Comments on: Kids love dinosaurs

By: DJF

DJF — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 23:46:49 +0000

Maybe this explains why millennials were so in love with Bernie Sanders.

By: Sam J.

Sam J. — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 21:45:08 +0000

I got a chuckle out of Bob Sykes’ comment.

I think Steve P. is right about monsters. I think something important is that the kids know these monsters are dead. I think that helps.

By: Steve P.

Steve P. — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 05:32:13 +0000

Personally I’d think children’s fascination with dinosaurs is more fundamental: dinosaurs are monsters (as hinted at in that article). Kids will learn the names of the biggest and the most ferocious dinosaurs first, not the names of the most obscure. No doubt there are interesting psychological reasons for children’s fascination with monsters to do with learning about and coping with a big, scary unknown world.

I think this is also related to kids’ fascination with steam trains, with what should be obvious parallels.

By: Ross

Ross — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 20:22:57 +0000

Bob Sykes: ha!! good one…

Maybe the dinosaurs *are* around, teaching them!

By: Bob Sykes

Bob Sykes — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 14:09:41 +0000

If dinosaurs were around, they’d love kids, too.