Things children should ALWAYS grow up with

[eternity]

As I was paying attention to the Grade 1 teacher's lesson about Cinderella, and the problems/solution/characters/story involving Cinderella, the grade 1s admitted that they did not know the story of Cinderella. And I thought, "Why not? Just because you're male, means you can't watch Cinderella? What about the girls?! Why do so many people not know Cinderella?!" So then I thought, what else did they not know about? This thread is here, for everyone to suggest things for kids to grow up with.

Books, Movies, Television Shows, Songs, whatever. Things that they HAVE to grow up with.

My vote goes to classic Disney movies -- Lion King (The original, not those dumb other two movies), Aladdin, Cinderella, Jungle Book, etc.

What are yours? Keep in mind you can also post the Disney movies I have not mentioned.

[l3o2828]

Fear of pedophiles.

Other than that, Yes, Disney classics.

[HolyShadow]

Beauty and the Beast

[TheOcean]

Every child should be read the Hobbit at some point in their life, even if they can already read it.

Also, night before Christmas. When I left home till my niece was born a year ago, my mom insisted on calling and reading it to me every Christmas. Now my niece has to put up with it. XD

[JesusRocks]

When I was a child my dad read me the Hobbit

He also read me the entire Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy series... great books.

Every child should grow up with a decent grasp of general knowledge as a foundation to be built upon in greater detail in schools

You know you've been a bad parent when your child gets all the way to college without ever having heard of the Holocaust.

[Zairak]

Responsibilities.

Also, anime.

[Zariu]

crafts of even a small sort... do you know how many kids don't know how to tie a knot? its insane

[TheOcean]

this might just be my rural upbringing talking too, but you should always teach your child basic survival skills like camping/making a fire/what poison ivy is/what's safe to eat in the wild/ etc

[Xanadu]

I never watched most of those disney classics as a child...or as an adult
kids need to know the value of a dollar
the value of money in general, one cannot go threw life expecting everything because one day their whole world will come crashing down around them

[HolyShadow]

They should always grow up with parents who love and care about them.

[musigal]

I second that, holy.

I also love the jungle jam and friends: the radio show! tapes/cd's. My childhood would not have been the same without it.

and Wishbone, a tv show about a dog who reads classic literature.

MUST BE INCLUDED

[Tormented]

There are two things children must learn and love forever.

1. Pokemon

2. How not to be retarded.

I was in a middle school class where someone asked if John Wilkes Booth was alive or dead. That deserves a beating, in the middle of class. Please parents, your children don't need to be stupid beyond belief. Or I'm coming after you.

[JesusRocks]

>Someone in my A-Level class (aged 17 or 18) actually asked "What's the French for 'Le Tour De France'?"

Same person who had never heard of the holocaust

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[Tormented]

Originally Posted by JesusRocks

>Someone in my A-Level class (aged 17 or 18) actually asked "What's the French for 'Le Tour De France'?"

Same person who had never heard of the holocaust

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*gets up, stands in front of the student*

"Uh, hi?"

*smacks them in the face"

Please continue the lesson, teacher.

[Kaleiphant]

Some kind of understanding of how money works.

[Mardigny]

Please know what continents are. And general geography.

Please.

[JesusRocks]

Know that the sinking of the Titanic was an actual event and not just a movie -_-;

[Ninjasplaycardgames2]

Originally Posted by RebornZombie

No child should go without a subscription to playboy magazine.

XD

[HolyShadow]

Children should always grow up with clothes.

[GcarOatmealRaisinCookies]

Originally Posted by RebornZombie

No child should go without a subscription to playboy magazine.

I'll go you one better.
No child should go without at least one very special Hot Dicking from their uncle Kroze.

[Jotenks]

Guns and drugs

[eternity]

I forgot to mention Sesame Street. =]

[Chaos_Soul]

Originally Posted by eternity

As I was paying attention to the Grade 1 teacher's lesson about Cinderella, and the problems/solution/characters/story involving Cinderella, the grade 1s admitted that they did not know the story of Cinderella. And I thought, "Why not? Just because you're male, means you can't watch Cinderella? What about the girls?! Why do so many people not know Cinderella?!" So then I thought, what else did they not know about? This thread is here, for everyone to suggest things for kids to grow up with..

here is the true reason why Cinderella is unknow for the children, its NOT good for them ,why? because she is always with rats, in real life she would get a serious diase and die and she went out untill midnight alone, she has rats and other animals with her but that is not going to happen in real life.
so you shouldnt tell this tale to your children unless he/she has 16 years or more
disney is not good for our children, try reading and thinking about the stories again using logic

[eternity]

Disney isn't for logic.
Thank you and good day.

[GcarOatmealRaisinCookies]

Disney is for little girls that don't know any better.

[Kitana_Matsuri]

^ This. Which also backs up my theory that Twilight is the 'Disney' for teenage girls, who clearly don't know any better.

[Florence The Thief]

The two things I say children shouldn't grow up without is music and comic books.

My mom listened to pretty much every kind of music possible when I grew up. Every thing from Opera to Metal to Old Country to Grunge and so on. And because of that I absolutely love music. I listen to tons of music all the time. Music shows great creativity and emotion among other things. It helps with expression and learning an instrument helps with great discipline. Plus, I find it to be fun and enjoyable.

I also read a lot of comics and watched a lot of the cartoons associated with them growing up, mainly Marvel. I find them to be another great and enjoyable art form. And some of them teach great lessons like Spider-Man's "With great power comes great responsibility" and others. The comics and shows taught you that just because you're not a "superhero" doesn't mean you can't be great and just because they are superheros doesn't mean they don't have normal, human, and relatable problems that you can grow and learn from.

Both Music and comic books are forms of art. So if I had to give a very general answer, that would be it. I think children should grow up with some kind of art in their lives. Whether it be writing, drawing, music, whatever. It's good to listen to music or read a book. Both help show expression and creativity, but I find making/playing music and writing a story/poem/whatever works better. But, hey, everybody starts somewhere and different things work for different people.

[Chaos_Soul]

Originally Posted by eternity

Disney isn't for logic.
Thank you and good day.

i was just kidding, but if you think carefully children dont understand the diference between what is real and what is not, so some of them may even try to play with rats after watching it
think they should all watch bokusatsu tenshi before

[GcarOatmealRaisinCookies]

colours.
Introduce your children to colours.
Black guys, Brown Guys (lazy and with towels on their heads, Indian Guys (dotted and feathered,) Asian Guys, Guys with rednecks...

[Theninjaslayer29]

Jackie chan.