Episode Forty: Suitable for Children

One of the shows I loved to watch as a kid was Animaniacs- it was quirky and didn't dumb things down.  One of the many segments that had me laughing up a storm was "Good Idea, Bad Idea" 





Based on that concept I got the idea to do a segment "Suitable for Children, Note Suitable for Children."

"Existentialism for Children" Always causes more tears than Toy Story 3, and that's a lot.

 

 

Mortality- who can forget the first time we realized Mufasa and Bambi's mom were dead?  Yet children more often than not are harbingers of unexpected wisdom.  I've always found it a bit tragic- the way we quest for answers when we are young but lose that thirst when we grow older.  Like the roots of a flower going deeper into the soil to find water, you can often see children digging for answers.  Somewhere along the way we get the impression that we know things- and we stop actively searching for new knowledge.  Maybe we're just overwhelmed and exhausted- there is too much to learn.  Or maybe, just maybe, we haven't embraced the spirit of humility in order to open our minds to new truths yet to be discovered.