How The Hunger Games helps me Relate to my Children and Au Pairs?
This weekend, I lined up with several hundred people for The Hunger Games movie. It was everything I expected after reading the book--exciting, well cast, and extremely fun to watch with an engaged crowd.
I am an avid reader and have found a new genre thanks to my children. The Hunger Games is in this new genre and I read the entire series in about 7 days in order to finish it before the movie was released.
In my library, the books are marked "YA" for "young adult". I have to admit, not only do I like the section, but I love the name. Checking out a book with a "young adult" categorization appeals to my inner child. Of course, I need to throw in the caveat that I do try to alternate young adult books with something that has a little more substance.
Another bonus with the young adult genre is many are made into movies. Not only do I enjoy that there are often several books in a series, but I also get caught up in the movie hype.
If you have a young adult in your household, it is also a sharing moment and gives you topics to relate to your children about. I have had many conversations with my two girls about the strength of Katniss, the main character in The Hunger Games. My daughters are happy to talk about books they enjoy with me and we have some of our best conversations when discussing characters from their favorite books which keep our bond intact.
This trend started as soon as they were old enough to read. I have always read the books that interest them and I am happy they are reading more sophisticated books than The Very Hungry Caterpillar. If you are still reading the early books, just wait, they will progress!
Young adult books also appeal to our AuPairCare pairs. Ask your au pair if she has read any good books lately. I have a French au pair from AuPairCare in my group that re-read all the Harry Potter books in English. She enjoyed the books even more in English and was thrilled to see the movies in English.
So, enjoy the young adult book genre and go see the movies. It is all fun and maybe we can recapture some of our inner youth while standing in line with the rest of The Hunger Games fans.
Choosing right AU pair from AuPairCare is very important for your family and a recently launched movie can help you in this direction.
I am an avid reader and have found a new genre thanks to my children. The Hunger Games is in this new genre and I read the entire series in about 7 days in order to finish it before the movie was released.
In my library, the books are marked "YA" for "young adult". I have to admit, not only do I like the section, but I love the name. Checking out a book with a "young adult" categorization appeals to my inner child. Of course, I need to throw in the caveat that I do try to alternate young adult books with something that has a little more substance.
Another bonus with the young adult genre is many are made into movies. Not only do I enjoy that there are often several books in a series, but I also get caught up in the movie hype.
If you have a young adult in your household, it is also a sharing moment and gives you topics to relate to your children about. I have had many conversations with my two girls about the strength of Katniss, the main character in The Hunger Games. My daughters are happy to talk about books they enjoy with me and we have some of our best conversations when discussing characters from their favorite books which keep our bond intact.
This trend started as soon as they were old enough to read. I have always read the books that interest them and I am happy they are reading more sophisticated books than The Very Hungry Caterpillar. If you are still reading the early books, just wait, they will progress!
Young adult books also appeal to our AuPairCare pairs. Ask your au pair if she has read any good books lately. I have a French au pair from AuPairCare in my group that re-read all the Harry Potter books in English. She enjoyed the books even more in English and was thrilled to see the movies in English.
So, enjoy the young adult book genre and go see the movies. It is all fun and maybe we can recapture some of our inner youth while standing in line with the rest of The Hunger Games fans.
Choosing right AU pair from AuPairCare is very important for your family and a recently launched movie can help you in this direction.
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