What Rewatching Classic Kids Movies Taught Me

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  • As a child, I could relate to Dorothy because home always existed within that duality of expectations and comfort
  • This shift in perspective has followed me during the marathon of old movies that my kids and I have watched this year
  • While my kids were enamored with the music and transformative power of Julie Andrews’ Maria, I watched Christopher Plummer’s Captain Von Trapp with a knot in my stomach
Scenes from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, The Wizard of Oz, The Sound of Music and Mary Poppins.Like most activities with my kids, watching old movies together wasnt planned. Our f [+8102 chars]

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