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Harry Potter Is Growing Up
- Thread starter Cil
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well, you're probably right. but, it's too late!!! OMG!
How shall we explain to our children a nude Harry on a stage in London?????? such a dilemma!Cil - you always make us think on this board!
Camp Creek Kid
Christini Zambini
I'm sure this thread is winding to its end, but I have to throw in my 2 cents. There are hundreds of other plays that Daniel Radcliff could do to prove that he can play a character other than Harry Potter. He chose Equus, which is controversial in its themes (animal cruelty (and worse), etc.), besides the nudity. I believe he chose Equus deliberately for the shock value (and because it would make headlines). In a way he has betrayed the audience that made him famous in the first place. I think it was a very immature move on his part.
On nudity in general: I strongly believe in modesty and it is something we teach in our home to our daughter and to our sons. Loving your body also means respecting your body and respecting your body means not putting it on display for the whole world to see. A child can be familiar with all the correct names of their body parts (and even know what they do), but they can also have a maturity about their bodies and a respect for themselves so that they are appropriately covered.
A modest person is NOT a prude. A modest person has a mature attitude about their sexuality. A person who is modest in dress is also most likely modest in their behavior as well. We teach it in our home from a young age and our children are not only appropriately dressed, but also have appropriate and respectful behavior.
I want my daughter to be respected for who she is, not for how she looks in a bikini. I want my sons to respect young women for who they are, not how they look in a bikini, and I would hope that my sons can go about their business without being distracted my scantily clad girls.
I have never forced my daughter to wear certain clothes--she has had a lot of freedom in choosing what she wants to wear. And my sons have freedom as well, although it is obviously not such an issue as it is with girls.
As for violence vs. sex in movies/entertainment. I think they're both inappropriate for children and my children watch only PG and G movies. They are not sheltered, they know violence and sex exist, but what is the entertainment value in either for kids?
On nudity in general: I strongly believe in modesty and it is something we teach in our home to our daughter and to our sons. Loving your body also means respecting your body and respecting your body means not putting it on display for the whole world to see. A child can be familiar with all the correct names of their body parts (and even know what they do), but they can also have a maturity about their bodies and a respect for themselves so that they are appropriately covered.
A modest person is NOT a prude. A modest person has a mature attitude about their sexuality. A person who is modest in dress is also most likely modest in their behavior as well. We teach it in our home from a young age and our children are not only appropriately dressed, but also have appropriate and respectful behavior.
I want my daughter to be respected for who she is, not for how she looks in a bikini. I want my sons to respect young women for who they are, not how they look in a bikini, and I would hope that my sons can go about their business without being distracted my scantily clad girls.
I have never forced my daughter to wear certain clothes--she has had a lot of freedom in choosing what she wants to wear. And my sons have freedom as well, although it is obviously not such an issue as it is with girls.
As for violence vs. sex in movies/entertainment. I think they're both inappropriate for children and my children watch only PG and G movies. They are not sheltered, they know violence and sex exist, but what is the entertainment value in either for kids?
cck - thanks, and I love and agree with every single thing you have said about raising our children to respect themselves, etc. above all, I really want to instill these values in my little one. respect for self, others, healthy self-esteem, self-love, modesty but not shame in his body, healthy awareness of his sexuality, good decision making in all things, etc.
but, I don't see these issues as being related to Harry, his family or his decision (poor decision it may be) to be part of this play. or related to my child or my family in any way. I don't know why others want to take it so personally since it has nothing to do with their lives (this is what I have a hard time grasping).
the good thing about these kinds of issues, is it is so interesting that we all look at things in a wonderfully different way, and I don't think my way is best at all! it's just mine. thanks for sharing.
but, I don't see these issues as being related to Harry, his family or his decision (poor decision it may be) to be part of this play. or related to my child or my family in any way. I don't know why others want to take it so personally since it has nothing to do with their lives (this is what I have a hard time grasping).
the good thing about these kinds of issues, is it is so interesting that we all look at things in a wonderfully different way, and I don't think my way is best at all! it's just mine. thanks for sharing.
Miss Kitty
Meow
My mother messed up...I do not LOVE my body. 
dbuck
Beach Fanatic
My mother messed up...I do not LOVE my body.
From the looks of many girls today . . . well, it looks like their mother taught them to love their body a little too much.
Please don't beat me up.
Camp Creek Kid
Christini Zambini
Tootsie, I think if Spidey was older and "in" to Harry Potter, you'd understand why some of us are disappointed in his decision. Like it or not, the HP actors have a huge following of young admirers.
O.K. so as I'm tying this, my 11 yr daughter walks in and sees the thread title, asks what we're talking about so I tell her. (Now I know what she's going to be I.M.ing to all her friends.) Her jaw dropped and she turned bright red and said, "That's weird." Daniel Radcliff is who all the preteen girls have a crush on and his decision to do the play just makes for an awkward situation, that all.
Camp Creek Kid
Christini Zambini
My mother messed up...I do not LOVE my body.
My kids messed me up . . . I do not LOVE my body either. :roll:
I'm a huge Harry Potter fan myself. can't wait for spidey to be old enough for the books and movies... yes, the nude thing could be tricky to explain. another opportunity for teaching the kids about life, I reckon...
Cil
Beach Fanatic
I certainly agree that modesty in the classroom, at the mall, in public in general, is the best policy--at least, it is here in the United States.
However, I don't equate modesty in public with keeping your clothes on in the theater. I don't have any problem with Radcliffe doing is Equus thing. I would certainly be more concerned about a youngster being exposed to the subject matter of the play than the actual nudity. Ah, these teachable moments, they are endless and trying I know.
I agree with Augustintransit: Radcliffe is doing the play not only because he does want to grow as an actor but also because he'd rather not be forever stuck wearing a Hogwarts scarf in the pages of Tiger Beat or whatever it is the teenyboppers are reading these days. I can't blame him for that.
However, I don't equate modesty in public with keeping your clothes on in the theater. I don't have any problem with Radcliffe doing is Equus thing. I would certainly be more concerned about a youngster being exposed to the subject matter of the play than the actual nudity. Ah, these teachable moments, they are endless and trying I know.
I agree with Augustintransit: Radcliffe is doing the play not only because he does want to grow as an actor but also because he'd rather not be forever stuck wearing a Hogwarts scarf in the pages of Tiger Beat or whatever it is the teenyboppers are reading these days. I can't blame him for that.