I told her that any program that both taught tolerance AND that there were somethings worth standing up and fighting for were rare and needed to be seen by my children. She looked at me like that classic RCA dog staring at the Victrola.

I then said that I cherish a show where sometimes the good guys stumble and do bad things AND that sometimes the villains do good things and maybe even find redemption. To me the Avatar shows that life isn't all packaged and pretty. Life is sometimes messy, the Avatar shows this wonderfully.

My mother-in-law still does not understand. Too Bad. I'll be both happy and sad to see these stories end. I'm still hoping that Aang & Katara are together in the end. And that Uncle Iroh shows up with an army of the White Lotus to once and for all put down the Fire Lord.

I told her that any program that both taught tolerance AND that there were somethings worth standing up and fighting for were rare and needed to be seen by my children. She looked at me like that classic RCA dog staring at the Victrola.

I then said that I cherish a show where sometimes the good guys stumble and do bad things AND that sometimes the villains do good things and maybe even find redemption. To me the Avatar shows that life isn't all packaged and pretty. Life is sometimes messy, the Avatar shows this wonderfully.

My mother-in-law still does not understand. Too Bad. I'll be both happy and sad to see these stories end. I'm still hoping that Aang & Katara are together in the end. And that Uncle Iroh shows up with an army of the White Lotus to once and for all put down the Fire Lord.