But, I’ve also learned that each one of my children responds best when we can meet them right where they are in those conversations which means they aren’t always convenient. I make sure they know that we want to be a safe place for any conversation they may want to have. I’m all for using every cracked-open door to enter into a conversation with our children about brokenness and big feelings. It’s even more for a kid to handle who understands in one way or another that his or her special need may have played a large part in the loss of his or her first family. That’s a lot for any kid to handle with real looking sea creatures jumping off the big screen. With help, she leaves home in search of her birth family, who viewers learn have been looking for her but who are now in captivity and dependent on Dory to save them. She was later adopted by our favorite clown fish family and fairly content with that until she started having flashbacks about her birth family, bringing up big feelings that lead to a big move. But, does that mean it’s necessarily good for our kids?įrom the reviews and spoilers I’ve read, despite adoring parents who worked together to help their child strategize so that she could live safely with her differences, Dory’s “short-term remember-y loss” led her to be traumatically separated from her parents as a child. Building on what they started with Nemo’s little fin is admirable. Disney covered the sisterhood bond in Frozen and the intricacy of emotions in Inside Out but special needs has been largely unchartered territory. But, honestly, that adds to the reason why we’re not going to be seeing it.Ĭritics have applauded the underlying message: “it delicately explores the challenges of raising- or being - a child with special needs ” “it tugs at the heart strings teaches valuable lessons about disabilities, teamwork, and the unconditional love of family”. Not any more the graphics look too legit for that. We had to exercise the suspension of disbelief to imagine that little penguins could dance and bunnies could talk. I grew up watching cartoons my kids are growing up watching animation that is so remarkable that colorful little fish and octopi become humanesque in every way. It’s no surprise really the Disney/Pixar crew are masters at their craft. My kids are among that crowd having grown up quoting “just keep swimming” and Crush’s “dude…” But, we’re going to be moving against the tide this summer. It’s as if the crowds have been waiting for it for the last 13 years since its prequel Finding Nemo. *updated to add: due to the wide readership of this post, and the resulting comments, a follow-up post can be found here.ĭebuting on the 17th, Finding Dory has blown box office records out of the water, making its debut the highest grossing one for animated movies ever.
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