Parenting

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[pickled_jo]

Too right!

Reminds me of my bedroom when I was 2. All magic roundabout. Lamp shades, bedding, wallpaper...
My mum loved the programme!

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You have Dougal in your DNA!

[losttoy]

They usually do not get it until the are about four.

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..and by then they've developed their own interests: tellytubbies, ice-cream, blowing rasperries etc..

[losttoy]

Answer, Tellytubby comics, comics about ice cream ... etc.

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"This is a classic example of McCloud's action to action transition, where we see Tinky-winky hurling the Tubby-toast in panel A, and La-La catching the tubby-toast in ....
come, back sweetie,..What's the matter? Are you getting to old for Telly Tubbies?.."

[paradisacorbasi]

If the child enjoys it, are they really being forced?

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I think what my kids are really interested in is the time spent together, and what we get up to is secondary, so it might as well be something I like doing.
But I still feel guilty when I make them sit through an hour long talk from Brian Talbot about the history of Sunderland.

[jeff_manley]

I am sooooooo guilty of this:

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I'm looking forward to the time when my kids might 'get' Flight of the Conchords.

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It's happened already: my daughter is a proper bookworm. I've attempted to convert her to graphic novels with Raina Telegemeir's Baby Sitters Club, but she seems content with largely wordy books. "What is the good of a book with no pictures..?"