Obsession

My daughter loves Fred from Scooby Doo. Not in a crush sort of way, but in a scary, "I need to be him" sort of way. The way that requires wearing white shirts and blue pants every day, and results in temper tantrums if the only white shirts in her drawer have flowers on them. The way that requires us to call her "Fred" and answer to "Shaggy" and "Daph-a-nee" or again, meltdown.

So we tried banning the Scooby gang from our TV, and requiring her to put some color back in her wardrobe. We were doing pretty good...she wore purple and orange and pink, and Fred joined her posse of imaginary friends, instead of being her. Until we decided to let her watch just one episode last night.

Zoinks! We're back at square one this morning. White shirt, blue pants. (Thank God she hasn't asked for that weird orange scarf.) Tantrum because Mommy wanted to be Mommy, not Shaggy.

So we're hiding her Scooby book, and putting Scooby out to pasture. And we're scanning the channels for a healthier obsession....we like Super Why! and Ni, Hao Kai-Lan around here, but both are past their prime as far as she's concerned. Suggestions?

Comments

[Brenda]

OMGoodness, you are so fun! What a great writer and what an adorable daughter. If you're still living w/Fred, maybe each time she wants to do anything girly,you can say, "See honey...that's why I told you it's not so great to be Fred. He never likes to_______! or Fred can't have pink_____!. "

Congrats on your LOA and keep up the good writing!

Brenda Wilcox
Waiting for Mae Li
Gansu province
DOR 5-21-08

[M~]

Oh my goodness that is too funny...sorry, I'm sure it's not fun to live through, but someday you'll look back with a chuckle :o) I was once told that children who have a strong imagination, tend to have higher IQ's. True, who knows...but if that's the case, maybe having Scooby and gang hanging out in you living room isn't too bad...maybe :o)

(Dreaming of Cassie from RQ LID room.)