The Barney of Trains
I dislike Thomas the Tank Engine. There I’ve said it. No, dislike isn’t strong enough, I despise Thomas the Tank Engine. I find the writing to be clumsy, the moral underpinnings to be rigid, and the images to be downright creepy. I share this with other parents and yet Thomas continues to dominate a child’s life at a certain point and thereby, a parent’s life. I threw away a Thomas book the other day because…