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sgatazmySteven Universe remains awesome no matter how many times I watch it. The plot takes a long time to reveal itself but it's well worth it. I like the idea of the show: An alien race comes to conquer the world but instead a few decide to defend Earth and allow themselves to be redefined by their experiences here.
The friendship, the team love, and the music make for a show that may be one of the best I have ever seen. Ever. Seriously, it's that good.
The trouble is that episodes air sporadically. Rather than air them over the period of weeks with time to wait between each episode, Cartoon Network announces new episodes right before they air and then air them all during one week. It's a bit maddening. I never know when I'm going to get more and I have no will power to dish them out a little at a time. I feel like I'm constantly checking the internet to see if there's any news of new episodes. *sigh* It's all a bit annoying, really.
In other news, I was reading to my daughter (5.5 year old) a book that tells the story of Albert Einstein from Einstein's point of view. She was fascinated and said she thought in pictures just like he did. At one point, Einstein says that people called him weird. I stopped the story and talked a bit about that. At one point I asked, "Why do you think they called him weird" and she answered without any hesitation "maybe because he's white and from a black family?"
So I think it's very important to talk to your kids about race from an early age. The trouble is, I'm always afraid of messing up the conversation. We talk about it just fine when I bring it up but when it comes so naturally from her questions, I find myself flustered without pre-thought out responses. I sort of feel like this means I suck in some way or other.
The friendship, the team love, and the music make for a show that may be one of the best I have ever seen. Ever. Seriously, it's that good.
The trouble is that episodes air sporadically. Rather than air them over the period of weeks with time to wait between each episode, Cartoon Network announces new episodes right before they air and then air them all during one week. It's a bit maddening. I never know when I'm going to get more and I have no will power to dish them out a little at a time. I feel like I'm constantly checking the internet to see if there's any news of new episodes. *sigh* It's all a bit annoying, really.
In other news, I was reading to my daughter (5.5 year old) a book that tells the story of Albert Einstein from Einstein's point of view. She was fascinated and said she thought in pictures just like he did. At one point, Einstein says that people called him weird. I stopped the story and talked a bit about that. At one point I asked, "Why do you think they called him weird" and she answered without any hesitation "maybe because he's white and from a black family?"
So I think it's very important to talk to your kids about race from an early age. The trouble is, I'm always afraid of messing up the conversation. We talk about it just fine when I bring it up but when it comes so naturally from her questions, I find myself flustered without pre-thought out responses. I sort of feel like this means I suck in some way or other.
