Disney's First Black Princess

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by LaneSig

/hijack
You just made me think of the episode of "Friends" when Phoebe finds out that her grandmother didn't let her know that Bambi's mother died or that Old Yeller gets shot in the end. On "The View" recently, Elisabeth Haselbeck announced that she tore out the page in "Babar" where the hunters kill his mother.

/end hijack

The Babar thing pissed me off. Seriously. Let kids deal with sad things. Better that their first experience be Bambi or Babar's mom than their own family members.

Lion King didn't shirk from this, and I'm liking Harry Potter's willingness to take it on. I suspect there's a good chance Harry's not making it out of the 7th book alive and neither Cedric, Sirius or Dumbledore deserved to die. (OMG SPOILERS)

[LaneSig]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

The Babar thing pissed me off. Seriously. Let kids deal with sad things. Better that their first experience be Bambi or Babar's mom than their own family members.

I totally agree. Why not use this as a chance to talk with your child about the subject? Talk about how it feels to lose a loved one and how it's okay to be sad. I taught 1st and 2nd graders for 8 years. They think about things like this and just want to be assured that everything will be okay.

[MysticCat]

^^^^ That's one reason I love the Lemony Snicket books.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

^^^^ That's one reason I love the Lemony Snicket books.

I <3 Lemony Snicket. I finally got to read The End Such a weird set of stories that repeatedly crush your hopes that something good will happen.

[christiangirl]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

I <3 Lemony Snicket. I finally got to read The End Such a weird set of stories that repeatedly crush your hopes that something good will happen.

OMG, you heartless creatures!!!!!! What happened to the good old days where we sat around holding hands and eating cotton candy made with rainbows and smiles?????????

I'm still holding out that The Little Mermaid is an extended version of Act I of Othello. The whole dark haired man falls for the fair young woman who falls in love with him while listening to him talk but her father doesn't approve......yeah, you're not slick Anderson, I caught that.