Toddler Theology

[naomikritzer]

Ed: Kiera, is there anyone who knows everything?
Kiera: God.
Ed: Anyone else?
Kiera: Cinderella.
Me: *is totally speechless*
Kiera: Jump! Jump! Jump!

We had no working VCR or DVD player until October. Since then, we've rented or borrowed movies a couple of times -- some Disney, some not.

Disney is crack for toddlers. It really, truly is. My theory about Garfield (you know, the cartoon cat) is that Jim Davis sold his soul to Satan in exchange for his character being weirdly irresistable to people under the age of ten. I have no idea how Walt wrote his contract with the devil, but maybe all the executives sign on, because there's no way you could buy this kind of devotion in exchange for only one soul.

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[lilisonna.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I worry that tLD will grow up lost and confused in pop culture because we have no TV. She doesn't (yet) listen to standard music, and I don't know how many rented kids movies we'll do.

Then I read things like this and relax because clearly the marketing execs have figured out a way to beam this stuff straight intl kid's brains.

[mrswebchik.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking the same of Dora's creators. Amber is completely starstruck by her, as is my almost-2yo nephew. Melissa was the same way. It's almost creepy.

Besides, she shouldn't need a map to get home... And everything is across crocodile something or the troll bridge. Odd.

[naomikritzer]

I did a Dora-themed birthday party for the girls this past fall. One of my friends suggested I go the "authentic" route and chuck them out the door with a map to Grandma's house and a talking squirrel. Have fun, guys!