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My oldest son and I were watching last night’s episode of Grimm on demand today.  He asked a lot of questions.  Many of these questions would not have been asked if he was older and more well read.  He’s rather well read when it comes to non-fiction, but the classics, like Grimm, have not stuck to his schema.

I wonder if it is simply lack of repetition or if it is because of his preference for non-fiction?  I have loved Grimm and the like since I was a little girl.  I suppose I figured everyone did or that my sons would at least inherit it.  My youngest son certainly embraces the macabre as I do, but will the Grimm stories and other dark literary classics stay with him his whole life?  Will my oldest connect with them over time?  I enjoy wondering about these things, even knowing that these answers won’t come until they are “all grown up”.  That’s a long time from now.

It also has to happen naturally because you can’t make a kid like anything they don’t want to like.  I’ll see if I can find some graphic novels of Grimm stories.  The boys loved the Beowolf graphic novel.  October is always Poe month, maybe we can make March Grimm month.  In theory, it’s still supposed to be a grim and bleak winter month.  Again, in theory.

He did enjoy the episode.  Perhaps he will like revisiting the stories.