Today I brought out my shiny new "Malvin and Cobbes" t-shirt to wear for the first time, which brought the observation from Jacob of "I like your shirt daddy, who are those guys?"
So, after first pointing out the Firefly reference to him, I then proceeded to explain Calvin and Hobbes - and provide him with his first reading of one of the books.
On the one hand, Daddy is proud of his boy - another great time ahead of him learning the joys of Watterson's work.
On the other, I am in dread of the character similarities he will see, and the ideas he may garner...
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Heh heh heh...yeah. Still, you've got to expose your kids to the classics. It builds character.
I remember a comment after Calvin broke his dads binoculars and at the end of the series the dad commented " Yeah in 10 years it will be one of my cars"...I said the same thing several times about my 8 year old. There are a lot of similarities...almost frightening
"Malvin and Cobbes"
That is some interesting sideways thinking!
Oh, I need one of those!
Couple of years back I mentioned C & H to a friend of mine and she asked "What's that?" She was a SECOND GRADE TEACHER and had never heard of them! So I loaned her a book.
Both my kids flat loved that strip, still do. Though I think son occasionally has some thoughts for the squad that probably derive from it.
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