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Post by greer on Jun 29, 2014 15:24:00 GMT -5
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Post by zoar3 on Jun 29, 2014 16:50:22 GMT -5
^That is definitely something the BSC would do, Greer, thanks for sharing I can also imagine Claudia wearing her tie-dyed shirt, the one that turned her into a rainbow in Kristy and the Haunted Mansion while playing and perhaps making uniform T's of something similar for the charges. Now, I really will have to read about Google Blasters and the Buddy Barrett Marching Band (sub-plot of Don't Give Up Mallory).
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Post by andrew on Mar 1, 2016 16:35:39 GMT -5
The book was pretty good but also uneven ... it felt odd for Mrs. Lowell to give Claudia a chance (unless she just didn't have any alternative and had to go somewhere but she already knew Claudia's last name?) and claim to Kristy the issue with Claudia was just that the kids loved Mary Anne and then later to outright request a blonde-haired sitter, the latter action pretty unsubtle after initially being somewhat diplomatic. The subplot was OK but it felt a stretch that Jackie and a lot of the younger kids would have seen and really liked Fiddler on the Roof.
Jun 21, 2006 0:14:57 GMT -7 greer said: ^true.
a lot of people theorize in the fandom that Mallory is Catholic, but I feel that since it was never confirmed or denied
I think the way Mary Anne mentions the comment to Mallory suggests she isn't, that it was inaccuracy rather than just a leap, and Mallory could have been bothered by it being thought to be untrue if it happened to be true.
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Post by CharlotteTJohanssen on Mar 3, 2016 16:47:25 GMT -5
The subplot was okay, but I love it when they tried to send Logan. Like "oh no boys don't babysit."
Which sitter was she even asking about? Dawn, Shannon, or Stacey?
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Post by pe2422 on Apr 21, 2016 18:18:32 GMT -5
I did like this book! The only thing I think they're really kind of made my stomach turn was when Jackie rodowsky was off let's name our band all the children in his reasoning behind it. That just came across this so Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul.....just trying to hard to make a little kid sound enlightened and unintentionally showing the innocence of a child
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Post by booboobrewer on Sept 13, 2016 13:50:40 GMT -5
Sam helped write a school play in this. He is just full of surprises.
Jessi's office kit is really cute and something I would have loved as a kid. Now, after working in offices, not so much, haha. I do still love stationary and notebooks and pens.
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Post by silverneurotic on Sept 17, 2016 19:49:18 GMT -5
This book always made me sad, especially what happens with Jessi.
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Post by booboobrewer on Sept 18, 2016 13:25:37 GMT -5
Yes, especially when she felt a nagging feeling as she walked away from the Lowells' front door
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Post by Sideshowjazz1 on Apr 17, 2018 23:34:35 GMT -5
I was wondering a few things.
First of all, the Lowells never showed up before or after this book. Had they just moved to Stoneybrook in this book, or had they always been there? Who was their original babysitter?
Second, it is confirmed that there is a Mr Lowell. Why do we never see him? Does he share his wife's views?
Third, I'm thinking about writing a fanfic that changes the story - what if Caitlin was thirteen and a babysitter herself, and she went to SMS and made friends with one of the sitters, she heard about the club, and wanted to join, so met the group...and was really surprised when she saw Claudia for the first time. She hides her shock, but tries to avoid talking directly to her. Eventually, she shows enough interest in sitting and answers enough questions that Kristy cautiously invites her to a meeting...and then she meets Jessi and...well, imagine what happens! I have a lot of factors for this. If Caitlin is older, should I age Mackie and Celeste? Even if I did, I think Mackie wouldn't be aged at the same pace so Caitlin might still have to babysit him sometimes. Celeste, however, could be about seven. Should I put Mr Lowell into the story? Do the kids actually ever see him? None of them talk about him and, as I said, we never meet him. How far should I go with Caitlin's feelings towards racism? She'd probably have some different views, but still be affected by the idea of being around a Japanese girl, an African-American girl, as well as three divorced girls, a girl from a blended family and a girl who she thinks is Catholic.
And as a minor point, which girl would Caitlin most readily be friendly with? I'm thinking possibly Stacey, but I don't know...is Caitlin a bit too straight-laced? Would Kristy or Mary Anne or even Dawn be a better choice?
