Anonymous wrote:What movie? How old is your child?

The Lion King. DC is 11

I'd be embarrassed to have a 6 year old too "sensitive" to watch any PG movie.

Let the kid go to the movie. She's not going to be scarred for life. If something bothered her, talk about it over dinner and move on. Kids are resilient. Don't feed into the snowflakedness.

Anonymous wrote:So, what was the movie, OP?

Probably Dumbo.

So, what was the movie, OP?

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Anonymous wrote:Did our parents have all this angst and handwringing when we were growing up?

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.

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.

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.