Cowboys for Kids
This is especially difficult as most modern Westerns are bloody, gritty, cold movies. I’m not saying they’re bad movies, I’m just saying I won’t take my six year old.
Disney came up with a solution (don’t they always?).
The Country Bears.
Don’t laugh–or do– but my six year old loves the country bears. They’re big and silly, and a cute way to introduce a child to the fun of the old west. His favorite Country Bears song is “Blood on the Saddle”
“There’s blood on the saddle
And blood on the ground
There’s blood on the saddle
There’s blood all around.”
Simple. Funny, and really pretty gory when you think about it. But the tone of the song, and the drulling, goofy, melancholy bear that sings it make it great kids fare.
It may not be the best solution, not like Roy Rogers and Hopalong Cassidy of our youth, but it’ll do till he’s a year or two older.
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