My son's bizarre Cars phobia

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#12

Sounds like

me at age 3. I never had patience for films. Iā€™d either leave the room a lot or play with my toys in front of

the TV and glance at the screen occasionally.
Itā€™s a lot to expect a kid to sit in front of a movie silently

for an hour or so. Unless itā€™s in a theatre. That either mesmorizes them or puts them to sleep, or if itā€™s a

restless little booger like my cousins theyā€™ll scream and try to run up and down the aisles. ^^;

That,

and, as much as I love Cars ā€¦ itā€™s not as exciting and funny and eye-catching for a young child. Doesnā€™t seem

the type for me to watch as a kid. Then again, I was always bouncing off the walls once someone started to sing,

and thankfully the cars do not sing. ^^

#13

Iā€™ll try watching it with him again in the future but not now as it just upsets him. Might

try him on Nemo again- he used to love that.

If not, luckily for me, I never get bored watching the

Incrediblesā€¦

or Pinnoccioā€¦or Spongebob the Movieā€¦or Thomasā€¦ :unamused:

#14

I hope your son gets over his

little phobia. If not, then my suggestion is wait until he is a little older and much more braver.

#15

Indeed. Heā€™s a tough little character (reminds me a bit of Dash!!) not afraid

of very much and always getting into scrapes around the house- itā€™s just this one thing seems to freak him

out!

#16

If not, maybe study your son a bit. Find out what is it

that he really is scared about in cars, then you can do one of two things. Skip that part, or channel his fear to

a minimun so the next time he watches it, he wonā€™t be so afraid.

#17

Thatā€™s wierd. Try asking him why he will not watch it. Or you could save the DVD for when heā€™s older.

#18

I just burst out laughingā€¦I dunno why that seems so funny to meā€¦the Delinquents are all glowering at me

#19

DHR: Man, that is funny. 8D :laugh: 8D :laugh: 8D The Delinquents are so awesome! At least they got names and places in the end credits! :smiley:

#20

I canā€™t see how anyone can fall asleep during that part, unless bass-heavy rap music puts ya to sleepā€¦ :unamused:

#21

Well, Mack fell asleep when the Delinquents came. 8D

#22

But thatā€™s when DJ played Songbirdā€¦

#23

The music DJ played before that was awesome.

#24

Not to get too off topic but do you guys realize the person who posted this did so in February.
Not that thereā€™s any problem with that, but itā€™s starnge it resurfaced.

#25

I think threads die down and resurface like thisā€¦

#26

What I meant is that she (the author) hasnā€™t posted since, so this post is kinda irrelevant. Iā€™m surprised it hasnā€™t been archived yet. :laughing:

#27

I was in a waiting room and Cars was playing and i saw this kid he left the room when Doc came on. XD

#28

Oh boy, poor kid. Was he like afraid of him or something?

#29

I heard that most boys got tired of the romance. :laughing:

JK. Maybe he thought it was a little boring. I also heard little boys didnā€™t like that.

My little cousin Ian loves it. He watches it all the time, but he still canā€™t seem to remember who Sally isā€¦ :stuck_out_tongue:

#30

Hi everyone! Its been AGES since I posted here, but on the subject of my thread; my boy HAS now watched Cars!!! He asked me to skip the tractor tipping/ combine harvester scene, but pretty much watched it all the way through! Soon as the film finished he was up in his room with his Cars models (after a year of nothing but Lego).

This is great news for me as I am becoming a Pixar junkie. Ratatouille is now my favourite Blu-Ray disc (you have to see Pixar on Bluray!). I have also reappraised Cars (didnā€™t rate it that much before) and like it a lot more now. Still not Pixarā€™s best, but 100% better than any animated movie by any other studio.

The other great news is we took him to the theatre (his first time ever) to see Wall-E! He loves it!!!

Almost as much as I do. :wink:

#31

yay :smiley:, now it can pass through your generations haha