u/mindovermatter15

My husband and I love cinema and good TV shows. I've got a short list going of shows and movies that our kiddo can start watching around age 5 through high school. Some are nostalgic favorites, some are from a time when I was "too old" to watch as a teen, and others are ones I'd love to watch together for the first time!

We recognize that media can be a great connector, and media literacy can really help with communication and conversation throughout life (also to be great at trivia!), so we want to watch shows and movies as a family to build knowledge of how good media showcases family/friendship, problem solving, humor and jokes, character arcs, and storyline comprehension.

In no particular order:

--Steven Universe

--Bob's Burgers

--Supernatural

--DuckTales

--TaleSpin

--Blue's Clues

--Avatar the Last Airbender

--The Dollars Trilogy

--TMNT

--Parks & Recreation

--Cosmos

--Freaks and Geeks

--Redwall

--LOTR

--MCU

--The Magic School Bus (original)

--Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends

--Bill Nye

--Gravity Falls

--Classic Disney Channel original movies (Motocrossed, for example)

--Star Wars: The Clone Wars

--Recess

--Batman Animated Series

--Teen Titans (*not* Go)

--Spiderman Animated Series

--Goonies

--HOLES (as soon as it's appropriate and after we read the book together, one of my absolute favorites)

--Princess Bride

--Star Wars

--Jumanji

--Karate Kid

--Indiana Jones

--Iron Giant

--Jurassic Park

--Pirates of the Caribbean

--Matilda

--The Addams Family (90s movies)

There's so many more that I didn't list or couldn't think of in the moment, but I'd love more recommendations to last us 14 or more years (kiddo is currently 4). What do you want to show your kid(s) to make them a well-rounded person with knowledge of good shows and movies?

I've never liked my great aunt (my grandpa's sister). She is the most boomer woman you can think of, with a matching name to boot--it rhymes with Sharon.

Sharon complains about everything: "The suburbs are too expensive and loud, I'm moving to a small town an hour away"... "Why won't anyone come visit me or help me with anything??"

My grandpa passed when I was 19, and I still have a lot of guilt over the fact that I wasn't at his deathbed when he asked me to over the phone. I was on a road trip, and could have turned around, but my family wasn't honest with me about how bad his condition was, so I continued, and he died two days later. It still haunts me that he was crying on the phone to me about how scared he was, and I didn't turn around.

I returned from my trip early to help with funeral setup, be with family, etc. The day of the funeral was hard, because my grandma had passed 4 years prior and now they were both gone.

We leave the church and go to the cemetery for his burial. I'm not super knowledgeable about burials, but we weren't right there when they lowered him into the ground.

What I did see was Sharon, pulling up AFTER the funeral, AFTER the burial ceremony (before they lowered him in) and asking the funeral directors to OPEN THE CASKET so she could see her brother one last time. WHERE TF WERE YOU THE WHOLE MORNING??

I was absolutely pissed the f*ck off, and in my grief I almost went over and chewed her out. I held it in and we all went to the funeral luncheon. There I proceed to hear Sharon bawling about how she didn't have any help to get to the funeral today, she had to run to the store, how hard life was, and that's why she was late. She also "didn't understand" why the funeral directors were very hesitant to open my grandpa's casket for her.

The entitlement of this woman, as well as her complaints, have never ceased. I barely tolerated her before my grandpa's death, and I don't tolerate her BS at all now. My mom thinks I'm overreacting and ridiculous to still hold this grudge against Sharon, but she's been a b*tch her whole life and no one has called her out on it. I'm not directly mean or rude to her, but I respond with short replies and don't engage with her, avoiding her when I can at family gatherings.

AITAH for holding a grudge against my boomer great-aunt for being late to her brother's (my grandpa's) funeral and being so entitled that she just HAD to get the funeral directors to open his casket?

4 yo randomly the other day:

​ "can't breathe...can't sleep... can't breathe...can't sleep...etc"

​ in a low, monotone voice that made me want to break out the sage and call a priest 😂

​ Turns out, one of his new favorite songs is Go by the Chemical Brothers (clean version). I like to listen to my own (appropriate) music, and I guess he's really latched onto this song without me knowing!

​ His other current favorites include: Get Ready (Orchestral Mix) by 2 Unlimited, "music for bugs--full album" by camiidae, Crazy Frog, Go Cubs Go by Steve Goodman, and Running with the Wolves (Wolfwalkers Edition) by Aurora. What a mix lol