Gorgeous Family Movie Night(s)

July 23rd, 2008

Last week, we checked out the epic Little House on the Prairie movie from our library. It was stunning.  The cinematography was gorgeous, especially for a “children’s ” movie, although we all know that a book of this caliber is timeless and ageless.

The kids, were spell bound, and slightly horrified in all the good ways.  Our children our almost 7, a new 5 and a “brave” 3.5 year olds.  They did well with most of the film, and walked away for a few of the tense scenes. We are teaching them to walk away, if there is something they can’t handle yet. Even with good parental monitoring, children need to learn to manage their emotions within a given environment as well.  I understand that there will be times, that We can’t control everything they see, and they need to know how to walk away.  We stopped the film in a few places to explain some of their many, many questions, but mostly just enjoyed being together watching this as a family.

It was a huge clue to me, about how much our children loved this classic, when our 3 year old cried when we returned it to the library.   He asks each morning, if we can go back and borrow it.  I highly recommend this, even if you have “sullen” teens at home.  They may just be thankful for that ipod and having to do laundry when they see what Laura and her family really went through:-)

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