I have always tried to steer Oskar away from characters like Spiderman and Batman, but he seem to be drawn to them. He gets excited seeing the Batman symbol graffitied on a sign on our way to preschool, and he can find all the 'Fantastic Four' books at the library within a matter of minutes.
And now thanks to new friends at preschool he has discovered the Ninja Turtles- or when he first told me about them- 'The Inja Turtles". I remember my younger brother playing with them but he was 8- not 3.5 years old ( i didn't even know they were still around)! He now asks questions about them- wants to know their names, want to see pictures and video of them. I have always given him answers to all his questions, and tried to encourage everything he is interested in, but I just don't understand this!
We were lent a book
Killing Monsters by Gerard Jones which talks about the positive aspects of fantasy and make-believe violence, and why children need to have these superheroes to identify with. I haven't read too far into the book, but I already disagree with a few of its arguments. I have always felt these characters encouraged violence and made it more acceptable, but his book argues the opposite. We will see-maybe it will prove me wrong.
And a wonderful breakfast at home with the three loves of my life.
