*scoff*comics

[Seshat]

My children are the bane of the neighborhood. We're the "wierd ones". The "freaks".... And my kids absolutely love it. With their black "goth" boots and their insistance on wearing various forms of "gothish" clothing (not a lot of goth-wear for 4 and 7 year olds... but they manage to find them) it's anybody's guess what they'll do next.

I have only one thing to say to that:

"Wednesday's at that age when a young girl has only one thing on her mind. "



Well, okay. Two things. The other one is 'Cool. Well done.'

[ArenaBoy]

I've been reading comics since I was 4 or 5, I started reading the Calvin & Hobbes books when I was 8, and then Bloom County and Doonesbury when I was 11. Nothing wrong with the books at all. Parents had no problem with it, they actually encouraged it.

[wagegoth]

"Wednesday's at that age when a young girl has only one thing on her mind. "

One of my absolute, favorite of all-time movies!

I wanted to be Wednesday when I was a kid. My mother would never let me wear black. So now almost my entire wardrobe is black.

[MadRocketScientist]

Aaaand now we all now about how old zzapp is with that New Kids Reference :-)

[zzapp the witch]

I'm not afraid of my age. I'm so old that when I stood up on the morning of my last birthday, my boobs hit the floor, and the bf had to help me roll them back up.










I'm 28.

[myswtghst]

I've only recently gotten really into comics, though I did read all the Archie books when I was younger, and loved all the cartoons on TV that dealt with sci-fi type stuff. We were never terribly sheltered when it came to books or movies, but we never made much trouble, either. My brother and I were usually too busy reading or playing Nintendo to cause any ruckus, and my mom always joked I was the only kid she knew that they couldn't figure out how to punish. If they grounded me, I was perfectly content to read by myself in my room all day, and she said she'd feel like a bad parent, taking away books.

[Jpurple]

NotsoInnocent- where do you find cool black gothy-ish clothes for your munchkins? I haven't been able to find anything good for my daughter since she outgrew her black velvet tunic and tights at about 9 months! (her favorite shirt right now is one my dad sent her- a fire department tee with flames and a sign reading 'Welcome to Hell' on the back)


My daughter loves Doctor Who! She likes to pretend to be a Dalek with the laundry basket on her head. She says 'Extirbidate, extirbidate' which makes the hubby and I die laughing.

If you can't find big foam dice anywhere, try checking a teacher suply store- I have a few in my classrom that I use for math activites. I took in my whole D&D collection when I was doing multiplication and probability with my Grade 2s last year- the most use my dice have had in a long time

[HappyCthulhu]

I plan on getting this for our baby, if we ever have one, just to tick my mom off.

[Gawdzillers]

Even the baby gets in on the action. Her favorite outfit? A black t-shirt that says "I listen to Slayer with my Daddy"..... I've had to buy it 4 times because she ALWAYS wants to wear it. (Ever seen a 15 month old throw a fit because her shirt's dirty? ... yeah... not pretty.)

http://www.babyrockrecords.com/web/p...atid=41&id=408
Oh yeah.

[FuzzyKitten99]

FK, that's awesome My 5 and 8 year olds have seen the theatrical releases of every Harry Potter and LOTR movie, POTC, Narnia, A Series of Unfortunate Events, they love the first two Spiderman movies, Batman, Superman, etc. I usually watch the movie first to make sure it's not overly explicit or too strong in the language department, but then I let them watch a lot of stuff most people wouldn't. The only problem we've ever had is when Sean Bean snuffs it in Fellowship, but then I explained the difference between an actor dying (Dumbledore) and a CHARACTER dying, and how the actor was just fine after that scene, and we watched interviews taped with him after the movie came out to reinforce that

I was actually going to make him wait to see #4 because we saw it in-theater and i thought the dragon scene and the Voldemort/graveyard scene might be a little too much for him. However, i then realized he had watched the first PotC and that was pretty scary with talking skeletons and dark scenes, so I sat with him when we got the DVD and he loved it. He actually will sit there during the dragon scene and yell "go Harry Go!" and "get that meanie!!" when it gets to the graveyard scene.

[NotSoInnocent]

NotsoInnocent- where do you find cool black gothy-ish clothes for your munchkins?

*grins* Believe it or not... Hot Topic has t-shirts/onesies, pants, hoodies, shoes, etc. for 0 months to 5t. ^_^ Also check out the boys department of stores like Walmart and Target... you can usually find some good black clothes there. Occasionally you can find other cool stuff in unusual places like Goodwill. Then there's the quick and dirty way... http://www.tshirthell.com and go to Baby Hell. Enjoy your shopping!

[Sliceanddice]

oh man i think hot topic baby clothes is cute!!!

Want goth clothes for the little one?
I found these when my cousin had her last kid, because i was thinking about being evil....
http://www.stardustkids.co.uk/acatalog/Gothic_Baby.html
http://www.babygoth.com/
and
https://luckylildevil.com/Retail.html

there are all sorts of cute things...

[Acolyte]

yeah when i have kids they arent going to have a chance....
I think they are going to be raised on Firefly, anime, comics, myths, and have plenty of cute pics of them dressed up as 'mommy's little browncoat' or 'mommys little -insert anime name charater here-'

I like the way you think. If/when I have kids, their bedtime stories are gonna involve giant robots and chinese profanity.

[nhollywood]

::chuckle:: I won't be rearing my children in the fine art of comics, sadly, but Hubby and I have determined that our children are going to be the only first-graders who know the difference between different colors of dragons or to have memorized the stats of Great Cthulu or somesuch. I just need to find a good place to find some giant dice.

When I was in 5th grade, my teacher was doing her Master's Thesis on "children with above average reading skills" and asked my father if she could interview me. When she asked what type of materials I read, my father was embarressed to tell her "comic books". She explained that comic books actually are a good learning tool because they use normal "grown up" language but give pictures to illustrate what it means. Children who grow up on comic books generally have a better vocabulary.

[Kogarashi]

When I was in 5th grade, my teacher was doing her Master's Thesis on "children with above average reading skills" and asked my father if she could interview me. When she asked what type of materials I read, my father was embarressed to tell her "comic books". She explained that comic books actually are a good learning tool because they use normal "grown up" language but give pictures to illustrate what it means. Children who grow up on comic books generally have a better vocabulary.

Good to note.

I didn't grow up on comic books, but because I learned to read at an early age and was read to a lot as a baby, I developed a vast love of reading that has persisted through my adult years. I devoured just about everything I could get my hands on growing up, and my parents often gave me blank checks for spending at the local bookstore for my birthday (yes, they trusted me that much). I have a larger vocabulary than many people I know my age.

So while I don't have many comics to share with my children (because I don't really collect them), I will be reading to them a whole lot. And I do have some comics, mostly of Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog series. And my manga. They can read that. Well, what isn't in Japanese, that is.