Am I alone in this weirdness? - Page 3

[Marsupialmom]

My first child there was so many books that didn't bother me..............but know I cannot stand. This is one of them. Unfortantly my 7 year old has decided to read it again and again and again the past month.

[~PurityLake~]

Originally Posted by captain crunchy

It was always my understanding that the book happened in their imagination. Like they were so bored they just messed up the house, ya know, they were Thing One and Thing two (the kids) then cleaned that house up all fast before mom got home.

...but then I am weird too. I love that book (not the film!) and it is one of dd's favorites too.

Originally Posted by Ruthla

That's how I read it too. They were pretending that they didn't really make the messes and they actually tried to stop "him" from making the mess in the first place.

As for being home alone, I always assumed the main characters were 11 and 12 or so- old enough to be home alone, not 6-7yo like the audience.

Same here.

And Ruthla, you later posted about the cat being a man, and I never saw the cat as a man, because he was a cat.

My daughters love the rhyming Dr. Seuss stories.

For Cat in the Hat, she loves naming the objects he holds and finding them in the pictures.

[HarperRose]

Originally Posted by mrskennedy

I hate the Oompa Loompa's too! Always have, always will!!!

Creepy creepy creepy!!!

[Britishmum]

I cant' stand any Dr Seuss, but Cat in the Hat is the worst.

One of my worst childhood memories is that book at bedtime. We took turns as siblings choosing our story book for my dad to read, and one of my sisters used to choose Cat in the Hat. I hated it and it gave me awful nightmares. I remember trying to not listen and block it out, but not succeeding.

Fortunately although my kids have a few Dr Seuss books, they don't really care for them.

[nolonger]

Originally Posted by emma_goldman

Has anyone read his Butter Battle Book?

No offense, but it's kind of a Cold War thang; my father was in the backroom with the boys making the bitsy big boy boomaroo (he designed guidance systems for ICBMs) when I was a kid, but I bet most of you said "When I grow up" instead of "If I grow up" and don't even know who Bert the Turtle is.

I can and do read The Butter Battle Book with my teens, but don't see any need to read it to my littlest one until s/he's old enough to appreciate historical documents.

[SevenVeils]

Do you remember a tv movie called The Day After? The special effects freaked me out, and I was sure that there was zero chance of my reaching adulthood.

[Juliacat]

I'm neutral on Dr. Seuss books in general, but I just bought dd a 6-pack of award-winning children's books for her school fundraiser, and one of them was a book called Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse that I am quietly disposing of. I don't think the personification of either real mice or toy ones is a good idea to get into dd's mind, and it's certainly not a good idea for my mind at present.

[mamangazelle]

Originally Posted by skyastara

Do you remember a tv movie called The Day After? The special effects freaked me out, and I was sure that there was zero chance of my reaching adulthood.

I do remember it! I was about 11 when I saw it and it terrified me! It was around the time of the invasion of Koweit and the Gulf war, so I thought it was coming...

Now I'm sure I'm not gonna sleep well because I remembered that movie... It's even more terrifying now that I have children...

[Bearsmama]

It *is* creepy, but my older son has always loved that book. The thing that kinda creeps me out more than that fact that there is a giant, messed-up cat basically holding these children hostage, is the utter fear of the mother! Now, that creeps me out. And why are the children home alone? And enough stuff goes on that the mother had to be out of the house for at least a couple of hours. :

[Sepia]

Originally Posted by Justthatgirl

I hate that book. And Green Eggs and Ham. In fact, I dislike a lot of Dr. Seuss stories.

they made me really uneasy/anxious as a kid. my kids like them though--especially the one about the pale green pants.

[beka1977]

I can't stand the Cat in the Hat, although we still own it. The ones I got rid of were Curious George. I can't live with those books in the house.

[minkajane]

I got a Seuss book from the library once. It looked like a cute story about a king. Halfway through, the king builds a wall around his kingdom and puts out cat guards to keep out black crows called "nizzards." I put the book down right then. Can anyone else see why this bothered me? :

[because]

Hated Cat in the Hat as a kid. We don't have a copy in the house now and I would get rid of it if we did. DD would hate it, too, but I'll bet it'll be DS's favorite someday. (I think he's going to be rebel...)

[karina5]

Originally Posted by noordinaryspider

but I bet most of you said "When I grow up" instead of "If I grow up" and don't even know who Bert the Turtle is.

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OMG, "duck and cover" - I've heard of that! Yeah, ducking and covering will save you from the Atomic Bomb. LOL. Yikes.

As far as Cat in the Hat - I don't know, I don't take the story literally and never did. It never freaked me out, I just thought it was a fun and imaginary story.