I never ever have the urge to pay full price to go to the movies. I always wait until they’re at the dollar theater. Actually, we only see kids movies at the dollar theater. Bryan and I like to watch movies over the course of a couple of nights in the comfort of our own bed, falling asleep and saying, “I was just resting my eyes; I heard everything.” We’re sexy like that.  However, I will spend all of my pennies and sacrifice my physical comfort in order to see Coraline next weekend. Not Friday night (I’m not a billionaire!), but definitely a matinee on Saturday or Sunday.

Kids Know Stuff has had a few hits from people searching things like, “Coraline too scary for kids” or “Coraline and kids” because of Lena’s review of Coraline in graphic novel form. I can say that it most definitely would have been too scary for Lena and Liberty even just a couple of years ago at 7, but it’s not too scary for Maya at 5. Maya came out of the womb fearless and in charge. Lena and Liberty were immediately enamored and afraid of her. Maya cemented their fear by spitting up on Lena the first time she held her. She has ruled over them ever since.

Lena and Liberty used to be afraid of  Snow White, scary music, kids shows with suspense, implied violence, puppets, dogs, cats, hamsters, shoes that light up, jack-in-the-boxes, fish tanks, the toy aisle at Meijer, the washing machine, the dryer, play dough, yogurt, and stuffed animals. Oh, and Koosh balls. But now they love violence. And they want to kill puppets. That doll in the video? Liberty giggled when her mouth got torn up. Maya immediately tried to do it to one of her dolls. I covered my eyes and I will probably have a bad dream about it. Anyway, we’ll go see Coraline and Maya will come with us because the only thing she fears is the day that Lena and Liberty suddenly realize that she’s not the boss of them.

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