Comments on: Three Life Lessons We Learned from Avatar http://www.kimberlycreative.com/2010/01/16/three-life-lessons-we-learned-from-avatar/ reader, writer, freelance copyeditor & proofreader, foster & adoptive mom Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:13:30 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: fergaloid http://www.kimberlycreative.com/2010/01/16/three-life-lessons-we-learned-from-avatar/comment-page-1/#comment-28 fergaloid Sun, 17 Jan 2010 01:32:10 +0000 http://www.kimberlycreative.com/?p=276#comment-28 I'm glad you did end up taking your kids to the movie. It's a gamble, but in order for life to grow you have to take chances. Learning from mistakes we've survived is a good thing. My folks took me to some crazy movies as a kid, but I believe the struggles of seeing certain kinds of experiences does help in the long run. The character investment of the hero, which is what its all about. Having stakes in the story so you understand what the challenge is. And of course having a mom as a mentor to talk you through it, to say "yes you can really get through this" is a nice building block. The nightmares thing makes me think about something I'll pass along to you in email Kimaroo, the "In Search Of" episode on Dreams and Nightmares summarizes some things nicely, encapsulated within a format that's easy to grasp. I’m glad you did end up taking your kids to the movie. It’s a gamble, but in order for life to grow you have to take chances. Learning from mistakes we’ve survived is a good thing.

My folks took me to some crazy movies as a kid, but I believe the struggles of seeing certain kinds of experiences does help in the long run. The character investment of the hero, which is what its all about. Having stakes in the story so you understand what the challenge is. And of course having a mom as a mentor to talk you through it, to say “yes you can really get through this” is a nice building block.

The nightmares thing makes me think about something I’ll pass along to you in email Kimaroo, the “In Search Of” episode on Dreams and Nightmares summarizes some things nicely, encapsulated within a format that’s easy to grasp.

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