# My 2-year-old and the Lion King

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**Created:** [February 22, 2017, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-2-year-old-and-the-lion-king/780472 "2017-02-22T16:21:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2017, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-2-year-old-and-the-lion-king/780472/1 "2017-02-22T16:21:51Z")

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My 2-year-old is crazy about animals, and is obsesses with the movie The Lion King. Of course, the Lion King is not a nature documentary - it includes the incredibly sad scene of a father getting trampled to death while his son watches. How does this affect a toddler?

Us: Oh, no, the baby lion looks so sad!  
2YO: Yeah.  
Us: Why so sad?  
2YO: All the buffaloes went away!

Innocence, ladies and gentlemen!

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**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2017, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-2-year-old-and-the-lion-king/780472/2 "2017-02-22T20:04:10Z")

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> [@cmkeller](#):
>
> Us: Oh, no, the baby lion looks so sad!  
> 2YO: Yeah.  
> Us: Why so sad?  
> 2YO: All the buffaloes went away!
> 
> Innocence, ladies and gentlemen!

That, or you’re raising a sociopath 😉