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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did our parents have all this angst and handwringing when we were growing up?[/quote]
Nope and ET definitely scarred me, I had trouble falling asleep for years and still feel bad for my kid self. Op knows her kid best. I know mine and they would not get scared of any of those movies.[/quote]

Yes, I was just going to post about ET and the Goonies. I was the only second grader who didn’t want to watch E.T., which was meant to be a treat. After ten minutes of hiding my face with my hands, my teachers let me sit in some office with a book. I was so much happier.

I would call to confirm the arrangements for students who don’t want to go to the movie.[/quote]

Here are the movies that gave me nightmares for years (years -- I can still remember them with sickening clarity) when I watched them before the age of 8:

ET
Gremlins
The Never-ending Story

My dad also read me Beowulf when I was 5, and I had nightmares about Grendel for years ... oh yes, and my mom read me The Yearling and other books where animals died, and I was a super sensitive kid.

I turned out okay but I am wary of exposing my young kids to stuff too early. My 5 year old has never seen a full movie all at once because he can't sit through one yet. And he talks constantly. He wants to see Toy Story 4 though, so I told him if he could make it through the first Toy Story movie at home, we'd give it a go. [/quote]

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