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Who is letting their five year old what the film IT?!

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Readysetcake · 01/12/2020 19:31

My DD in reception told me tonight that a class mate was telling her all about pennywise the clown and a boy George who made a boat that went down a drain and he fell in and the clown ripped his arm off and then ate him. This has made me really sad that my poor girls innocence is being ruined as soon as she starts school.

Who the fuck thinks it’s ok the let a 5 year olds watch that shit?! Or am I somehow being unreasonable to think that is crazy. This girl must have seen it as my DD was very specific about details (boys yellow coat) and there is no way she has come across that by herself by accident. She has no access to you tube or movie channels etc.

A bit bloody fuming to be honest.

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Readysetcake · 01/12/2020 19:31

Arse. Angry phone typing. Title should obviously be watch the film IT.

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pearpickingporky84 · 01/12/2020 19:42

Completely agree with you, what is wrong with people! A boy in DS’s class watched it at around the age of 7 and then talked about it constantly in school Angry
DS ended up being terrified Pennywise was going to get him, I had to speak to school in the end to try to get them to nip the talking about it in school in the bud.

joybrightnice · 01/12/2020 19:46

God no what parent would ever let a youngster watch a film like that. My DD is 5 in a few weeks and I would never dream of letting her watch anything like this. I remember watching Nightmare on Elm Street when younger at my cousins and it gave me nightmares for years.

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DesperatelySeekingSunshine · 01/12/2020 19:47

Speak to her teacher, they are probably unaware of this conversation.
They will probably raise it as a safeguarding issue, and speak to the child’s parents.

tyrannosaurustrip · 01/12/2020 19:49

I would honestly raise that with the school, I think its an 18 right? I'm nearly 40 and I wouldn't watch it, I'd really consider that a safeguarding concern. Its possible that the child was able to watch it by a streaming service not having a parent lock or an older sibling, you'd rather someone was able to find out it had happened and talk to them. Its obviously upset them if they're talking about it.

TenShortStories · 01/12/2020 19:52

Something similar happened to one of mine at that age with a friend talking endlessly about awful films they'd seen such as IT.

Your DD will be fine though, and her innocence hasn't been sullied by hearing that others watch horrible things. Remember, when you hear details of the story you are imagining the sort of horror scene that goes with that in your mind - your dd thankfully hasn't seen any of that and won't be visualising anything so dreadful. The poor kid who has actually watched this though... I'd consider mentioning to the teacher in a 'heads-up in case you need to know' sort of way

Idontgiveagriffindamn · 01/12/2020 19:54

They probably haven’t seen it - they may have an older sibling or cousin that’s told them about it and are telling their friends.
Don’t believe everything your child tells you as gospel.
But talk to the teacher as they shouldn't be talking about this subject matter

LarryUnderwood · 01/12/2020 19:58

Typed and then lost my post. But was wanting to say exactly what @idontgiveagriffindamn said. K9ds love nothing better than making it seem like they've seen something they shouldn't have. Defo worth talking to teacher though as these stories spread like wildfire.

insancerre · 01/12/2020 19:58

@Readysetcake
Are you in the northwest?
Random question but I reported a safeguarding concern today that sounds very similar and the child has an older brother in school ( we are nursery)

Juanbablo · 01/12/2020 19:59

One of ds2's friends watched it in preschool, he was 3!

TicTacTwo · 01/12/2020 20:01

I think that's all in the trailer for IT. A lot of children watch normal rather than kids YouTube so end up watching adverts aimed at adults. Or they start watching a child's YouTube video and end up on videos where there is adult content discussed. Ds used to watch Minecraft videos in primary school and they range from the child friendly to ones where swearing and references to adult material happens. He picked up on references like Chucky and Mike Myers despite never having watched the movies.

The other possibility is that this child has an older sibling who has described the scene rather than watched it.

HavelockVetinari · 01/12/2020 20:02

I'd report it to the school since if the other child HAS watched IT then that's a safeguarding concern. On it's own it's not enough to trigger a SS referral but it might be part of a pattern. If nothing else, if the teacher calls in the parents it might make them think a bit more before letting their DC watch inappropriate things.

LolaLollypop · 01/12/2020 20:05

As someone who’s parents foolishly let 7 year old me watch the original IT, therefore meaning I was absolutely terrified for the next 7 years and didn’t get a good nights sleep until I was a teenager - there is NO WAY I would allow tiger of my children to watch that film, or any horror.
Tbh I am still freaked out by it all now, the new version adverts made me feel really anxious again!

LolaLollypop · 01/12/2020 20:05

*either, not tiger!

WellIWasInTheNeighbourhoo · 01/12/2020 20:08

I misread this and thought it was about ET, the Spielberg film. Which at aged 5 terrified me (all that rustling in the bushes at the beginning).

IT - are you kidding me?!?!? I cant even watch that (aged 50 Blush)

mynameisnotmichaelcaine · 01/12/2020 20:09

Yep, my seven year old came home telling me about it today. Apparently one of his classmates has watched it.

I'm a teacher and I absolutely judge parents who allow this. There's just absolutely no need and it's so damaging.

theneverendinglaundry · 01/12/2020 20:15

My 11 year old asks me if she can watch IT almost on a daily basis and the answer is a NO! FLIPPING! WAY!

But maybe the child hasn't actually watched it, maybe they have heard tales from an older sibling or cousin. When you have older kids around it gets harder to filter some things out.

A more gentle example is my 4 year old being a whizz on Mario and Minecraft because she plays it with her big brother. The kids in her class who don't have older siblings have no clue what she is talking about when she tells them about it.

mindutopia · 01/12/2020 20:16

I’m pretty sure I did around that age, but I’m not sure I’d describe my parents as particularly responsible. I do have a lifelong clown phobia though.😬

Ajahd · 01/12/2020 20:19

When I was 5 or 6, a girl in my class got me to stand in front of the mirror in the school bathroom and sat candyman three times. Then she told me the candyman was going to come and get me.

Never been able to watch the movie and don't think I slept for weeks after that!

WannaBBetter · 01/12/2020 20:20

@Readysetcake PLEASE REPORT TO SCHOOL AS AN URGENT SAFEGUARDING ISSUE MASSIVELY IMPORTANT YOU DO THIS ASAP

Steezy · 01/12/2020 20:22

IT is a pile of shit and not scary one bit (for an adult) but I'd be fuming as well if I was in your shoes.

Hopefully the kid hasn't watched it but repeated what's been told to her about the film!

Figgygal · 01/12/2020 20:25

I’d be finding out which child and informing their teacher for sure
They might not have actually watched it but that level of detail concerns me they did

wizzbangfizz · 01/12/2020 20:26

Oh we had this again aged 5 - half the class were terrified and one of my DDs wouldn't go upstairs on her own for months Angry

JamesMoriarty · 01/12/2020 20:27

Same here! My 8 year old told me one of the kids in his class watched it. Apparently they all have GTA as well and I'm so awful because I don't allow it.

Thirtyrock39 · 01/12/2020 20:31

I would mention it to the teachers- it's not an urgent safeguarding issue but it could be an example of neglect if there's other things going on as well 5 is very young to be watching tv unsupervised and I can't think many parents would put this on for a 5 year old.

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