I had such a good time chatting to you all about sad kids books that I went and wrote a whole article about it.
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Writer-type, tea-drinker, failed populist. Retired podcaster. Occasional radio presenter. authory.com/MykeBartlett
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I don’t have Netflix because, well, it’s mostly shit. Is it worth signing up again for Sandman if, say, I found Good Omens incredibly flabby and kind of smug?
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Meanwhile at BAFTA…
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It’s the school sports carnival tomorrow and both my kids have thrown sickies (one even going to the trouble of getting a temperature.) Couldn’t be more proud.
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I have two young kids, meaning I rarely get to watch anything above PG. So I reckon EVERYTHING should be made for kids.
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Apparently this is not the intro for the new LOTR show… which is a shame as it looked like they’d made it unashamedly for kids (as elvish things should be)
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apparently this is the intro for the new LOTR show... this is what $750 million buys you
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I know everyone's sick of this song, but God, this version
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No I’m sure covid is on board with this and will stop being infectious after 5 days as agreed.
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The @amapresident wants Covid isolation health advice that went to national cabinet to be released - calling it a "political decision" and saying doctors are "puzzled" at the reduction to 5 days theguardian.com/australia-news
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“For the next generation of kids, disaster might not be an extreme event but something far more quotidian. They need books that reflect, rather than deny, that reality” — critiques the modern approach to sadness
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Always a pleasure to discover a band you loved in your 20s has grown up with you — this is now possibly my favourite song about being a parent. Contains the truest description of parenting (for me) – “mindnumbing mixed with the profound”
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🎶 “Me and tea, we’re gonna live foreverrr” 🎶
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Drinking tea may be linked to lower risk of death, study suggests theguardian.com/food/2022/aug/
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*like when
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Nothing quite as humiliating as your dog crashing a park obedience class and then determinedly refusing to follow your instructions.
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Every week the same story.
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As a kid, the first thing I remember finding one episode of Doctor Who mildly scary. A friend of mine couldn't watch Sesame Street because he was terrified of Snuffleupagus. First thing I remember as nightmare fodder was the end of this clip (from BLISS). d2bx93w6kas18u.cloudfront.net/titles/bliss/b
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As a parent, I reckon the best thing about the responses here is they prove there's no telling what might traumatise your kids. So, you know, carry on!
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What tv/films traumatised you at a young age? Mine would be Casualty (gas explosion on a canal boat) and an episode of Taggart with Lucius Malloy and poisonous frogs. I’ve been asking this question as research and everyone’s a mass of phobias. Looks sternly at parents… 
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Microwaving the same cup of tea for the third time
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Our kids spend all year talking about Book Week and change costume ideas every half hour. It's mildly annoying. The costume took 5 minutes (and $10) to assemble. Yes, some parents use the costume parade as a competition for status. But maybe it's not Book Week that's the problem?
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Opinion: Whoever invented Book Week needs their costumed head read | @antoinette_news smh.com.au/culture/books/
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“The books we tend to remember most acutely in adulthood aren’t the ones that improved us, but the ones that hurt us” — suggests that the parental instinct to protect their children from trauma may be misplaced
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“The well-meaning urge for resolution and restoration is strong and tied to the hero’s narrative that dominates American pop culture.”
We feature #Australian pop culture here🦘Can anyone add any sad #LoveOzMG kids’ novels to this list?
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I had such a good time chatting to you all about sad kids books that I went and wrote a whole article about it. thecritic.co.uk/Our-kids-need-
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Extreme disaster is probably not the way the next generation will experience sorrow and loss. argues that children need books where sadness is ordinary
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“Life isn’t a plot in which isolated moments of sadness happen; it is suffused with sadness throughout” — sees the difference between trauma and melancholy
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'it’s telling that the books we tend to remember most acutely in adulthood aren’t the ones that improved us, but the ones that hurt us — or, at least, helped us to explore and understand our hurt'
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I had such a good time chatting to you all about sad kids books that I went and wrote a whole article about it. thecritic.co.uk/Our-kids-need-
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‘… it’s telling that the books we tend to remember most acutely in adulthood aren’t the ones that improved us, but the ones that hurt us — or, at least, helped us to explore and understand our hurt.’
Basically my whole ethos as a children’s author.
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I had such a good time chatting to you all about sad kids books that I went and wrote a whole article about it. thecritic.co.uk/Our-kids-need-
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I guess one of my biggest issues with these sort of 'what I eat in a day' pieces is that they are portraying clearly disordered eating as being aspirational. It's not. Please eat food and enjoy it. It's one of life's greatest joys
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I find these 'what I eat in a day' articles fascinating but I wish they'd ask people who ate relatively normally. This woman eats no carbs
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Just got sunburned in August. Don’t think I’ve got the hang of Perth yet.
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In short, I'm as obsessed by music, film and books as much as I ever was. I'm less interested in listening/watching/reading the same stuff as everyone else. I have discovered the unspeakable pleasures of the uncool things.
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But there's also a desire to look below the surface noise. What are the books and albums and films that people aren't talking about? To orient yourself and to deepen your understanding of cultural stuff, rather than always chasing the next thing.
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There's an element of nostalgia at work here -- in your 30s you also become aware that there's a good chunk of your life that has already happened. Things from the past are YOUR THINGS in a way they weren't before.
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A lot of people disengage from cultural things because life becomes busier or less "frivolous". But (while I still listen to new music) a few years ago I realised I was less interested in the conversation about new stuff and more conscious of all the stuff I'd missed out on.
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Interesting piece on a long-standing phenomenon. I think a couple of things are at work. Think it's worth drawing a distinction between new and old music though.
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Particularly thinking about melancholic children's fiction. Where the sadness might not come from something tragic but rather the realisation that life is both terrible and wonderful. (Borka comes to mind, for me.)
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Replying to
Goodnight Moon. Honestly, the "Goodnight Nobody" page makes me sad every time
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People of excellent taste (yes, you) — the saddest kid's book you've ever read (as a sprog or adult)?
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