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"WALL·E", who is going to see it?
TOK:
--- Quote from: GinsuVictim on July 02, 2008, 05:56:42 pm ---Kids are smarter than people give them credit, but not if we shelter them from every little thing. (This isn't PnR, so I won't go on a political correctness rant...)
I was raised on horror movies and heavy metal since birth. I turn out to be (fairly) well-adjusted. (ignoring some awkward years in junior high and high school...)
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Political correctness has nothing to do with it, so I don't understand why you'd rant about that anyway.
Do you have kids? I notice the greatest childhood behavior and learning experts are people that don't. ;)
I'm definitely not what is now described as a "Helicopter parent" who is always with my kid and very controlling. That said, I remember the death of Bambi's parent scaring the crap out of me when I was a kid, and it was not for any good reason or lesson. If you're relying on TV and movies to teach your kid values and life lessons, you might want to reassess your parenting abilities.
shardian:
--- Quote from: TOK on July 02, 2008, 08:49:29 pm ---
--- Quote from: GinsuVictim on July 02, 2008, 05:56:42 pm ---Kids are smarter than people give them credit, but not if we shelter them from every little thing. (This isn't PnR, so I won't go on a political correctness rant...)
I was raised on horror movies and heavy metal since birth. I turn out to be (fairly) well-adjusted. (ignoring some awkward years in junior high and high school...)
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Political correctness has nothing to do with it, so I don't understand why you'd rant about that anyway.
Do you have kids? I notice the greatest childhood behavior and learning experts are people that don't. ;)
I'm definitely not what is now described as a "Helicopter parent" who is always with my kid and very controlling. That said, I remember the death of Bambi's parent scaring the crap out of me when I was a kid, and it was not for any good reason or lesson. If you're relying on TV and movies to teach your kid values and life lessons, you might want to reassess your parenting abilities.
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Well all I can say is that me and the wife have had MANY awkward encounters with adults and kids about why we only have 1 child with us and the other is in heaven. I can tell you for a fact that the smaller kids relate and rely on experiences from seeing movies that deal with death, and also with what they learn in Church (if they go). The kids that haven't seen movies that deal with it, or don't go to church just go blank and simply don't comprehend.
As to relying on TV and movies, that is dumb. They can be valuable learning tools if you talk with your kid about what they saw. Movies like Old Yeller, Where the Red Fern Grows, Bridge To Terabithia, etc, should be required watching for all young children. Period.
dmworking247:
Trailer look good.
Thread talk too deep for me dumb head.
shmokes:
Bah . . . kids can handle that fine. Besides, what makes you think a good number of kids aren't already dealing with death or divorce or poverty or bullies or any number of bad things that you're afraid of movies introducing to them too early. Look at all the REALLY good children's literature. How about every Roald Dahl book ever written. Look at Harry Potter, Artemis Fowl.
These types of stories help kids who are in these situations feel like they're not alone. They help kids who are not in these situations to accept kids who are as normal. They might even help them deal with situations like that if they suddenly crop up (you can't predict when you're gonna get killed on the way home from work by a drunk driver).
We're not talking The Exorcist here. We're talking about Bambi, LOL.
Anyway, I saw it, more or less. It was my daughter's first movie in a theater. She wasn't especially well behaved so I missed quite a bit of the movie. I didn't think it was as good as the Toy Stories or Monster's Inc or The Incredibles. Better than A Bug's Life, Cars or Finding Nemo, though. I guess that puts it in Ratatouille territory. Definitely worth seeing.
Also, the animation and attention to detail are mind-bogglingly good.
TOK:
My kid is 3, she's not handling any of that yet. Seems again and again people are thinking I'm saying you can't take a 9 year old to see Bambi and it's not what I meant.
How old is your kid anyway? Doesn't seem that long ago you said she was born? Is she even 2? Did you have any expectation of that being good experience?
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