to not expect or want to find "v is for vampire" in a child's ABC book?

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a is for apple, c is for cat, k is for kangaroo and then when we got to v - v is for vampire.

I didn't like it, don't want to explain the concept of vampire to my toddler and will probably be hiding the book once she's gone to bed.

It really surprised me, am I being too precious?

Yes, but only if M is for monster would also be a step too far for you.

HTH

Foolishness! dont they know that V is for Vordermort

CSI

How very dramatic

Precious.

I'll expect your appearance on an anti-apple bobbling Hallowe'en thread in about 4 months

You'd be most upset, then, that my son's social story book's main character is a, gasp, monster!!!

What's wrong with vampire? Sesame Street used to have the count who used to teach numbers. No biggie.

Would you like to have mine? V is for vagina...

Oh dear how traumatic for you!!!!

Interesting, M is for Monster wouldn't have bothered me at all.

Is Count Duckula still on kids' tv?

Yes you are being quite precious.

How do you cope with halloween?

V is for...
Vulva?
Van?
Vacuum cleaner?

You are being precious btw. F is for famine, G is for genocide would be OTT but at Halloween your toddler may see people dressed as zombies, witches, werewolves?

You'd probably best avoid sending your child to school. They get "educated" about all kinds of things by their classmates.

Sympathies - I would have absolutely hated to find that in a picture book when mine were really little. I have always had a phobia about vampire stories .

However ........ DD2 got really into Vampires when she was in Reception (thanks little friends!) and I had to get over it. And you know what? It's just another monster and kids like monsters in a funny sort of way.

You don't have to tell them the whole story of Dracula.

Ds2s favourite thing to draw as a toddler was vampires,although as he was convinced they were called Bampires an ABC book with them on would have been fab!

YANBU - I agree with you!

V is for very likely you are overreacting.

Halloween barely features on my radar to be honest, I haven't seen it celebrated much round here. It doesn't bother me either way. Bonfire Night is normally more fun!

I suppose I largely expect ABC books to show things a 2-3 year old is familiar with and mine certainly wouldn't recognise vampire at that age whereas monster they would. My 5 year old who watches mainly CBeebies didn't know it from the picture either.

I vaguely remember Count Duckula but have never watched Sesame Street.

The rhyme has "cupful of blood" which I still think is a bit much for the ABC age but I accept I'm clearly in the minority. Thank you.

At nursery when dd was 3 years old, they made a vampire mask for Halloween! She still has it and sometimes wears it around the house pretending to be a vampire and sucking my blood. She also watches mona the vampire on DVD.

Poppy - I'm fully aware of what they learn at school! Older DC are at school. No problem with that!

V is for vulture? A bird which scavenges corpses. Hmmm. Far more appropriate