Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also true in fairytales:

Hansel and Gretel (mom died, stepmom hates them)
Snow White (mom dies, King remarries, stepmom hates her)
Cinderella (mom dies, kind remarries)

sleeping beauty - mother (and father) give up daughter til she's 16
Little Mermaid - no mother at all

Little red riding hood - mom sends her off by herself.
Alladin - no mom for Jasmine

Beauty and the Beast - no mom

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also true in fairytales:

Hansel and Gretel (mom died, stepmom hates them)
Snow White (mom dies, King remarries, stepmom hates her)
Cinderella (mom dies, kind remarries)

sleeping beauty - mother (and father) give up daughter til she's 16
Little Mermaid - no mother at all

Little red riding hood - mom sends her off by herself.
Alladin - no mom for Jasmine

this bugs me too. I got seriously ill w/ cancer when my kids were 4 years and 18 mos old, and they remain very careful about my well-being. I feel like these movies w/ dead or dying moms would be upsetting to them(and me), but they are hard to avoid. (I was also wary of the evil stepmother stories, because I wanted them to have good impressions of stepmothers, in case I really did die and they got one someday. PS. I have been fine lately and these impacts seem to be fading. So maybe more movies will be in our futures.)

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I want to know where are the parents in the Peanuts movies?

"We bought a Zoo" is based on a real family where the mom had died.

The real question is where are Max and Ruby's parents?

Anonymous wrote:Just watched "We Bought a Zoo" last night. OMG.

Gives a way for a romantic element... so the dad can go chase some woman whose husband died.

I suppose its better than having affairs in the kids movies.

Anonymous wrote:Also true in fairytales:

Hansel and Gretel (mom died, stepmom hates them)
Snow White (mom dies, King remarries, stepmom hates her)
Cinderella (mom dies, kind remarries)

sleeping beauty - mother (and father) give up daughter til she's 16
Little Mermaid - no mother at all

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also, I think the mother is absent in many kid movies, ie. Disney, because all those exciting (dangerous) things would never happen if your mom was around to take care of you.

Completely agree! (Same for Jane Austen novels - the mom is usually dead or completely inadequate. "Sense and Sensibility" is an interesting exception.)

The mother in Sense and Sensibility is also inadequate - lacking in sense, overflowing with sensibility.

Also true in fairytales:

Hansel and Gretel (mom died, stepmom hates them)
Snow White (mom dies, King remarries, stepmom hates her)
Cinderella (mom dies, kind remarries)

Parents are dead in virtually every novel that my children love. I believe it is done just to avoid any diversion, negative or positive from the main character--who is usually a child. Kids are naturally the center of their own universes.

Let them watch Wall-E. My 3 yo loves this movie. The only mother dying is mother earth.

Because Satan hates women.