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nakymaton:
You might have noticed that some of us parent-types on the board keep getting off topic and discussing kids and parenting. So... here's a thread where we can talk about kids (and about having been a kid :) ) without derailing the other conversations going on.

Some of the side conversations we've been having in the past few weeks include:

- naming kids, and the comments people make when you tell them the names you are considering. (For the record: I didn't tell anyone the name we had chosen for my son until he was born. And then it turned out to be the most common boy's name in town that year. Oh, well.)

- kids' movies, and what a three-year-old can watch without getting scared. (I've tried The Wizard of Oz and Finding Nemo with no luck. Thank goodness for DVDs that can be turned off when the scary or sad parts begin!)

- how to keep a kid from running wild in the grocery store... and stories about the kids we just can't seem to make behave in the ways that everyone would like them to behave.

- how annoying it is that "family" tends to mean "we have a Bible and don't serve gays" rather than "we have crayons and serve grilled cheese sandwiches and pancakes with mouse ears on them."

Front-Ranger:
Yay, a place for us!! There was a time when I would have been just thrilled if my kid just ate yogurt, Mel. Instead she had food fetishes for things like marlin and black olives. I got concerned because you know olives are cured in lye. But, she lived and pretty much eats everything now.

Scary movies? I can just tell you which ones to stay away from. Bambi is the worst! With the Wizard of Oz a close second. Don't even think of putting on the Yearling. Stick to Barney and Sesame Street, they are only mildly traumatizing.

Thanks for starting this thread!

serious crayons:

--- Quote from: nakymaton on October 04, 2006, 02:48:07 pm ---My kid is going through a phase where all he wants to eat is strawberry yogurt. Is he going to turn into a pink cow?
--- End quote ---

Kids seem amazingly resillient when it comes to food. If I believed everything I read about nutrition in magazine articles -- which I do -- my kids are lucky to be standing right now.

I'm afraid it doesn't get much better as they get older. My 10-year-old son is a strict vegetarian, won't eat anything that has even touched meat. My 12-year-old son eats no vegetables. My husband is trying to lose a few pounds, so he doesn't want anything fattening. As for me, I am tired of making anything that takes more than 15 minutes to prepare.

So what does that leave us? Not much beyond Chinese takeout.

Mel and Barb, don't you love how whenever your report some scary development in your 3-year-olds and ask if it's a bad sign, my response is always "Yes, be very afraid"?  ;D Sorry, but it's better than the reverse. From the time my first son was born people kept telling me it was going to get easier. Ahem ... I'm still waiting!  ???

Jeff Wrangler:
I am not now, nor will I ever be, a parent, but even so, I would not let a child under age 8--maybe even under age 10, depending on the child--watch The Wizard of Oz. I don't care if it's a classic. It scared the hell out of me as a small child.

Lynne:

--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on October 04, 2006, 04:30:06 pm ---I am not now, nor will I ever be, a parent, but even so, I would not let a child under age 8--maybe even under age 10, depending on the child--watch The Wizard of Oz. I don't care if it's a classic. It scared the hell out of me as a small child.

--- End quote ---

Jeff,
I'll second what you said above and add Snow White.  The branches of the trees reaching out and grabbing her during her escape through the enchanted forest gave me nightmares for weeks; I can't remember how old I was - 8 or 9, I guess.
-Lynne

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