Too late because I’ve done it. You’ll all tell me I’m a terrible mum! Bridgerton.

It’s just a bum you don’t see anything. Its not like you let her watch game of thrones where its graphic and violent. I think its fine

We took ours to Les Miserables show mid / late primary. They absolutely loved it. Think the prostitution angle went over their heads.

Come on @BridgertonBadMum you are being very funny.

Wait a couple of years until she tells you she is on the 4th game of thrones book. Then you can start spanking your hand at yourself in punishment. Oh and all of her friends are reading them too.

@Mindbogglingx What's bl?

I took my 11 year old to see the Buddha of Suburbia at the RSC and Death in Venice by the Welsh National Opera in the space of a month. It's fair to say her horizons were expanded that spring, but no lasting trauma.

I dont know how to respond to this.
But why would a naked body of the same gender be concerning.

You only have to read MN and see that most parents dont care if their kids see them naked.
So whats the difference of seeing it in a film.

I wouldn't inflict it on her because it's unadulterated shite (with pretty dresses). But you do.

As children on a Sunday morning, we watched whatever video tape that was rented from the video shop. Freddie, Friday the 13th, Halloween. Scary movies.

In the first series, the main girl was completely naked. Why would you want your daughter to see that?

Same. I watched the hand that rocks the cradle with my mum and she recommended flowers in the attic

Ive been watching bl series and films for years with my son, since he was 13.

He's in His 20s now still watching them when he has a row or a break up.

Bls,coffee, popcorn tissues, hugs and sitting on the sofa for a weekend then hes over it and completely moved on, till the next time.

I wouldn't change it for the world, and dont give a hoot what anyone as to say about it.

Dont get me started about the drama of a celebrity dieing or a new flipflop or makeup coming out.
Have to be at the shop at 6am.

Yep thats my life and I love it.

YANBU on Bridgerton, YABU for your boasting, intense post!

It’s really bizarre to reward her in that way. You are linking her self worth to academic achievement which could be very damaging longer term. You let her watch it or you don’t, but not as a reward.

I was reading books like Flowers in the Attic when I was 13 or 14.

There are some women who don’t have friends in real life and want their kids to be their friends instead, which is really sad.

Hopefully that’s not happening here.

I’ve not seen Bridgaton but I let my kids watch things like breaking bad etc.

You know your child and their maturity.

I would much rather my child watch films about drug dealing and murders though, something they’d likely not experience in their lives rather than things that are overly sexual which they face the pressure of on a regular basis.

At Christmas I absent-mindedly put on Love Actually for something in the background while making mince pies with DS2 (aged 9).

Completely forget about the sex body double scene/couple.Remembered in the nick of time,have never run so fast.

Has your daughter ever been on a sleepover @BridgertonBadMum ?

what a long odd OP about… well, her teenager watching Bridgerton

weird

I was watching cocoon and killer clowns when I was in later stages if primary I feel Bridgerton will be much tamer

You are being unreasonable to think that anyone cares.

Yes, I think you’re the best mum ever as your DD is thriving at school, super strong academically, national level at sports AND she’s interested in Bridgerton and is cool enough to deal with sex on screen - you’ve made all the right choices and cultivated all the right interests and basically you’re succeeding as her mother and doing everything right. That’s what you’re looking for, right?

ffs 🙄 I get threads where parents ask beforehand “is this show/movie suitable for my 12yo?” but this is just stupid. What on EARTH does being academically high flying have to do with anything? Is corrupting a child’s mind - which is what you’re asking about - a REWARD for A grades?!

Actually I think it’s a good thing to show your daughter. All the sex is very ‘positive’ and there is a lot of emphasis on consent and female pleasure.

At that age my DS was being shown porn by other boys on the bus to school. We had serious chats but you can’t pretend they’re not exposed to it.

‘Why laugh at her discomfort’

Another 10/10 reach.
Do you never joke to break up cringing in your house? Bloody hell you’d be calling Childline on me.

Why comment on the men's bums? Why laugh at her discomfort. Whatever about watching the show together. I watch tv/movies with my 13yo and sometimes there are sex scenes and I know he hates them and it's awkward. So we mainly cringe through it in silence, or on occasion have a discussion about it afterwards, eg, he absolutely couldn't understand why a character in an older movie had a poster of a topless woman in his house. He was disgusted by it, and we had a chat about it.

But I'd definitely not comment on someone having a nice bum or breasts, or the general attractiveness of anyone, as my child doesn't need me to remind him that I'm someone who has sexual feelings. I'd also not laugh at his discomfort as it would make him feel embarrassed for having a normal young teen reaction and make him feel he should strive to outgrow it.