[Veto!]

Oh dear, Bob J, you seem to have forgotten how to view the world through the eyes of a child. Creative little kids are all Bravehearts to one extent or another--at least they are if they haven't watched too much miserable tinny grating vulgar tv or watched "action" movies in which the stars are all cars or electronic equipment. What argues better for keeping your kids away from such things? And preserving their sense of wonder. And honor.

I grow weary of the English tendancy to cast their child characters beyond their years.

C.S. Lewis, author of the Narnia Chronicles, was reading Plato at six. Any child given the opportunity could read such classics with enjoyment and ease. It's called "an education," and we could use more of it around here.

Bob J, I called my grownup daughter and told her to see Narnia immediately, as Lucie Pevensie, the little heroine, is so much like she was at seven/eight years of age.

[grey_whiskers]

C.S. Lewis, author of the Narnia Chronicles, was reading Plato at six.

From Screwtape Proposes a Toast:

And a child who would be capable of tackling Aeschylus or Dante is forced to listen to his coeval's attempts to spell out A cat sat on a mat.

No cheers, unfortunately.