tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581051299606335447.post604701646527878682..comments2024-03-26T10:21:28.311-07:00Comments on The Mama Dramalogues: "Where is Bambi's Mommy at?"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03733854662944058955noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581051299606335447.post-42826342104547203962010-01-02T10:34:36.302-08:002010-01-02T10:34:36.302-08:00It hit me one day, after watching a stack of Disne...It hit me one day, after watching a stack of Disney movies with my own daughter that old Walt must have had mother issues. The mother's either dead or evil. I can't bring myself to read her Snow White book all the way through to my 4 year old because, seriously, bring back her heart in this box? <br /><br />I was forced to have the death talk with my daughter at the age of 4 when her goldfish died. She handled it really well. Maybe getting a goldfish and waiting for it to die is the best way to introduce the subject of death.the unmodern momhttp://www.unmodernmom.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581051299606335447.post-50035097517713722062009-10-11T06:48:26.810-07:002009-10-11T06:48:26.810-07:00I have been a total coward about the subject of de...I have been a total coward about the subject of death and have dodged it as much as possible. The mean barracuda scared away Nemo's mommy... and she just never came back. Mufasa is just sleeping...for a really long time. Then one day Amelia asked me about my dad, who died long before she was born and I broke down and told her "he went to heaven and that's really far away". The best I knew she'd let the subject go...until the other day when I asked her if her Ariel figurine, which was lying face down on the couch, was sleeping...to which she answered "No Mommy, Ariel's dead". Oh...OK.Alyssa S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11674708702014878064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581051299606335447.post-33504873871578827842009-10-09T20:19:02.536-07:002009-10-09T20:19:02.536-07:00I know I really hate that almost all Disney movies...I know I really hate that almost all Disney movies the main character only has one parent and the other had died. Snow White, Cinderella, Bambi, Nemo, The Lion King, the list just goes on. I know I watched them as a kid, but I just can't bring myself to show them to my kids. It just seems too sad.Melissa at Perry Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09712759091358509557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581051299606335447.post-73149375655583193532009-10-09T11:47:23.247-07:002009-10-09T11:47:23.247-07:00Haha!
I was a weird child. The fact that Bambi&#...Haha! <br /><br />I was a weird child. The fact that Bambi's mommy died went completely over my head and my parents (obviously) never pointed it out. I didn't realize what made that movie so sad until I was probably 11 or 12.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581051299606335447.post-56118413067987039522009-10-09T10:06:05.134-07:002009-10-09T10:06:05.134-07:00The Anonymous above comment is my hubby, if you ca...The Anonymous above comment is my hubby, if you can't tell.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03733854662944058955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581051299606335447.post-87047542026612310442009-10-09T09:55:54.409-07:002009-10-09T09:55:54.409-07:00Bambi is a great way to try and convert Gracie to ...Bambi is a great way to try and convert Gracie to being the next Vegetarian in the family!<br />"A nasty person killed his Mommy and ate her, does that sound nice Gracie? Want to be a vegetarian like Daddy, or mean like the mommy killer?"<br />Of course I've never said that but I'd like to to see the look on Marisa's face.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581051299606335447.post-33149735801602460362009-10-09T08:36:29.906-07:002009-10-09T08:36:29.906-07:00I like the last your last explanation of where Bam...I like the last your last explanation of where Bambi's mom went best. We've been trying to decide how to explain this to Sophia too...it is difficult. She knows the word died or dead or death... but she doesn't really get the concept. Often she says her imaginary friend Mazeen has died...heck the other day at the table she told daddy that "I hope mommy dies" yes.. it threw me back, but I know she doesn't really get it, and I know she doesn't want me to die. I keep searching for ways to explain it to her...but I think I just need time. She'll understand it soon enough.This Little Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15199332812560621652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581051299606335447.post-79074110524460817712009-10-09T08:04:12.557-07:002009-10-09T08:04:12.557-07:00Yeah, I usually avoid Disney movies that make ME c...Yeah, I usually avoid Disney movies that make ME cry LOL. Nemo, you have to skip the first scene and Dumbo, I can't take it when he is separated from his mama!! My kids have never seen Bambi for that reason...uuugghhh...if I'm crying I shouldn't be the one to explain death. :-/Gigglyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15541084708662558978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581051299606335447.post-46756390354117240522009-10-09T07:38:51.165-07:002009-10-09T07:38:51.165-07:00Minus the 30 Day Shred bit, that sounds like heave...Minus the 30 Day Shred bit, that sounds like heaven to me!!<br /><br />The weirdly morbid mom that I am, I started discussing death with Gracie (well, she saw Bambi, too, so that is what started that, I'm sure). Bugs die, pets die, sometimes people in her life die (not yet)... she doesn't like it, but she is getting used to the idea. <br /><br />Death and kids... so hard to discuss!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03733854662944058955noreply@blogger.com