Indoctrination
Matt and I are avid (ok, die hard) Star Wars fans. (Original trilogy, of course.) But last year, our five year-old saw a clip of Darth Vadar and suffered a few nightmares. Since then, we’ve bided our time, waiting for him to mature a little. Over the past few weeks, we’ve slowly introduced the characters via fun toys and video games. He’s crazy about his Lego Star Wars video game, and I’m crazy about those Galactic Heroes chubbies. Last week, we showed my son and little two year-old a few non-scary clips from Star Wars: A New Hope. The next morning I went upstairs to tend to the baby. When I returned, they had sneaked the movie into the player and were sitting on the couch, deeply engrossed, watching the “robots” and “their friends.”
Imagine my delight when my son saw a brief Indiana Jones clip today and announced, “Hey Mom, that’s Han Solo!”
Yeeeehaw!
I’m loving reading your posts. I have to admit this one hits too close to home, Carson is a big Star Wars Legos fan and just recently found out it was a movie, we’ve been holding out as long as possible! But I can tell Nick is just lovin’ it!