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I’m not sure that my kids see themselves as the trains. The trains don’t have parents, eat food, etc.
by ballenf 9y ago
I’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!"