A is for Again and Again and Again and Again...
- Erica
- Aug 3, 2017
- 2 min read
I used to feel so bad for the parents of kids who watched Frozen over and over again. Now as the parent of a Trolls superfan I get to experience it for myself. I don't know why Netflix doesn't just have Trolls queued up as soon as we turn it on. As soon as it ends we hear "Can we watch Trolls again?"
Stages of Parents of Repeat Viewers
1. Curiosity
Well how bad can it be? I loved Wall-E. This might be a real gem. Let’s watch this hour and half long advertisement for toys and see where it leads. Plus there are famous people in it! Remember when JTT was in the Lion King and you watched it for his sexy child voice while also a child yourself? Well now a different JT is doing voice work. Good for you, Jessica Biel’s husband and also Anna Kendrick and the boss lawyer from The Good Wife! Let's see what this is all about.
2. Acceptance (Stage One)
This is funny and not terrible. I am okay with this. Watch on, young son!
3. Denial
We are fine. This is all fine. I have no need to put ice picks in my ear nor have I bribed my toddler with popsicles to get him away from this film. We are just healthy, normal people in our house watching toys as characters sing pop songs.
4. Anger
THIS IS NO WAY TO LIVE I HATE JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE I HATE DREAMWORKS I HATE NETFLIX JUST STOP IT ALL GODDAMN THE BERGENS ARE COMING
5. Acceptance (Stage Two)
This may be the four hundredth time we’ve watched this move in two days, but this is a normal development stage for children. Repeated viewings are appealing to children’s minds seeking patterns and familiarity or some other such child development theory. He’s happy and engaging with the content, and I’ve actually done the laundry and the dishes. This could be a win. We’re fine. How many times did you see Titanic in theatres, young lady? And you grew up to be a mostly normal person.
6. Bargaining
For the love of God, sweetheart, put literally anything else on. Literally even those surprise egg videos and you can watch that creepy lady sing about fingers on YouTube. Anything. Honey. Honey please lets go draw on the walls or kick cheerios under the couch or something. Or maybe let's all just live in the woods off the land? Doesn't that sound fun?
7. Depression
I am a terrible mother. I did this. I wasn't strong enough to resist the siren song of Netflix and now my child will become a couch potato zombie and he'll blame me for his lack of discipline as an adult and he will be right. Oh what have I wrought, what have I done, I haven't even made dinner and somehow I don't even care.
8. Acceptance (Stage Three)
Honestly? If someone's kids don't know all the words to Get Back Up Again can we even be friends? I mean maybe I am not a perfect parent but look. This is fine. This movie is not that bad. As Poppy sings, it's "really really gonna be okay!"
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