Monday, 20 July 2009

Watching a Film

Granddaughter loves settling down with someone to watch a film.

She has varied tastes and has started to enjoy Rom Coms.

She stays with us most Friday nights and was keen to watch My Big Fat Greek Wedding with Grandma last Friday. Mrs AWB loves that film and was happy to have an excuse to watch it for, I think, the thirty-third time. Well, OK, she's seen it three or four times.

There is some gentle romance in it but nothing a seven year old can't deal with so they settled down cuddled up in their night clothes to enjoy the film.

Some way through the film the main characters were kissing for the second or third time.

Granddaughter turned to Grandma and said in a hushed tone with furrowed brow, "I think they're going to have sex now'

Grandma was torn. She was dying to know what Granddaughter's perception of sex actually was but at the same time was wary of opening a can of worms.

The conversation didn't go any further. No doubt the subject will develop.

You've got to let them learn at their own pace when they are ready, not force the issue.

I think I'll stick to watching the likes of Shrek with her.
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2 comments:

  1. Oh very wise move! I recall many years ago on one New years Eve we let the kids stay up to see the new year in, figured they would be asleep by midnight anyway. We were watching the crap that was on TV and a concert by Cher came on. I mentioned to my husband that even tho' he thnks she's useless a lot of gay people seem to like her. The kid that I thought was asleep suddenly sat bolt upright demanding to know what "gay" meant. Well I was very proud of the way I went about explaining it all and then she settled back down to sleep stating "Oh, Elliot at school said it meant happy"
    Moral of the story - let them get on to it in their own time and always ask why they want to know! :-)
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  2. My memories of playground discussion about sex were very akin to the French & Saunders sketch about "fish coming out" and had utterly no bearing on the reality of human sexual intercourse... I'm sure playgrounds haven't changed that much. Loads of speculation, little actual fact. And thank God too! Shrek sounds a great idea.
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