Tag: age-appropriate
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Probably Too Young
Junkos made a nest in our (overgrown) lawn right on the ground. Unfortunately, of 3 eggs, none have survived to adulthood, so maybe it wasn’t a great location, and now we’ve had to talk about mortality rates.
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Who Wants To Be…A Scout?
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire was such a stressful show to watch.
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Worst Of All
Just in case there is a kid named “Joe” at my local school: it’s a stand-in name that’s nice and short for the speech bubbles, not used because of any relation to that name.
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The Bird
The words left my mouth and it hit me: “wait, that did not sound right…”
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Old Movies
This “I don’t watch old movies” response to Star Wars happened to a coworker after the Prequels had been made (and still years before the Sequels). I’m still surprised every time I learn that another of my kids’ classmates has never watched the original Star Wars trilogy. They’re not new releases, but they are classics.
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A Bear’s Gotta Do What a Bear’s Gotta Do
It’s sometimes a surprise what things will or will not disturb a child. Monster attacking in horror type show? Ah, she must be hungry. Ariel the little mermaid’s dad pitching a fit destroying her human-stuff collection in an animated rated-PG movie? Tears. Permanently scarred. We can never watch that movie again.