Do you let your kids watch scary movies ?

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Me & DH keep getting in fights because I have told him numerous times I do not want my kids (under 10) watching scary movies that even I as an adult find scary. Another reason is I have strong Christian beliefs and I also believe that movies like that have bad spiritual energy attached and it makes people feel a certain way.

My oldest gets scared of the dark, and can't sleep alone. I am sure some of these have come from being exposed to things kids don't need to be exposed to.

DD was traumatised by fucking Coco. She still refuses to even hear it mentioned now at nearly 13. Loved Stranger Things and Wednesday. Figure that one out.

Sometimes these things are fair enough. I’m still traumatised by the Fox and the Hound.

Completely depends on the child. My 8yo son loves horror films. He has always loved scary/spooky things.
My 5yo daughter is the polar opposite and hates anything remotely spooky.
I would never in a million years try to get my daughter to watch anything spooky as I know it upsets her.
Equally I would never discourage my son from his love of horror.
I do vet any films he wants to watch that have a higher age rating. And either me or my husband or both of us, watch films with him to make sure he isn't upset by them. He's not allowed to watch them alone or watch anything we didn't see first to check for extreme content.
He's seen things like Alien and The Thing etc... he likes monsters and jump scares.
In my experience the content of films with the same age rating can vary massively.. some films just have a lot of jump scares and a bit of blood.. others can have very disturbing adult themes and sexuality... yet they'll be the same rating. So you always need to actually watch the films first.

My teenager, yes. My son, husband and I all love a good supernatural horror and like to watch together. I hate films that show a lot of violence and gore. I would let my son watch something like that if he wanted to but I'd advise him not to. My younger kids, who are under 12, no. But that's because they are too young and they would have nightmares for weeks.

Your H is putting on 15 rated horror films for your 7 year old daughter to watch? I mean that's pretty shit parenting. Presumably you have told him not to put inappropriate films on when your children are around and he has ignored you? What the he'll is wrong with him?

I don't watch horror films or anything that is too violent and gory or psychologically scary. As a result, neither do my DC as the tv is in the open plan living area. DH watches scary stuff on his iPad, and tells me if it's suitable for me to watch!

We've had a few disagreements over them watching some things in my view, far too young but you can't really tell what will upset them. My 7 year old was fine with Star Wars and Lord of the Rings but distraught and had nightmares for weeks after Cool Runnings. She's also scared of the dark but has been ever since she was 2.5 and in a big bed so that's a separate issue I think.

We more or less stick to age ratings now for films (also because we're having issues with them wanting unsuitable games) unless we've both seen it and both think it's ok. Basically if it's ok for me, it's ok for the eldest and probably for the youngest!

had nightmares for weeks after Cool Runnings.

Erm....what?