How do you raise a Queen?

Is there a way to skip from being a naive girl to being a wise woman? A sort of stepping stone that crosses over the useless flowing stream of pre-teendom that trickles obediently downward towards a lake of conformity?

After being inspired by Queen Elizabeth yet again, this time in The Golden Age, one can't help having a nagging urge to burn all things Bratz, or anything else antithetic to the advancing of the young female mind.

When I think of all the media and consumer clutter that battles for attention inside our own adult heads, I wonder how kids can learn anything useful at all these days. How can they get language, science and history organized when there are so many merchandising arrows being thrown at their undeveloped minds?

How do you raise a Queen? A fearless adventuress of spirit? An independent pioneer of truth? An enlightened leader of love?

I really don't know, but I'm guessing it involves an able mentor or two. Where to find one...