when the movie version of The Phantom of the Opera came out, we took our 4- and 8-year old sons to the 10:30 p.m. showing on a weeknight... i homeschool and am with my kids all day, so i know them well... we all had such a wonderful time... it was a rare occasion... we had all seen the stage version previously... our boys were familiar with the music... every now and then we throw out our regular schedule for something special...
That’s exactly how it should be. Some of my best memories are the occasions when my parents let me stay up past bedtime, the first being Neil Armstrong’s first step.