80s Themed Books
/As I watch my kids develop new interests, I always get nostalgic about my own childhood. I found myself feeling disappointed that they wouldn’t get to enjoy the same characters I loved growing up, but then I realized I could introduce these things to my kids. My family and I started having movie nights where we each take turns picking a movie we love and watch it with the whole family. Once someone chooses, you’re not allowed to veto their choice or mope around about it. You watch and support each other’s choice, and maybe even surprise yourself with how much you enjoy it. Ben and AJ have definitely surprised me.
I thought they’d think my choices were too dated, but that wasn’t the case at all. We introduced the 80s to our kids through movies first, and Ben and AJ couldn’t get enough of Gremlins, ET, and Back to the Future. We went to the bookstore afterward to see if we could find any of my old favorite books for the boys, and we stumbled upon something even better. They had the cutest collection of 80s-themed books, and my kids were able to pick up an edition of ET and Back to the Future where the characters were “Funko POP!” illustrations. It was really rewarding to see the boys genuinely interested in reading these books because they reminded them of the movie night we shared.
This experience taught me that you can introduce your kids to anything as long as you give them the chance to decide for themselves if they enjoy it. Never hesitate to share your childhood with your rascals. Whether they share the same interests or not is up to them. My main goal is to give them the opportunity to connect with my childhood in their own way, and the 80s-themed books we found were something we were able to experience for the first time together.
Written by Head Rascal (Ngoc Nguyen Lay), mother of two rascals, ages 7 and 10.
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