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TV vs Reality
Filed Under (Animation, Dealing with Difficult Questions, Youtube) by Footyman on 05-01-2010
My son started watching a children’s program called “Wonder Pets” recently, which is fine….until he fell in love with the duck character called Ming Ming!

He absolutely adores the character and has been asking my wife for her. No, not the toy Ming Ming. Nor the books on Ming Ming, but “I want Ming Ming“!
It seems like there are times when he cannot tell the difference between an animated characters and real characters. I have even shown him how the program was made (thanks to youtube) but he still wants his Ming Ming.
Worse, there was once he asked me to be Ming Ming! (Well I must admit I like to animate characters to him myself, holding a toy etc, and making it talk to him)
Well I hope the infatuation goes away soon….or else I have to be Ming Ming in the coming days…





