I am a Disney fan to the end ...

... but the latest trends of High School Musical, Hannah Montana and the Jonas Brothers is absolutely driving me insane. I cannot wait until these fads are over so we never have to hear about them again except from the former teenyboppers who used to idolize them.

Sorry kids. Believe it or not it is a fad.

That said, this was an interesting article on the Hannah Montana Movie. I like to remain well informed. Now I have a question for those fellow Disney fans or just opinions in general: Why are Disney characters not allowed to have mothers AND fathers?

Some do. Princess Aurora had parents. But they didn't raise her or anything or I don't know if that really counts. There's still a giant disassociation that she has from them. Um, let's see. Anyone else? Oh! Mulan had a mother and a father. That was rare.

I know that generally these ideas stem from their original stories like Briar Rose and those stories stem from old folk stories. So, what is it about folk stories that took the children away from their parents. Was there a moral in there somewhere?

But newer, original Disney stories are also kind of lacking in family representations like Finding Nemo (the Mom was eaten), Meet the Robinsons (wanted to find adoptive mother), etc. I'm not asking that the nuclear family is represented in every film but you know ... at least some of them would be nice.