[HPFGU-OTChatter] A cautionary tale

[Mary Jennings]

Head Midlife Crisis Elf David said:

>The moral?  Why should our kids take any interest in what we did when
>young, unless we show appreciation of what our parents' generation
>liked?  As long as we lap up entertainment celebrating the youthful
>overthrow of a stuffy older culture, we will end up being overthrown -
>and probably rightly.

My daughter is 5 and is just learning to read.  In her bookcase are lots of 
my old books that I loved as a kid.  These include the Little House series, 
several Judy Blumes, lots of Famous Fives, Little Women, Charlotte's Web, 
and so on.  At times I've wondered whether Beth will actually enjoy *any* of 
these books.  I reread these books myself sometimes, and while I still think 
the most of them are still very good, some, like the Famous Fives, really 
are embarrassingly corny.  Just because a lot of them are classics doesn't 
mean she'll like them.  And the mere fact that they're Mum's old books could 
automatically render them Totally Uncool, or whatever the modern slang is.

Two more useless titbits...I went to the library today, and I'm number 22 on 
the waiting list for the latest Jean Auel book.  Also I got an email this 
morning to say that my copy of the HP video has been dispatched :::::bounces 
up and down with glee:::::  Guess what I'll be doing tomorrow night?

Mary Ann
(sure to have lots of friends around next week for a movie night)


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