On Monday morning we went in to get up the Lorax. As usual, she requested that her daddy read to her – a “Finding Nemo” book where you have to find items in each of the pictures. A few pages in the Lorax asks, “Where’s Nemo’s Mommy?”
Thinking to myself, shooting a look at my husband, eyebrows raised, I am so NOT ready to have this conversation with my 2.5 year old!
We told her this is a book about daddies and the baby. Nemo’s mommy isn’t in the book.
I’m still feeling unsettled about the whole thing. (Note to self: No Time For Flashcards has some good book leads… future reference)
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yeah, that is a tough conversation. my girls are older and when they watch nemo, they get sad because they know what it means when the mom is gone.
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I think a lot about how we'll deal with this sort of question when Ian gets older. My sisters and I *did* lose our dad quite young (we were 15, 11, and 10) and while I don't see any need to scare him, should anything happen to either of us, I wouldn't want him to be blindsided by it either, you know? Plus I'm sure there will be questions about why he doesn't have a grandpa when there are pictures of him around. Tough stuff.
We just watched Finding Nemo, with our letter Nn lessons, and my girls didn't think twice about the mommy not being there.Now I have had to try to explain where grandpa (my dad) is when she expresses concern over not being able to see him and I just tell her he's with Jesus. I wasn't ready to deal with such questions either.
Yeah, that is a tough one. We used to begin Nemo on chapter 2 on the DVD..so they never knew the beginning of the movie was the baracuda. They thought it began with Nemo yelling, "First Day of School."It's tough. But I will say, as they have gotten older, they seem to accept that sort of thing in literature and movies with more "ease" and acceptance. (till I read them Bridge To Terebitha one day and mommy bawls her eyes out
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