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				Culture War Roundup for the week of August 24, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I'm having a hard time thinking of any children's media from 20+ years ago where the main character really loses something at the end. There are a lot of stories with a loss at the beginning (Batman, The Land Before Time, The Lion King, for example). Let me do an informal survey:


G:


    

  1. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971): happy ending
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  2. Robin Hood (Disney, 1973): happy ending
    3. 

  3. The Fox and the Hound (1981): loss
    4. 

  4. An American Tail (1986): happy ending
    5. 

  5. The Land Before Time (1988): happy ending
    6. 

  6. The Little Mermaid (1989): happy ending
    7. 

  7. Aladdin (1992): happy ending
    8. 

  8. The Lion King (1994): happy ending
    9. 

  9. Toy Story (1995): happy ending
    10. 

  10. Babe (1995): happy ending
    11. 

  11. Mulan (1998): happy ending
    12. 



PG:


    

  1. Jaws (1975): loss
    2. 

  2. Star Wars (1977): loss
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  3. The Empire Strikes Back (1980): loss
    4. 

  4. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981): happy ending
    5. 

  5. The Return of the Jedi (1983): loss
    6. 

  6. Ghostbusters (1984): happy ending
    7. 

  7. The NeverEnding Story (1984): happy ending
    8. 

  8. The Karate Kid (1984): happy ending
    9. 

  9. Back to the Future (1985): happy ending
    10. 

  10. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1986): happy ending
    11. 

  11. The Goonies (1985): happy ending
    12. 

  12. Stand by Me (1986): loss (I think)
    13. 

  13. The Princess Bride (1987): happy ending
    14. 

  14. Willow (1988): happy ending
    15. 

  15. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989): happy ending
    16. 

  16. Home Alone (1990): happy ending
    17. 

  17. My Girl (1991): loss
    18. 

  18. The Iron Giant (1999): loss
    19. 

  19. Spirited Away (2001): loss
    20. 



I'd do a more thorough survey but I'm tired. The basic story, though, is that G-rated movies have always had happy endings without much real emotional impact (The Fox and the Hound being a notable exception).


If you're looking for kids' movies with depth, I'd recommend Studio Ghibli. There's not a lot you can do about your kids' peers liking saccharine trivialities but it doesn't hurt to try introducing something more interesting.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of August 17, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


I just would have zero care that someone told me they thought about and planned to do a school shooting but didn’t. It’s not like they were stopped - they just didn’t do it.




I had the same reaction - who cares? This might really be a class thing. I think it's more about thinking of a gun as a legitimate tool than it is about how she planned to use it.