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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am seriously considering taking my 7 and 9 year old girls. They are all about the space stuff. I read the book and didn't find anything offensive in it (except for some language, but nothing they haven't heard before). [/quote]

7 is way too young.  It is intense, loud, cursing, etc...    10 would be the youngest I would take a child and only if they can sit for 2+ hours and truly understand what is going on.

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And nakedness[/quote]

Pp here with the 7 and 9 YO. DH saw it on Friday and we are all going to see it today. I don't have a problem with cursing (I am sure they have heard worse), my 7 YO is sturdy and not afraid of loud noises or easily scared. And Matt Damon's backside has... aesthetic value  :D  My main concern is that they might be bored by some of the more sciency parts, not fully understanding the implications.

I will report back on how they did though. [/quote]

NP - this was not a 1st grade appropriate film. There is nudity, gore, tons of F bombs and it is 2.5hrs long not including 10min of intense previews. The fact that your 7yr old has seen or heard worse is extremely sad. Kids are only young kids for so long. They do not need to be rushed into the PG-13 world so soon.  I am guessing by 10 they will be watching rated R? [/quote]

How can kids avoid the "f" word?  I pass teenagers in the grocery store saying it all the time.  There's no shame in public anymore about speaking like that. [/quote]

So you are saying because some teens may saying it passing by that you are okay with a 7yr old watching movies with F-bombs?  My 7yr old has no idea about that word so even if they heard it passing by it wouldn't be a "bad" word.  Her S word is stupid and D word is dumb.  Not all parents raise their kids around awful language and just shrug their shoulders. But sitting them down to watch a movie with the word repeated in it, is condoning it is okay. At that age they don't know any better.  [/quote]

Do you homeschool?  Because we don't talk like that at home but kids at school do - and my children hear them.  So, they know what the "f-word" is - even if they know very well that they are NOT allowed to use it.[/quote]

I am pretty sure my 6yr old has never heard of that word and we do not home school.  We aren't hanging around teens so I don't get why any 6yr old would know it unless they hear it at home or school.  [/quote]

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