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Frozen 2 too young for 10 year old?

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Chickenitalia · 19/10/2019 13:55

Just that really. Dd has said she would like to see Frozen 2 for her 10th birthday just before Christmas. I said she could bring some friends so she was talking about it at school, and a couple of the kids were unkind calling her a baby etc.

She is possibly quite young in terms of not being into fashion and makeup which so many of her class seem to be (I find this horrifying at 9/10 personally), she loves crafts and animals, playing games and going to the park to play rather than just hang about. No additional needs. To me she is an average almost 10 year old, but maybe she isn’t?

I’m more than happy to take her to see the film as a family and have some friends over separately, rather than have her being called names over something so silly. I just feel sad that a much-anticipated Disney film might be considered too old for a 10 year old! Would you or your kids think that was a rubbish and babyish birthday trip at age 10?

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Fournearlyfive · 19/10/2019 14:00

Kids are bloody cruel sometimes. I think it's more wanting to be seen as "too old" than actually being too old iyswim

I still love disney films and am looking forward to Frozen 2 . Nothing wrong with disney and I bet none of her mates would turn their noses up at a drip to Disneyland or Disneyworld. Its not as if your DD has suggested a peppa pig marathon fgs

siriusblackthemischieviouscat · 19/10/2019 14:02

My 10 year old still wants to see it - as do a I at 41! And my dd is in to make up and hair so don't think she is too immature.

I guess you know who ISN'T being invited to your Dd's bday treat!

CottonSock · 19/10/2019 14:05

I was gutted when school peers told my dd age 5 frozen was for babies. And Peppa pig the year before. She's July born and young for her age. I think frozen 2 trailer doesn't look young.

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Fournearlyfive · 19/10/2019 14:10

5?? Thats ridiculous! Makes me sad to hear this they are small for such a short time they have all their lives to be 'mature' and 'grown up' in their tastes

HUZZAH212 · 19/10/2019 14:13

Yep I'd bet the one's calling it babyish would be keen enough to go if offered.

LemonySippet · 19/10/2019 14:17

My 10yo DS is secretly pleased that his younger sister has chosen it for a birthday treat so he gets to come and see it, he was enthralled by the trailer and having seen the first one approximately a thousand times over the years I would imagine most 10yo would have some sort of anticipation around it...

Fournearlyfive · 19/10/2019 14:21

Exactly! Correct me if i'm wrong but didn't the first one come out in 2013? So a lot of 10 year olds now would have been about 4 and VERY into Frozen and they aren't even curious about the sequel? I have "grown out" of films before but still watched a sequel because I wanted to see where they took the story etc

UnitedRoad · 19/10/2019 14:41

My daughter was 12 when the first one came out and her friend (turning 13) had a Frozen birthday sleepover (watching the film, in pyjamas, themed cake, painted each other’s faces, lots of singing etc). They all still talk about it a lot, and so think it’s because they let themselves be kids instead on mini adults.

I hope your daughter has a lovely time.

HUZZAH212 · 19/10/2019 14:47

Also if the soundtrack is as big as the original they'll all want to know it or risk being the odd one out.

LadyFuschia · 19/10/2019 14:47

Just offering an alternative view: my DD is 10, about to be 11, and I don’t think she’d have been too keen to watch it anytime this past year. I HOPE she would be kind enough to not mock anyone who said they wanted to watch it. She is one of ‘those’ into make up and clothes (has been for ages) but she only just said I could move her baby dolls to the loft as she has stopped playing with them, so she has also aspects about her that are ‘younger’ than her friends.

I don’t think any of her friends would have chosen to watch frozen 2 either, despite being quite different to my DD.

However if it’s what your DD likes then I hope she has the courage to insist and that her friends are kind enough to go along and enjoy it!

jepor93 · 19/10/2019 19:16

Your daughter sounds wonderful! Girls these days are far too concerned about their make up and hair.

Proseccoinamug · 19/10/2019 20:19

My ten year old dd is a normal ten year old who likes animals and drawing, not fashion and make up. But she definitely wouldn’t want to watch Frozen. Or any other Disney Princess film.
My eight year old wouldn’t really want to either although would probably sit through it with her younger sister if dragged along. She is very young for her age too.

My five year old and her four year old cousin want to see it. Disney princess is more for that age group.

