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• Five Nonsense Kids Character Names Explained

  Sometimes the names they give to our kids’ favorite characters sound like they had a kid in on production. I mean, Pikachu? I say Gesundheit.   But listening to Mike Myers explain the Yiddish origins of everyone’s favorite ogre on NPR’s Fresh Air last week  made me wonder – are all characters like onions? Do they all have layers? Thanks to my anal retentive side and too much time to spend in front of my computer, I offer up the first edition of children’s character names explained. Read More... Posted Sep 22 2008, 04:27 PM by JeanneSager with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: cars, shrek, Winnie the Pooh, pokemon, Finding Nemo, pikachu, Jeanne Sager, list, nonsense, kidspeak, children's characters, top five, lightning mcqueen

• Strollerderby Playdate: Why Mary Poppins Is The . . . Best . . . Kids' . . . Movie . . . Ever

  It's hardly news that Disney movies - especially the more recent ones, from The Little Mermaid forward - are so full of scary villains, murder scenes, and orphaned babies that it's a wonder more kids aren't traumatized for life from watching them.  Still, I rather enjoyed this post on Adventures With Gretchen on everything else her kids learned from The Little Mermaid and Finding Nemo, including how the only important thing in life is to find the right man and how to break your parents' hearts by telling them you hate them. Really, I was just happy for an excuse to launch into one of my favorite rants, about how Mary Poppins is the best movie ever made for children.   Read More... Posted Mar 06 2008, 10:09 AM by Amy S.F. Lutz with | with 8 comment(s) Filed under: disney, kids' movies, mary poppins, The Little Mermaid, Finding Nemo