I think one of the best things about children is their naivety
on almost anything. There were times when children would swallow and
perceive things as a whole straight into their minds without any refusal
that consists logic and critical thinking. They don’t even get
sarcasms. For an adult, typically an adult who’s lazy at explaining
things to children like me, these are the best times to communicate with
them. Now I get why my nanny used to give made-up disclaimers about how
each grain of rice I’m eating will wail if I left them uneaten. To make
her job quicker. Because I’ll eat faster that way. Because she was just
as fucking lazy then as I am now.
If you’re just as lazy as I am on elaborating stuff to children, pay attention to these periods, because it will pass away sooner than you think. With todays’ television and its kids’ program, our children are getting more and more curious and critical because those shows encourage them to. Cherish their blatant nods, before it’s too late and you find yourself drowning in their quicksand of ‘but why?’-s.
I don’t have a point. This is a blog post, why should there be one? I was just thinking that maybe those fairy tales writers didn’t even bother to induce some logical reasonings or explanations about the whereabouts in which the story took place.
“I’m not gonna waste my fucking time to do research and give a specific, real setting to each one of these stories! What if the children fell in love with the settings? And then they will think that such place exists. Real. They will spend the rest of their lives looking forward to go to the tower which Rapunzel was imprisoned in, the ballroom which Cinderella left her shoe in. Fuck that, I’ll just just go with ‘far far away’ to tie those loose ends. Kids hate long trips. They are the source of endless ‘are we there yet?’ on the road. Let’s make them think that going to wonderland will take much much longer than a visit to granny’s house at the countryside. So yeah, ‘far far away’ it is. Might also work for galaxy stories. I’ll tel Lucas about the aim.”
I bet that’s how they went. Well played, storytellers. You’re no better than my Nanny.
If you’re just as lazy as I am on elaborating stuff to children, pay attention to these periods, because it will pass away sooner than you think. With todays’ television and its kids’ program, our children are getting more and more curious and critical because those shows encourage them to. Cherish their blatant nods, before it’s too late and you find yourself drowning in their quicksand of ‘but why?’-s.
I don’t have a point. This is a blog post, why should there be one? I was just thinking that maybe those fairy tales writers didn’t even bother to induce some logical reasonings or explanations about the whereabouts in which the story took place.
“I’m not gonna waste my fucking time to do research and give a specific, real setting to each one of these stories! What if the children fell in love with the settings? And then they will think that such place exists. Real. They will spend the rest of their lives looking forward to go to the tower which Rapunzel was imprisoned in, the ballroom which Cinderella left her shoe in. Fuck that, I’ll just just go with ‘far far away’ to tie those loose ends. Kids hate long trips. They are the source of endless ‘are we there yet?’ on the road. Let’s make them think that going to wonderland will take much much longer than a visit to granny’s house at the countryside. So yeah, ‘far far away’ it is. Might also work for galaxy stories. I’ll tel Lucas about the aim.”
I bet that’s how they went. Well played, storytellers. You’re no better than my Nanny.