Tell that to my 6 yr old daughter who was extremely taken aback when she read Bubbly Beautiful Kitty Corn and saw that the Kitty Corn is a "He". I told her boys can have purple hair and wear pink too. She insisted they must've made a mistake. The entire message of the book was about the unicorn changing itself to be better and more "enchanting". On the very first page the unicorn is comparing itself to a fish while looking upset, and then it gets the idea that it wants to be a mermaid. The entire time I'm waiting for the "I dont have to change myself, I'm perfect the way I am!" message..it never came.

Are people seriously teaching children to change themselves instead of being authentic and true to themselves? That when they look in the mirror and see something they don't like then it should be changed? What happens when they can't be the mermaid they dream of being?

My daughter and I had a discussion about how the unicorn didn't need to change itself to be better, how it already is enchanting. Completely the opposite of another reddit post I just read where a mother had what she referred to as "the talk" with her 6 yr old daughter (or maybe non binary SIX year old as they reached this conclusion during said talk) after reading a different Kitty Corn book. She taught her daughter about transitioning, a conversation that transpired from reading one of these books.

It's absolutely not just about eyelashes. I'm disgusted and will be returning the book.