when I first saw the show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Lydia and I are currently engaged in a strenuous battle of wills over her clothing. At the center of this dispute is one Miss Kim Possible. Yes, that’s right, Disney strikes again, bringing havoc to our once-tranquil home. Lydia is so enamoured of this cartoon character that she wants to emulate her down to the… Read More IM-possible<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beverlyrevelry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beverlyrevelry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beverlyrevelry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beverlyrevelry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beverlyrevelry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beverlyrevelry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beverlyrevelry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beverlyrevelry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beverlyrevelry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}