News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on The Radical Woman Behind “Goodnight Moon”. Parent comment

Re:The Radical Woman Behind “Goodnight Moon” by nd on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @05:40AM (#30512411)
That’s correct. It’s an image from “The Runaway Bunny”. The story has the baby rabbit changing shape to get away from the mother, and the mother changing shape to attract/get the baby rabbit. It sounds a bit violent in description, but it’s not when you read it.

So for example the baby turns to a fish, and the mother starts fishing; or —- and this captures the spirit better —- the baby to a climber and the mother to a mountain.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The Radical Woman Behind “Goodnight Moon” by LeifCarrotson on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @06:31AM (#30512846)
My favorite pages were when the baby turned to a bird to fly away, and the parent became the tree the bird comes home to, and when the baby became a sailboat, and the parent became the wind that blows the boat where it needs to go. Not violent at all!
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The Radical Woman Behind “Goodnight Moon” by divbzero on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @12:27PM (#30517017)
When you describe that way it actually echoes actual parenting — trying to encourage autonomy while still guiding the child.
[ Parent | on HN ]