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Q. I have never seen Harry Potter and I refuse to considering so many pasters and Christians have said not to. When I watch CS Lewis Narnia series with my son my husband gets upset and says I am being a hypocrit because in Narnia there is a witch who changes things and the boy gets changed into a dragon and so on.
Now I am beginning to doubt myself. Why is CS movies ok and Harry Potter is not?
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take it from a gal of jewish AND catholic families. ive read all HP books more than once & own all the movies. i will also own the books. as to narnia...eventually will be the same thing. ive read all the books & watch every movie. i will eventually buy those to but im waitig for the boxset.
both were written by good people. both have the same good vs. evil theme. most of the things in harry potter....love/self sacrifice/friendship...are in the bible talked about by jesus himself. same goes for narnia.
pope john (the last pope that died now) loved harry potter. good enough for me. the pope thats up right now is an idiot...he isnt as good as the previous one..& no im not saying this just cuz of harry potter...
the only problem i see with your family & harry potter would depend on your son's age. i would show harry potter & the philosepher's (sorceror's in america) stone to an 11 year old kid...however i would NOT show harry potter & the prisoner of azkaban/goblet of fire/order of the phoenix/half blood prince/deathly hallows 1 & 2 (HP's 3 - 7 part 2 end) to that same child.
no there's no sex & very little language (the word damn & bch shows up once in the whole series) for 7 books & 8 movies....not bad at all, considering the stuff we get today in which every second word is f this & mother f that.
but anyway....the movies 3 onward to the end get a little darker & scarier for young children. you have a werewolf transformation thats very painful to a beloved character. also...the war gets thicker with each movie & you have some character death....read all the books with him right away if you'd like. reading with parents is different from an actual visualization of an otherwise scary movie scene.
also...the finale movie (deathly hallows 2) is very VERY sad. i cried at least 5 times....most of my fav characters died in the war's end....from a very special owl to some very special characters. in fact, i dont think i wil lbe able to watch DH-2 again cuz its so sad. bloody awesome yes! but sad for 3 reasons. besides its emotional toll, its also the end & also on a personal note, my grandmother died 2 months before this movie & cant see it. she was a big harry potter fan...that made me cry again....
anyway, its ok for a young man like 16 or so to watch...but not an 11 year old boy.
narnia, harry potter, lord of the rings are all excellent christian themes..written by good un-hypocritical down-to-earth christian people. (rowling herself was a single mom living on welfare i a trailer & this idea of harry potter came to her while on a train. it was a god given gift cuz look at how it all turned out? she was able to take care of herself with the money made AND her children.) besides that, all the actors in HP remained grounded. daniel radcliffe (harry potter) came from a good family who did not let the power/money/fame go to his head. emma watson (hermione granger) remained in the same school when she was younger & didnt switch to a dif one to leave al lher friends behind. she did not act "above them cuz she's famous now" like how some young actors/esses go. rupert grint (ron weasley) went into the ice cream truck business. tom felton (draco malfoy) has been a coutnry singer since he was a kid. they all handled the fame quite well cuz they came from good families that took care of them & had some religion of some sort in them.
narnia...isnt so graphic either visually or emotionally. its good for a younger generation yet in the same way we adults can still enjoy them (im almost 30...grew up with HP). lord of the rigns is mostly for adults. like harry potter it does have some scary scenes/themes in it. also the movies are a bit long for children. harry potter is a mix of the 2. starts at as a kiddie thing but gets a bit more adult with each movie.
as to sex....none of them go past kissing. also, if there is a young pair...it will suddenly be shown later that they got married somewhere in between so it does not promote unmarried sex either.
violence does exist in varying degrees in narnia/harry potter/lord of the rings though...but like the bible, its more a case of good vs evil & not a gang shoot out or a murder tv show that we see on tv...full of sex & bad language on top of it.
if you're looking to get away from things like that...narnia/harry potter/lord of the rings are the way to go.
just watch your son's age & match him up with the age of the kids in the harry potter movies.
In addition to a bonus, what would be a good gift to give our nanny from the baby?
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I have seen suggestions to give a hand-made gift from the child/children in addition to bonus at christmas, but our child will only be 6 months old at christmas time. Any suggestions?
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If it was me, I would love a voucher for say the perfume I like, or Clarins/Clinique/Temple Spa facial products. You would need to know what type of product she uses if you went down this route, as it's a very personal choice. Or you could get a John Lewis or Boots voucher/gift card and mark on the card that it's for her to spend it on her favourite perfume/ skin care / make up etc.
That would be a real treat for me as I don't often spend money on myself.
What other thjings does she like? If she loves gardening/cooking/sewing/knitting etc why not get her a subscription to a magazine? Then the present goes on all year.
I just think that if you can identify something she enjoys doing that she might not choose to spend the money on for herself, it will be a really personal gift.
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