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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, My almost 8 year old DD is the same.  [b]And I don't WANT her to become desensitized to loud noises[/b], violence, or base humor.  What?  You WANT your children to be ok with these things, the rest of you? Dumbing down of the masses.

Anyway, OP, if it helps, my child did not like the "short' about the volcanos (nor did I) b/c I thought it was terribly sad for a "lark" of a children's movie we were going to see ("Inside Out").  Also, she was scared of the dumb Geico ad of the pirates who are torturing a prisoner.  Yeah, good thing to show children - torture - that's nice.  She also did not like the Peter Pan preview.  I too thought it was very "dark."  She did not like the "Minions" preview; it was pretty crazy, loud, and ridiculous.

The previews that were ok were "Peanuts" (looked cute; we will probably go see it) and that vampire one (which was sort of just silly but harmless).  [/quote]

Some of this makes no sense. If you want your child to remain sensitive to loud noise, etc. Then why take them to the movies? Movies are not going to ever become quieter I'm guessing.

There are certain things we can control and certain things we will just make ourselves a little neurotic over trying to control (even if we are somehow 'successful')- I have to ask myself why its even worth it if what you want and the control you want don't line up with the way something is in reality (here, movie theaters).[/quote]

True.  We are selective about what movies we go to.  (Is this a difficult concept to understand?  There are lots of websites that preview movies for parents so that you can know what to expect ahead of time, and make your decision.  Also, our Catholic paper, The Arlington Catholic Herald, does the same.   Also, adoption websites do the same; both my children are adopted.  I could go on and on about similar options for parents, depending upon what you are looking for.  Anyway. . .)   We have seen two movies in the theater:  "Inside Out" and, last summer, "Frozen."  If you don't want to take the time to do this for your children, that is fine, but don't act like it is an astonishing that people do this.      [/quote]

I'm PP you are quoting and I am not on the "you should stay home because the world is scary and if you are too scared of preview at 8 you are dumb" bandwagon that many other posters are. I get how previews might be jarring. I guess I am more wondering how about how it might be kind of mentally draining, and not worth the effort, or just a unnecessarily harder way to live as a parent trying to exert a lot of control over things that we can't. Its the vibe I got from your post. And it made me curious. I am not "astonished" that people research media for their children, nor should you be assuming that I don't want to "take time" to do something for my children.

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