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Recommendations of good non-animated "family" films for two parents and a 3-year-old?
On Mon, 7 Jun 2004 22:12:13 EDT, "Beth Gallagher" wrote:
I cannot imagine fast-forwarding through any part of Wizard of Oz, by the way. Isn't having nightmares about the witch an essential part of growing up?! (only half tongue-in-cheek). My general feeling is that if a kid can't handle essential parts of a movie, such as the Dorothy-kidnapped scene in Wizard of Oz, he should wait and see the movie when he's ready. Fast-forwarding through parts of a great movie like Wizard of Oz is like reading the "Illustrated Classics" version of Jungle Book. What's the rush? If you can just hold off for another year or two, he'll be able to see the unadulterated thing the first time around, and that experience cannot be beat. I still hide my eyes and/or plug my ears in parts of movies, and I flip through overly gross or violent parts of books. By your reasoning, I shouldn't see/read them at all because I can't tolerate the violent or suspenseful parts. I think it's good to give kids lots of tools for dealing with entertainment that turns out to be too intense for them, and reminding them that they can fast-forward video is one of those tools. On the other hand, as a parent or a non-parental supervisor, I don't think I would choose to show a movie to kids that I wanted to prevent them from seeing parts of. It seems unnecessarily intrusive or something, for me to choose or approve the movie, yet insist on holding the remote and skipping bits. Our kids complained and sneered when rainy-day entertainment at their sports camp once included a drama video about their sport, with the counsellors fast-forwarding or distracting them during the sex scene. They thought that the counsellors should have edited the video ahead of time or not shown it for younger kids and for teens should just have let the kids make the choice to talk during that part or go to the bathroom or whatever. They didn't really appreciate the accountability of camp counsellors to a mixed group of parents, but otherwise I could kinda see their point.. Louise |
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