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Momfidence! cheers on commonsense parenting and sighs at the rest. How to worry less, wing it more. A.k.a. parenting by the seat of my mid-rise mom jeans.
About Paula Spencer
I'm the author of Momfidence! An Oreo Never Killed Anybody and Other Secrets of Happier Parenting, and a mom of four in Chapel Hill, North Carolina (where you cannot even buy Oreos at the two groceries nearest to my home).
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The Lost Innocence of Children's FilmsJuly 13, 2008
What was so refreshing about the Kit Kittredge movie? By and large it was a children's movie, plain and simple. It didn't rely on the snarky asides and over-their-heads jokes and innuendo of contemporary kids' flicks -- and yes, I include the excruciating Shrek in that category, even though I appear to be the sole Shrek detester on the planet, along with just about every other recent cartoon and far too many TV toons, too. (Haven't seen "Kung Fu Panda" yet but it's summer and I may yet succumb to a weak moment's benevolence, or an afternoon to kill in a/c.)
Some comments worth reading from the director of "Bend It Like Beckham" about this loss of innocence in films and what kids are missing. |
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