I can sort of see a guy doing this for a buddy, but a mom doing it for her child in front of his friends? And his family? That's a little freaky....
"'But do you really mean, sir,' said Peter, 'that there could be other worlds --all over the place, just round the corner-- like that?'
'Nothing is more probable,' said the Professor..."
-The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe