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The complement of being " really useful" never bothered me. My kids are a bit too old for Thomas now, but we still say people are "causing confusion and delay"
by pselbert 9y ago
The complement of being " really useful" never bothered me.
My kids are a bit too old for Thomas now, but we still say people are "causing confusion and delay" when they derail the rest of the family.
- krapp 9y agoMachines are defined by their utility, and their value comes from their ability to do work, but children shouldn't be taught that the same applies to them.
- ballenf 9y agoI’m not sure that my kids see themselves as the trains. The trains don’t have parents, eat food, etc.
- krapp 9y agoWhat would they be meant to identify with, then?
- ballenf 9y agoI don't know, but I'm pretty sure they don't feel like they have to identify with a particular character. When they watch a train crash episode, for example, they don't run into walls afterward, they pick up their trains and crash them together.
- krapp 9y agoChildren's shows generally teach lessons, which is why I assumed that children are meant to identify with the trains.
- Symbiote 9y agoI identified the trains with the real trains that went past the house. It's not too unusual to hear a young boy talking about Thomas while waiting for or in a train. It's often been the only real conversation I can understand elsewhere in Europe. ("Which one is this?" "It's red mummy, this is James!")
- paulddraper 9y ago> for example, they don't run into walls afterward, they pick up their trains and crash them together. Oh, mine do both. Crash into the couch. "Bust my buffers!"