I’m in no hurry for my dc to grow up but I think you should have anticipated this at ten. Sorry, OP. Nothing wrong with her wanting to see it but it’s unusual and I wouldn’t expect her friends to want to see it.

ZenNudist · 19/10/2019 20:23

Im 41 and looking forward to frozen 2 now I've found out about it from this thread

BikeRunSki · 19/10/2019 20:26

Ah, a child that is 10 now, would have been just the right age to have been obsessed by Frozen when it first came out though, so of course she’s the right age to want to see the sequel.

Deadringer · 19/10/2019 20:27

Into clothes and make up at 10, wow! My 10 year old sounds a lot like yours op, but not sure that she would be into Frozen. She would very happily go and see it if she was invited though.

Lunde · 19/10/2019 20:28

Well dd and I are planning to go .... and she's 21!

RedskyLastNight · 19/10/2019 20:30

My 13 year old and her friends have already planned a trip to see it when it comes out ! I guess they are the age to have really appreciated the original Frozen so this is very much a nostalgia trip for them. So your daughter definitely isn't too old to go and see it. I guess she is at the age when a lot of the children want to pretend to be older and more mature than they actually are (no, makeup and fashion shouldn't be an obsession with 9 year olds).

My daughter (the 13 year old one) has just read this thread over my shoulder and said that your daughter should do what she wants, and if her friends are really proper friends they would want to go and see it with her to celebrate her birthday.

raisinseverywhere · 19/10/2019 20:36

Crazy that a 10 year old is deemed to old for Frozen! Such a shame, young girls’ lives would be so much simpler and less stressful if they felt free to enjoy an animated film with lovely music at the age of 10. My DS really enjoyed Frozen when he was 10 - it’s also a shame that boys are pressured into not enjoying these types of films too.

PunchBall · 19/10/2019 20:37

My DD is turning 8 in November and is excited to watch it. Her friends all want to watch it too. My niece is the same age and definitely looking forward to it.

Animation films are for every age now aren’t they? Plenty of adults enjoyed Toy Story 4.

I bet when it actually comes out and the hype starts they will be happy to watch it.

ChanklyBore · 19/10/2019 20:39

My DD is 13 and wants to see it. I just asked her if she thought 10 was too old for it and she said its not an age thing. Like you wouldn’t expect all 18 year olds to be into horror films just because they are old enough to watch them.

I get her point.

Meltedicicle · 19/10/2019 20:43

My DD will be 9 next month and will look forward to watching it. In her group of friends there’s only 1 who is into make up and clothes but I think even she would still like the film. This reminds me of when a professional who was involved in my other DD’s life (SEN) told me she needed to move on from watching Peppa Pig as it was too babyish. She was 4 . She’s 11 now and still loves it

supersop60 · 19/10/2019 20:47

I want to see it. I'm 59.
I thought the first film was charming, and the songs were great.
If she wants to see it, let her see it. She doesn't have to broadcast it if she's worried about other people.

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Chickenitalia · 19/10/2019 21:43

Thank you for all your thoughts. Dd was quite excited at the prospect of going to the cinema with friends, this is still a novelty for her, and she suggested Frozen 2 rather than me offering it. I agreed that it would be great for a birthday as I really want to see it myself, not thinking that it would be mocked by these so called friends. They were all obsessed when they were 4 and dd was very close to one girl in particular, which is no longer the case and I think there could have been some element of nostalgia going on.

She is very much on the edge of the girls group at school now and is mainly friends with boys, which maybe complicated things a little. I suspect she was hoping it might encourage these girls to be kinder to her but actually, they’ve shown their colours now. That might not be such a bad thing, dd was more baffled by their reaction rather than wanting to change her plans, she is a quietly confident sort of child. I can ask the mums of the boys quietly if they might like to see it or not, and go from there. My younger ds is certainly keen!

Appreciate it’s not for everyone, absolutely, I was just sense checking if most 10 year olds would react in the same way.

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BarbarAnna · 19/10/2019 21:56

It’s a funny one. My kids adored Frozen but now think it’s not cool and therefore I think they would feel the same about Frozen 2. They absolutely would not mock someone else and would probably secretly love to see the second movie, but both have kids in their class who would definitely mock. They are 10 and 7.

Fournearlyfive · 19/10/2019 21:58

Oh bless her, I hope she has a fab birthday whatever she ends up doing

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