A CALL to all parents! We're losing the classics!

Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan

We always have Friday Night Movies. We rent a movie, pop some popcorn, and watch it together. I think maybe if you give something like that a try, where you pick the movie one night, and make it one of the older animated classics, they'll really get into it.

 

Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan

(And watch it together, of course)

 

Originally Posted By Lisann22

When my godson stayed with me every Monday and Tuesday night, we'd watch a different Disney animated movie each week. He's seen them all. His favorites at 3 and 4 were Jungle Book and Peter Pan. He cried through Bambi and was scared throughout Snow White.

When we go to DL he know ALL the rides and characters.

My goddaughter who is older watches classic movies with us when she spends the night. All the old black and whites.
I don't let her choice, I pick and we watch. I usually tell her a story about the first time I watched it or what I want her to learn or what scene is cool.

 

Originally Posted By vbdad55

<Ain't it fun to pop in a Disney classic on VHS tape and get the puzzled looks from the kids... "why isn't it loading??", can't zoom in, and it takes a minute to rewind a scene.
heh, heh, heh.,

The old technology fascinates the younger group.... the kid ( 20 years old) that was at my house building my new home computer ( from hand picked components) noticed my rack system in the room and when I show him how LP's played, I swear he was stunned.

 

Originally Posted By vbdad55

btw-- my 11 year old is hooked on Merry Melodies and the real oldies...there's hope yet for the future of the classics

 

Originally Posted By TomSawyer

I love the idea of a family movie night, 2oony. I'll have to keep that one in mind.

 

Originally Posted By Witches of Morva

ORGOCH: Guess us Cauldron gals ain't never gonna' be remembered fer much outside a the Laughin' Place pond--cause we didn't see a single, solitary word, here, 'bout anybody watchin' BLACK CAULDRON.

ORDDU: (sigh) Indeed. We might as well face it, sisters. The film we come from has been obliged to take a place next to all those other flops of the silver screen--

ORWEN: (Gasp) You don't mean--

ORDDU: --I'm afraid I do, dear. THE BLACK CAULDRON is about as well remembered as TEN WHO DARED and HOWARD THE DUCK.

ORWEN: (pause) I think I'm going to go, now, and drown myself in a box of Krispy Kremes...

 

Originally Posted By cape cod joe

We have maybe 100 movies vbd which usually my wife sees over and over with our 10 year old son. Our 12 year old daughter is apparently too sophisticated for that disney, et al stuff. Almost every weekend is popcorn and movie night in the master with mom and momma's boy hunkered watching classics. I go back and forth as you do to movie, Rachel's room where she's reading or whatever, tv talks and computers. Keep up that parenting and I still can't see how you have the energy for it
PHeewwwwww---tired just thinking of logistics of getting to hospital for next kid in 2 months.
Let me know every LITTLE detail.
I love to read your stuff about your life
DVC so keep up that energy!

 

Originally Posted By cape cod joe

VDB--How about some golf talk????
Still snowing?

 

Originally Posted By DVC_dad

<<<and when I show him how LP's played, I swear he was stunned>>>


ROFL !!!!!! hahahahaha

 

Originally Posted By DVC_dad

Golf is fun.

New baby will be here at end of May. Got a new car today just for him. Bye-bye Yukon XL....sniff sniff.

 

Originally Posted By cape cod joe

Don't be freaked out DVC but driving home from picking up my 10 year old son Brad from his xtra school help he needs, we drove by 4 houses down the street and my son said "Bobby's home because there's his Yukon!" You should cry as we all love his Yukon at the Ridge.

 

Originally Posted By Fe Maiden

DVCdad, would it kill the little tykes to crack open a book once in a while?

My son is the same way with his movie choices, but he knows all the classics from the book club. This month Peter Pan and Mulan.

 

Originally Posted By cape cod joe

Fe---------It's a fight I fight all the time as our daughter has no problem READING all the classics whereas our son causes a war as I have to fight with him all the time to read. You are right.
I DID read all the classics to the kids when they were pre-reading age like Mulan (my favorite) and the other hundred or so.

 

Originally Posted By Fe Maiden

All good points. We're still in the "night-night" book phase, so even though we might be on our 5th consecutive viewing of The Incredibles for the week, our son's pretty good about mixing up the books.

 

Originally Posted By basil fan

If you let the kids pick the movie, they will probably watch the same 5 favorites over & over again ad nauseum.

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Originally Posted By disneyfreaksk

Every trip to DL (2 for my youngest), I make sure we review the classics so she knows who the characters are at the park. Want to see something really amazing! Have them watch classics like "Polyanna" or "Heidi". They don't make movies like these anymore with religion as a centerpoint.

 

Originally Posted By DVC_dad

Crack open a book? Well my 11 yr old tested in the 97 -98% on Iowa Basic Skills Test.

My 7 year old, 89 -92% My 5 year old can read, my 3 year old knows shapes, colors, and is counting to 10.

But my 20 month old is dumber than a bag of hammers.

 

Originally Posted By allygator206

Good point Fe Maiden.

When I was a kid I used to watch the same movies literally in rotation throughout the day, but I was a reading machine. I still pretty much watch the same movies in rotation and well... I'm still a reading machine... You should give your kids a pat on the back for knowing what a book IS let alone actually reading them. Reading books is a lost art now-a-days....

 

Originally Posted By teddibubbles

we were waiting for that very cute release of Dumbo part two! we saw ads for it.. and my grandgirl cryed wanting it.. but we never saw it out