What kind of media do you think kids
should be exposed to?
It’s a complicated question, with a lot
of factors to consider. How old a kid are we talking about? Do they
have any pre-existing interests? Is it a boy or a girl? Does that
even matter? And even answering those questions, I don’t think
you’re going to find a consensus of any sort and far be it from me to
supply one.
I do, of course, have an opinion on the
matter, as I must consider about this time of year when I have
younger family members. I find that I’m of the camp where I feel
that younger consumers of media can take, or possibly even need,
material that has a creative intelligence and serious approach to its
subject matter and the world even if that means going dark places or
risking some emotional confusion. I kind of think about things like
The Last Unicorn, The Neverending Story, Don Bluth films from before
the 1990s like The Land Before Time or Secret of NIMH, most if not
all of Miyazaki’s filmography… and I think Planet With belongs on
the list somewhere.
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