Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.8 / 5.0

"Progressive" Propaganda:

OK--I'll be the party pooper here. I got this CD for my 5-year-old boy/girl twins due to the glowing recommendations by others on this site. My anxiety first appeared when I came across Gloria Steinem's album dedication in the liner notes, and increased when I read how the album was designed to give "the movement toward true equality between the sexes a gentle push in the direction of the future." Pound a message with a jackhammer is more like it. While some of the songs are mildly entertaining (if somewhat... more info

I don't care if I'm pretty at all....:

I still have my old vinyl copy of this, and subjected former housemates to it. Now I have two daughters and the cd version - I will always listen to this until I'm a great-great granny! This record was so much more to me than entertainment when I was a kid - it was probably a big part of why I felt that whatever it is, it can be done - and by me, gasp - a *girl*! I am so grateful to Marlo Thomas for seeing a need (stories and songs where girls aren't just frilly-dress-wearin' crybabies, and boys who feel),... more info

Begs more questions than it answers:

I read a ton of the reviews and decided to check this CD out at the library to listen to it before buying. I was not one of the nostalgic parents who remembered this from childhood. After listening to it, I decided not to buy it. I REALLY did not care for this CD. Not only did I feel there was too much talk and not enough music, but the talk itself begged questions that probably don't even cross the minds of your average 2-3 year old (such as the "girls are just as good as boys" theme)-- your girl won't... more info

Tracks:

1. Free to Be...You and Me - New Seekers
2. Boy Meets Girl - Mel Brooks
3. When We Grow Up - Diana Ross
4. Don't Dress Your Cat in an Apron
5. Parents Are People - Harry Belafonte
6. Housework - Carol Channing
7. Helping - Tom Smothers
8. Ladies First - Marlo Thomas
9. Dudley Pippin and the Principal - Bobby Morse
10. It's All Right to Cry - Rosey Grier
11. Sisters and Brothers - Sisters and Brothers
12. My Dog Is a Plumber - Dick Cavett
13. William's Doll - Alan Alda
14. Atalanta - Alan Alda
15. Grandma - Diana Sands
16. Girl Land - Jack Cassidy

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