Anonymous wrote:Common sense media says 13+. Personally I've seen it and don't think my 9 yo is mature enough for it.

In this case, I actually think they get it right, but so often the rankings on that website are really weird.

For example they rate a bunch of the Harry Potter movies a 12+. But I find it especially weird that Stranger Things, which I think is waaaaay more inappropriate for younger kids than Harry Potter, would have such a similar rating. ST is much more mature than HP, in pretty much every way -- language, sexual situations, the type of violence shown, how stressful it is to watch (there are jump scares in ST, which I think are really stressful for kids, and they don't do stuff like that in HP). But if you had never seen either of them and were just looking at the website, you might conclude they were pretty similar. Maybe you'd let your 9 yr old kid watch HP based on the rating and that would go fine, so then you'd be like "Well Stranger Things is only rated a little older, let's give that a try" and your kid would be like WTF as they are watching a teenage girl get pressured into a sexual situation right before a big jump scare followed by a bloody gory scene that the characters then make sardonic remarks about like it's no big deal.

It's just not a very helpful guide. But I don't know of a better one. I guess you really just have to preview media for kids. Which is fine for older stuff I've already seen anyway but makes it very hard to evaluate newer media.

I love Stranger Things, but as the show goes on, the scenes get more and more graphic. I strongly recommend waiting until high school or late middle school. Just because it has younger kids in it that does not mean it is made for little kids. I started the show at age 14 and was obsessed, but I completely understand why I wasn't allowed to before. If it had a rating it would definitely be rated R.

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Anonymous wrote:To OP: what's your concern with Goonies? That its too scary for your 9 yo?

I'm the PP directly above you, and I'm curious, too. I also wouldn't put Goonies and Stand By Me in the same category in terms of appropriateness for a nine year old. Stand By Me has much more mature content, whereas Goonies is pretty goofy (I think).

DP but I agree. Both of my kids saw Goonies well before 10. We watched together and there was a little inappropriate glimpse of a girl’s leg, a little kissing, and a little bad language (and some IMO cartoonish violence of course). Doesn’t seem inappropriate on the whole.

Anonymous wrote:To OP: what's your concern with Goonies? That its too scary for your 9 yo?

I'm the PP directly above you, and I'm curious, too. I also wouldn't put Goonies and Stand By Me in the same category in terms of appropriateness for a nine year old. Stand By Me has much more mature content, whereas Goonies is pretty goofy (I think).

To OP: what's your concern with Goonies? That its too scary for your 9 yo?

Absolutely not. Goonies is tame by comparison; my nine year old rising fourth grader has seen that, but it'll be a while before she sees Stranger Things. She's asked, and we've said no. (DH and I love it, but it's both too scary and has too much sex for my liking for a kid that young)

Common sense media says 13+. Personally I've seen it and don't think my 9 yo is mature enough for it.

My 9 year old and 11 year old both love Stranger Things. They weren't scared but they don't scare easily. They also love Gravity Falls.

Our 9 year old would be too freaked out by it, but that's just her. I'm sure a few of her friends would LOVE to watch it. Maybe we'll try Gravity Falls first and see how that goes.

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Anonymous wrote:Op here. I wonder if there's a show out there with similar themes geared towards younger kids, without the older teen stuff. I do think ds would like the mystery and the story line about the younger boys and the general idea of what's going on with Eleven.

Gravity Falls?

Op here. We love Gravity Falls!

Infinity train?

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Anonymous wrote:I let my 10/11 year old watch it. Also let her watch On My Block on Netflix(we watched it together). I'd rather she hear/see this stuff on t.v. than from her friends. As for Stranger Things, her ENTIRE class was watching it and discussing it everyday so I wanted her to be able to participate. My mom was a teacher for 40 years (elementary and high school) and always made sure we were up to speed on what was "in" or current with our peers. She is gone now but am so grateful she did that and am doing same with my kids.

Pretty sure the ENTIRE class was not.

You are responding to me. They were. She is in a small private school with small class sizes. All 13 were watching it and would actually watch it online together sometimes. Sorry kid's your class has 35 kids in it.

Anonymous wrote:I let my 10/11 year old watch it. Also let her watch On My Block on Netflix(we watched it together). I'd rather she hear/see this stuff on t.v. than from her friends. As for Stranger Things, her ENTIRE class was watching it and discussing it everyday so I wanted her to be able to participate. My mom was a teacher for 40 years (elementary and high school) and always made sure we were up to speed on what was "in" or current with our peers. She is gone now but am so grateful she did that and am doing same with my kids.

Pretty sure the ENTIRE class was not.

Depending on the kid, that's a little young and a little scary.

No my 9yo hasn’t seen it.

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Anonymous wrote:yes at grandma's and was horrified by "rape" scene and scarey stuff.

What was the rape scene? I don't remember the show very well.

There wasn't a rape scene in Stranger Things.

I let my teens watch it. But no, I wouldn't let a 9yo watch it.

I think they're talking about the scene where the female lifeguard gets held down and possessed. Season 3 really is quite dark.