Hi, I'm writing from a hip-deep pile of work, but I missed you and I know you miss me, so here ya go. I sent this to my kids' group.

Dear Disney,

You guys used to be the cool moviemakers -- the ones I could take my kid to and TRUST that they would not be exposed to violence and weapons that most parents would not let their kids see, nor use. In a time, where there is a v-chip, snipers, killings in schools, and the like, I would hope that you would by virtue of the money you make and the quality that Disney used to be known for, that your movie writers could come up with really awesome movies that omitted the violence and scary stuff that is in our world.

I do NOT want to take my 3 year old, nor my 10 year old to something that has weapons, violence, and death. Heck, they can see that on the evening news. In fact, my daughter's preschool, which is filled with engineer's kids (their daddies make big bucks)has specifically said that they do not show Disney movies for the most part because they are too darned violent. I would rather take my kids to a really awesome movie with people figuring out how to solve problems with their words, how to express their anger in non-hurtful and non-hateful ways, and relying on their families and community to support them when they can not figure it out themselves. If you want me to buy tickets to your movies, merchandise from those movies, including shirts for my kids, DVD's for our family's collection, and dolls for playing, I expect to start seeing the values that I work to instill in them being acted out in your movies.

Otherwise, my kids are taking art classes, so maybe some day, they can draw an animated movie that shows the right thing to their kids.

Please work on it.

Thanks in advance.

Sincerely,


The Momminator
(I only purchase Pooh, now)