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Post by oldhickory on Apr 19, 2018 16:47:51 GMT -5
I always assumed they were either new in town, or their regular nanny/baby sitter had gone off to college or something, but it's been a long time since I've read this one and I don't remember if they say anything about this.
Mr. Lowell (if he exists) either shares his wife's views, or he is such a doormat that he disagrees but lets his wife raise their kids this way.
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Post by Sideshowjazz1 on Jun 29, 2021 6:42:00 GMT -5
^ Personally, I never saw what was wrong with Mrs. Lowell's racism. Wanting "white, blonds" was just another preference by a client, just like how Rosie Wilder (Claudia & Genius on Elm Street) preferred Claudia. It's offensive, yes, but maybe that's our problem? Btw, I'm not racist (at least I don't think I am). Not if it's for something they can't do anything about. Rosie liked Claudia because she was into art. Claudia can't help being Asian-American, but she could stop drawing any time she wanted. It's all personality. If you don't like a sitter because they just have a different ethnicity, that's different from wanting a sitter because your interests meshed with them. For all we know, Caitlin might want to do ballet and would love to hear from Jessi, but she wouldn't because she won't listen to a black girl.
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Post by Sideshowjazz1 on Jun 29, 2021 6:49:06 GMT -5
my sister and some of our friends growing up would always put on plays and make up commercials for our parents when we were younger, it was a lot of fun. It is even fun today when they bring out the videotape of it and we can laugh at ourselves. This reminds me of my cousins. When they were kids, they did a Snow White thing that was a bit quirky. They had Snow White die from poisoned lipstick. The prince kissed her, waking her up, but he died. So then Snow White kissed him and she died and the prince woke up. "This went on for many years, until the lipstick wore off and they both died." They switch characters a lot. Just about everyone got to be Snow White at some point, including a friend of my middle cousin. I used to watch it all the time - I was only really close with my middle cousin at the time, but I really enjoyed it anyway. It's funny - the eldest was only about twelve at the time of the video, and now she's in her early thirties and has a son.
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Post by cnj on Jul 1, 2021 4:23:29 GMT -5
I thought it was kind of funny how MA thought that she was discriminated against for being a brunette instead of a blond. She probably was subtly discriminated against, so I wouldn't write it off as just Mary Anne's imagination. Ms. Lowell probably secretly thought Mary Anne's dark hair and brown eyes were "ugly." Ms Lowell is pretty ugly herself. 😩😩😩😩 I always assumed they were either new in town, or their regular nanny/baby sitter had gone off to college or something, but it's been a long time since I've read this one and I don't remember if they say anything about this. Mr. Lowell (if he exists) either shares his wife's views, or he is such a doormat that he disagrees but lets his wife raise their kids this way. They were likely new in town. I'm glad to see them gone from the books. They probably fled from Stoneybrook because they're anti-Semitic as well and once they found out that most Stoneybrookers are Jewish...bye-bye, bigoted, horrid Lowells Ms. Lowell was probably an anti-vaxxer and a flat-Earther as well. 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
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Post by m0drnmoonlight on Jul 13, 2021 10:38:31 GMT -5
I know the BSC is the fun babysitters that get the kids involved in fun activities but what were they thinking forming a band? None of them are musical, apart from Shannon and this is before Anna arrived. Like, yes, some of the kids play the piano and the Perkins girls are talented singers. But what was the rest of the band? A bunch of kids playing the kazoo and banging on jars? And Charlotte on guitar.
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Post by cnj on Jul 13, 2021 15:07:30 GMT -5
I know the BSC is the fun babysitters that get the kids involved in fun activities but what were they thinking forming a band? None of them are musical, apart from Shannon and this is before Anna arrived. Like, yes, some of the kids play the piano and the Perkins girls are talented singers. But what was the rest of the band? A bunch of kids playing the kazoo and banging on jars? And Charlotte on guitar. I think it was fun to see. I'm glad the BSC didn't have rigid, fixed ideas that kids had to be musical geniuses to participate in a band. It would have especially been bad if kids who were not musical were arbitrarily excluded from the show...that would have created lots of unnecessary hurt. And after their experience with the Lowells, they all needed that lift.
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