Ask any new parent; hey did you catch up on the latest
blockbuster? The last failed dud movie? Come let’s sit n trash it apart! Laugh at
the silliness and admire the costumes…well am sure you wouldn’t even get this
far in your conversation, because of course new parents cannot go to movies! Well
do you recall seeing such a notice at the movie hall? Nope there isn’t any, but
hey who has the time!! Bringing up babies is serious stuff…Time passes by and
you forget to catch up with your new parent buddies and after a few years if you ask them, hey did you catch up on any
new movies? Sure! And guess what, they were all children’s movies!! The baby
now bosses over the parent’s choice…think again! Is it so? Do you take your
children to children’s movies just because the children demand so? Well then
think again, which have been your favorite movies growing up? Am sure each one
of us has fond memories of cartoon films and animation films from childhood. It’s
gloriously delightful to share each and every nuance and experience of your own
with your child…and then why are you holding back your share of favorite movies
from your child?
Just don’t do that! Share all those lovely old movies which
had different messages, morals and such innocent storylines…let your children
discover that magic is not gender based, each amazing character doesn’t have to
be a hero, each princess doesn’t have to be rescued! Each prince doesn’t need
to go out alone, trust some animals over a princess for performing any heroic
deed…you can sure read between lines and discover that the plots of children’s
movies have slowly fed into the children the gender bias…am sure we don’t want
to raise yet another generation biased about their differences, can they not
learn to be a team? Can they not learn to co-exist? Such wet cement age
influences need to be not only monitored but also changed, not all can produce
new movies but we can certainly search through our memories and internet to
find a treasure trove of movies where the team wins, where the girls lead and
don’t wait for the prince to come and rescue them! Can we have new fairy tales
which are fair to both the genders please?
If you like and agree with me, here’s a nice TEDx talk about
this…
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