The perils of showing children "Enter The Dragon"

My seven-year-old son has developed a phobia of women in burkas, believing they are actually Black Ninjas, the villains in the martial arts movie that has been swirling around in his head ever since I let him watch Enter The Dragon. He thinks any minute they'll lunge at him and he must be constantly prepared. I'd like to introduce him to a woman who's wearing a burka, to prove they aren't Black Ninjas, but I don't know any. I can hardly approach someone at random and say, "I'm sorry but could you explain to my son that you are a normal person like we are," which is what Joel has been urging me to do.

The Enter The Dragon DVD is now in a cupboard out of his reach. My wife put it there along with an Eminem DVD I bought him. It is the cupboard of presents that turned out not to be great ideas. Sometimes I don't think things through.

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