A friend who was writing her thesis recently said to me, that in order to write a good thesis you needed to know your subject inside and out.
She has chosen to do hers on childhood psychological trauma.
She is completely well-versed on this most noble of topics. She can spout facts, figures, draw graphs and has an encyclopaedic knowledge of all the issues surrounding it.
Well, it got me thinking - as you do - about what I could write a thesis on, and I realised that I know very little about very little.
Opinions - well yes, I have them by the bucket load. But facts, information and knowledge? Not so much.
In fact, the only thing I am confident that I know more about than anyone else is ahem, Toy Story.
I don’t mean the history of childhood play things - I mean the Pixar movie.
I truly believe that I have seen Toy Story more than any other man, woman or child on this planet.
I can probably recite it for you if you like, because, not one, not two, but all three of my children were completely obsessed with this movie.
The surprising thing is, it was on TV recently and we all sat down and watched it. Even though we have it on DVD. Even though we all know it inside and out - it’s that good.
And I can’t think of any other children’s movies that we would do that for.
What about you?
What are the best children’s movies?