Motherhood & Cartoons

My son is old enough to stop watching cartoon, but I am not. At what age will I again turn

the channel to something other than the Looney Tunes? Maybe watch a soap opera, Jerry Springer, or Rachel Ray and Ellen. My mother no longer watches cartoons, but I don't remember when she stopped, I need to ask her. 

My background noise during the hours 8:00 am to 6:00 pm comes from cartoons. I don't really watch them, but I listen to them, I know every word by heart it seems. Is this conventional or not? Does every one do this? Your child outgrows them, but you've become so ingrained to turn it to the kids' networks, that it happens automatically and anything else sounds like fingernails on a chalkboard.

I'm not immature as most people might like to believe. Instead cartoons help relieve the everyday stresses of life. Drama doesn't reside in cartoonville. Reminders of things left undone, say the laundry, the dishes, the sweeping and mopping, calling the phone company, scheduling a meeting with the accountant, taking medications, etc... do not pop up  during cartoons. In other words my obligations don't constantly bang around in my head and instead stay where they belong which is on my "to do" list.

Wishful thinking becomes purely about imagination, like I wish I had Ninja skills like the Turtles or a dog for a partner in fighting crime like on T.U.F.F. Puppy. No dreams of a shiny new car. No desires to throw away all of my clothes and buy a whole wardrobe from scratch. Satisfaction sits happily in my heart.

And another thing, no one ever really gets hurt or dies a tragic death in cartoonland. Jimmy and Fairy World live to see another day, or 15 minutes. It is attractive to be in a simple fun place for a while. You could even say they make me feel nostalgic by taking me back to not only my son's childhood, but mine as well.

The only negative that I can find is that I miss a few cartoons such as Kim Possible and The Emperor's New Groove. I think I recognized Kim's voice on a different cartoon the other day and Kronk's voice pops up a lot. I'll take that.