NCP allowing inappropriate media

[stealth2]

Neither the kids nor I can watch them.

 

[LdiJ]

Neither the kids nor I can watch them.

I cannot watch them either. I can read scary things all day, but I cannot watch a horror movie.

 

[Ohiogal]

Thanks.

So when do things like these become big issues? I know I have seen so many studies about certain media and its influence on children, specifically horror/gore related stuff.

They become big issues when the children are being exposed to what is legally defined as obscenity or pornography. Hence illegal items for children to see.

 

[Isis1]

I LOVE scary movies! I get to watch them with my 13 year old. My 9 year old, not so much. He still prefers Disney movies.

 

[Artemis_ofthe_Hunt]

I LOVE scary movies! I get to watch them with my 13 year old. My 9 year old, not so much. He still prefers Disney movies.

I deal with enough ugliness in the real world without watching it in a movie, where it gets b******* and exaggerated. So, yeah, I stick to action movies and Disney... of course it helps that my almost 4 year old LOVES Disney...

 

[Proserpina]

I deal with enough ugliness in the real world without watching it in a movie, where it gets b******* and exaggerated. So, yeah, I stick to action movies and Disney... of course it helps that my almost 4 year old LOVES Disney...

I tend to go the other way....I see enough pain and chaos every day that sometimes, Final Destination is just pure entertainment!

 

[Ohiogal]

Dang. I LOVE Disney Movies!!! Seriously LOVE them.

 

[txmom512]

From about 2, dd was an absolute dinosaur freak. She LOVED them. Because my sister got her a dinosaur encyclopedia, she knew all the proper names, etc.

When she was 4, she desperately wanted to see Jurassic Park. But it didn't take long for her to get too scared. Later that day, there was a "behind the scenes" special on HBO, so dd and I watched it together and we talked a lot about it. She learned all about CG, and props, and how actors were playing pretend, etc. Next time we tried, she watched it and Loved it.

After that, she and I watched all the behind the scenes things, special features on dvds, etc... DD knew more about making movies than about any 6 year old you'd ever meet.

And because of that, she could, and still can, watch about any movie, no matter how scarey, without having it bother her at all. She knows it's all pretend, and knows how it's done. At 8 or 10, while watching a scarey movie, she'd most likely comment on the CG or how cool or ridiculous the monster costumes/props were. (We watched how they made the alien in Aliens - that's one of her favorites, the teeth are made of glass, etc. She likes that one)

 

[stealth2]

And because of that, she could, and still can, watch about any movie, no matter how scarey, without having it bother her at all. She knows it's all pretend, and knows how it's done.

Yeah, I know it's all pretend, too. Doesn't stop me from thinking about things that go bump in the night.

And I have nightmares w/o watching those movies. I don't need to add to it! (The last one was that we lived on an island and were being stalked by devil worshipers. I woke up drenched in a cold sweat.)