The Heartbreaking Reason Why Disney Princesses Don’t Have Mothers

As a person who grew up during the early '90s Renaissance Era of Disney, I can specifically remember the point at which I realized (with horror) thatnoneof the princesses that adorned my backpacks and t-shirts had something vital that I, as a child, took for granted — a mother. Belle had Maurice, Jasmine had her Sultan, and Ariel had King Triton, but a nurturing, motherly figure was entirely absent from the lives of all of my favorite heroines.
Years later, this strange Disney trope has been discussed time and time again — the widely accepted reason behind it seems to be that heroes/heroines grow up faster without their mothers — but no one has added more to the conversation than longtime Disney producer Don Hahn ("Maleficent," "Beauty and the Beast," "The Lion King," "The Fox and the Hound" — the list goes on and on) just did via his interview with Glamour: because according to Hahn, the absence of mothers in Disney films might also have something to do with the tragic loss of Walt Disney's own mother.
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