Of course, if you look at the visual illustrations you see the mother crawling to his bed every night to hold him and sing this refrain no matter how old he is. Toddlerhood to adulthood. I was introduced to this book through FRIENDS when in one episode Joey read it to little Emma on her 1st birthday. It's such a lovely little book for little humans. 😄 Prahl, Amanda (Dec 29, 2019). "The Emotional True Story Behind "Love You Forever" Adds a New Layer to the Sweet Book". POPSUGAR Family . Retrieved Feb 8, 2020. My recommendation is to read it first to yourself before you read it as a bedtime story for your kids. Despite her occasional aggravation caused by her son's behavior at 2 years old, 9 years old, and as a teenager, the mother nonetheless visits his bedroom nightly to cradle him in her arms, and sing a brief lullaby promising to always love him:

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Bratty Half-Pint: The son was like this for the majority of his childhood (flushing his mother's watch down the toilet and pulling things out of place as a toddler, and not bathing or coming home for dinner and swearing at his grandma at age nine), but it didn't stop his mother from singing the song to him every night. Dear Mr. Munsch, how dare you parade the general public your unresolved Oedipal feelings for your mother!”

Robert Munsch was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Fordham University in 1969 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and from Boston University in 1971 with a Master of Arts degree in anthropology. If all the lights in her son's house were out, she opened his bedroom window, crawled across the floor, and looked up over the side of his bed. I really don't think it's good writing. With children's books I like them to have rhyme and rhythm and be easy to read. I felt like I was stumbling over words.

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Anyone who's read this book knows the words that the mother is constantly saying to her son as he's sleeping- As a matter of fact, everybody buys it for everybody. That’s why it sells a lot of copies. I think it’s my best book. So far it has sold about 15,000,000 copies. i broke this out last night to read to my son (who is now almost 3) and while the story is still touching, it's a little creepy when the mom drives across town - in the middle of the night - to hold her 40 year old son on her lap and sing to him. hmm??? did his wife find that okay? cause that would warrant a serious conversation, possibly the delivery of some divorce papers. "look honey, I know your mom loves you and all, but there comes a time when you need to, ya know, cut the cord." Babies Ever After: The book ends with the boy (now an adult) singing the song to his infant daughter.So, I gathered 3 of my kids (ages 7, 10, & 12) around last night, and told them I wanted to get their opinion on a book. Would have loved to get the 15 year old's opinion, but he was busy sleeping off the previous night's video game marathon. You can imagine their excitement when I pulled out a baby book titled Love You Forever. The room was practically buzzing with anticipation (<---not even a little bit). The book was read by Madeleine Stowe to Tori Barban in the movie The Christmas Hope, the third movie in The Christmas Shoes trilogy.

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I didn't hate this book because it was too sappy. I like sappy sometimes. Here's what I didn't like about the book. He's up to all sorts of 9 year old shenanigans...like not wanting to take a bath...and he's still driving his mom crazy. Like children do.

And what about the son’s neighbors? Even if you don’t want to call the authorities, did no one want to ring him up and say, “Hey man, there’s an old lady climbing up to your window. Do you know her?” Why was no one concerned about any of this?

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Edit: the moral of the story here is that growing up is necessary, endearing, and also bittersweet. You see a little boy grow up and the process repeated. It’s one of the more serious children’s books I have ever read. It’s something that is both good and a little depressing to think about. Original questions and guidelines for philosophical discussion archived here. Edited June 2020 by The Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics.

The best book to read to children, especially if you have a baby boy, is this one. It's a children's book that parents can read to their children and will make them cry. The parents, not the children. The love a mother has for her son grows stronger as he grows older. It starts out ok . . . but about the time the kid gets to be a teenager I just start to feel uncomfortable. Would I be ok with my mom slipping into my teenage brothers' rooms while they're sleeping to cuddle and sing a love song? No, probably not. The book is prominently featured in the Friends episode " The One with the Cake". In the episode, Joey performs a dramatic reading of the book at Emma's first birthday (as he had forgotten to get a present and saw the book nearby), moving everyone to tears. Joey later realizes that he has forgotten to prepare for an upcoming audition and decides to recite the book as a dramatic monologue. A mother repeats this phrase to her son at night, continuing this as he grows up. Parents of even older children can relate. No matter how old they get, they are still yours and you love them.