Comments on: The bastardization of Little Bunny Foo Foo http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2008/02/25/the-bastardization-of-little-bunny-foo-foo/ Parenting, Politics and News for the Perfectly Challenged Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:12:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Rita http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2008/02/25/the-bastardization-of-little-bunny-foo-foo/#comment-146005 Rita Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:19:16 +0000 http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2008/02/25/the-bastardization-of-little-bunny-foo-foo/#comment-146005 Obviously, I think a little competition and developing coping skills is good for the average child. My own kids are sheltered and supported, so it's healthy for them to be out and about, knocked around a little by the world. Just a little. But, not all kids come from the same background as my kids. *I* didn't come from the same background as my kids! Being knocked around by the world was just another place for me to be knocked around, you know? And the world seems to be harder on kids who don't have a safe haven anywhere. So, I don't really have a problem with things instituted to shelter children. Because no matter how cushy we make the world outside (us bleeding heart liberals), good parents will still arrange situations for our kids to make mistakes and learn from them. I also don't think that it's really the coddled kids who grow up and react with violence. All of the cases I've read about where someone has shot up a place, the person was a victim of relentless social abuse. So, that's a whole other issue. I agree that too much sheltering of a person, all around, with never letting the kid grow from negative experiences will make them unable to cope when they're older. But, I think that this sort of thing will manifest itself in a series of self-injurious behaviors. Drinking, drugs, inability to obtain gainful and rewarding employment, lack of intimate relationships, and so on. But, I still have faith in human determination and believe that for most people, regardless of how coddled their childhoods are, they will rise to the occasion and learn to grow when it's demanded of them. Most kids who are abused grow up to become functional people, so why not most kids who are overly sheltered, too? And, about the nursery rhymes, well they all lead back to long-forgotten British politics, don't they? Three Blind Mice and Humpty Dumpty were codes for some underground rebellion, weren't they? So, if they started out to be something more than the superficial meaning, then why not let them evolve with the current culture? They began as social statements, and there's nothing wrong with letting them continue that way. JMO. Obviously, I think a little competition and developing coping skills is good for the average child. My own kids are sheltered and supported, so it’s healthy for them to be out and about, knocked around a little by the world. Just a little.

But, not all kids come from the same background as my kids. *I* didn’t come from the same background as my kids! Being knocked around by the world was just another place for me to be knocked around, you know? And the world seems to be harder on kids who don’t have a safe haven anywhere. So, I don’t really have a problem with things instituted to shelter children. Because no matter how cushy we make the world outside (us bleeding heart liberals), good parents will still arrange situations for our kids to make mistakes and learn from them.

I also don’t think that it’s really the coddled kids who grow up and react with violence. All of the cases I’ve read about where someone has shot up a place, the person was a victim of relentless social abuse. So, that’s a whole other issue.

I agree that too much sheltering of a person, all around, with never letting the kid grow from negative experiences will make them unable to cope when they’re older. But, I think that this sort of thing will manifest itself in a series of self-injurious behaviors. Drinking, drugs, inability to obtain gainful and rewarding employment, lack of intimate relationships, and so on. But, I still have faith in human determination and believe that for most people, regardless of how coddled their childhoods are, they will rise to the occasion and learn to grow when it’s demanded of them. Most kids who are abused grow up to become functional people, so why not most kids who are overly sheltered, too?

And, about the nursery rhymes, well they all lead back to long-forgotten British politics, don’t they? Three Blind Mice and Humpty Dumpty were codes for some underground rebellion, weren’t they? So, if they started out to be something more than the superficial meaning, then why not let them evolve with the current culture? They began as social statements, and there’s nothing wrong with letting them continue that way. JMO.

]]> By: Jessica http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2008/02/25/the-bastardization-of-little-bunny-foo-foo/#comment-145887 Jessica Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:15:32 +0000 http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2008/02/25/the-bastardization-of-little-bunny-foo-foo/#comment-145887 Bring back dodgeball. I truly believe if we weren't so worried about whether or not a kid can survive their feelings being hurt or losing once in a while, we wouldn't have college kids going out and shooting people over unresolved issues and taking it out on other people with a lethal weapon. All they are doing is having adult size temper tantrums because nobody was brave enough to confront them and hurt their feelings. Bring back dodgeball.

I truly believe if we weren’t so worried about whether or not a kid can survive their feelings being hurt or losing once in a while, we wouldn’t have college kids going out and shooting people over unresolved issues and taking it out on other people with a lethal weapon. All they are doing is having adult size temper tantrums because nobody was brave enough to confront them and hurt their feelings.

]]> By: Rita http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2008/02/25/the-bastardization-of-little-bunny-foo-foo/#comment-145714 Rita Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:41:46 +0000 http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2008/02/25/the-bastardization-of-little-bunny-foo-foo/#comment-145714 Maybe it's a regional thing? I live in the part of the world where we have "duck, duck, gray duck" instead of a goose. Why? And, in the Little Bunny Foo Foo I knew, it used to piss off all my college friends because the good fairy was a "he." Why? Maybe it’s a regional thing? I live in the part of the world where we have “duck, duck, gray duck” instead of a goose. Why? And, in the Little Bunny Foo Foo I knew, it used to piss off all my college friends because the good fairy was a “he.” Why?

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