unsuitable films for a 'just' 3 year old

[tryingtobemarypoppins2]

really not sure about the following:

Matilda
The Incredables
Nanny Mcfee
The Borrowers
Chalie and the Chocolate Factory (the one with Jonny Depp)

Oh and Shaun the Sheep worries me too!

What do you think?

And Monsters Inc is my favourite film for children, so that's why we watch it endlessly!

Tryingtobemp2 - you already have got it sorted. It's not that my 3 year old doesn't watch films, just not those films listed above.

Ooh now Monsters Inc is a total fave in this house with all my dc apart from 2yr old. Ever since the older ones had it on a couple of weeks ago all he has done is say "noooo scary monster" when asked to go anywhere or do anything

I never understand why Shaun the Sheep is on CBBC rather than CBeebies. Apart from CBeebies having Timmy time I suppose. Shaun is great :)

Would have been perfectly happy with either of mine seeing it when they were 3.

Matilda - I think we watched it when DD was about 3. She got bored.

Think she may have seen the Incredibles then. Haven't seen Nanny McFee. I watched the Borrowers years ago on television. Think DD saw Charlie and the Chocolate Factory some time when she was 3. I found it less scary than the Gene whathisname one tbh.

She has older brother so has seen some things at an earlier age than he did but seems ok.

DS is nearly 7 and only just really moving out of CBeebiez (apart from Shaun which we've been watching for the past year or so I think)

I think it depends on whether they see 'just three' or nearly 4.

Mine found it hard yo follow blockbusters like Monsters Inc, Shrek, incredibles, Nanny McPhee, at nearly three. Mine found 'the dialogue hard to follow and would soon get bored. It all moves too fast.

Studio Ghibli is great but can be a bit scarey for 'just three' - Howl's Moving Castle, Spirited Away, Princess Monoke. Although,ponyo and Kiki's delivery service are gentler- but still my six year old gets more out of these films than ghe three year old.

Wallace and Gromit and Tom and Jerry v. Popular with all ages tho.

Sorry am a bit drunk.

My 2 year old LOVES nanny mcphee and the big bang. I suppose there is some darkness in it but not that he would get (e.g. stuffing Rhys Ifans)

I don't think that it will do them any harm. Look at the BBFC certificate and parental guidance panel. The BBFC is an evidence based organisation that has child psychologists on its panel and is most concerned with imitable behaviour e.g. when I worked in kids programming we were censured over a pre-school programme where a character locked himself in a box. We were not allowed to release the episode on video.

It also very much depends on the individual child of course.

I would never let DS watch any Disney after seeing my friends three year old collapse in tears and totally fall apart over Dumbo's mother. All those dead mothers in Disney films

(Gene Wilder - Noah)

CommanderDrool - Obv I would never show a 3yo Princess Mononoke, Laputa, Nausicaa etc. DS has seen Spirited Away (wasn't that interested),Bit of Howls (not bothered, but frequently watches: Totoro, Ponyo, Panda Go Panda (yes yes, not strictly Ghibli I know) and The Cat Returns and loves them all.

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Thanks TondelayoSchwarzkopf thats really interesting

So its not totally bad paretnting to have your 3 year old watch films over tea whilst bathing out your tea covered baby? I do feel guilty as baby takes ages to settle for morning nap and DS has to wait for ages again, he is happy playing/watching a film but its not great really

better films you know, than Zingzillas (or similar) that you don't IMO...

Thanks TondelayoSchwarzkopf thats really interesting

So its not totally bad paretnting to have your 3 year old watch films over tea whilst bathing out your tea covered baby? I do feel guilty as baby takes ages to settle for morning nap and DS has to wait for ages again, he is happy playing/watching a film but its not great really

oh streuth

some people think about things too much

watch it or don't

if your child likes it then fine - if not they'll bugger off being 3

there is nothing particularly wrong with any of them

Are you serious?

Surely any child film is suitable for a three year old just or not.

Willie Wonka? OMG political correctness gone mad.

Something wrong when you have to have film ratings in a family household.

Oh you cant watch that your brother/sister is only 3!

The older I get the more bizarre things I read.

well dd loves Matilda but can't watch daddy day care alone....(ok she is 15 but has CP)

trouble with films is no 2 people are affected the same way. so I would go for safe films like cartoons, then they arn't real

You cant shield children from life.

DD loved Jaws at that age, and Indiana Jones, particularly the Temple of Doom.
It's about the person watching.
I don't let some person in a box decide what DD watches, or plays with, I decide.

Why do they have 2 film bandings of U and PG then??

U is universal and PG is parents guidance due to scenes individual parents may deem unsuitable

was that a trick question?

No not a trick I promise! See now I'm thinking if I choose to let him watch a PG then someone professional out there is clearly thinking its not suitable for him as otherwise it would be a U.......??? Do you know what it would be far easier if I just got my act together and could mulitask a bit better!

Why don't you watch and then decide yourself?

www.cbbfc.co.uk/guidelines.asp

My niece saw just a bit ( and not even a particularly scary bit) of ET at school when aged about 5 and had nightmares for a looong time. It really is a decision for individual parents to make about individual children. Hard to tell what will capture someone's imagination.
Bambi's mother left me completely unmoved as a child but apparently I'm the exception to that particular rule

It really depends on the child. My DS is 2 and the only 2 films he'll watch are Harry Potter and peter pan as he hates cartoons or anything without real people in. He loves Peter Pan, even though some bits are a bit scary for a child his age, but we don't let him watch the last ten minutes of Harry Potter. I might give Nanny McPhee a try though.

My DH's little brother (now 11) was allowed to watch the Lord of the Rings when he was five, which I thought was unsuitable but he repeatedly told me not to be silly because it's all pretend.

"Studio Ghibli films are fantastic but can be a bit scarey for 'just three' - Howl's Moving Castle, Spirited Away, Princess Monoke. Although,ponyo and Kiki's delivery service are gentler- but still my six year old gets more out of these films than ghe three year old. "

YAY! I second that. The films are great - kids and adults alike! Although I would say that the storylines of Howls, Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke are probably a little complex storyline-wise (and a little graphic) for someone that but they would probably still find them enjoyable - has done my 6 year old no harm. Kiki and Totoro I'd recommend as an intro. My (turning) 2 year old loves "Panda Go Panda", too.

Pixar films - well you can't really go wrong with those.

I think it really depends on the child. My 5 year old DS wouldn't watch any of them ( he's tried a couple on your list and ended up in tears) My 3 year old nephew on the other hand loves Nanny Mcphee and The Incredibles.

I am careful at what I let DS watch but he is 2.9 and will quite happily sit and watch a full film. I have to restrict it to about once a week, if that as he would watch one every day if I let him.

He watched Monsters Inc yesterday, I wasn't sure when he asked and I told him there were monsters in it but he was looking at the box and insisted he would like it and he did. His favourites are the Toy Stories, Shrek 1 and 2, he's not keen on 3, Cars, he also likes Wallace and Gromit and has recently watched Chicken Run.

I tend to talk loudly when there are the odd mild words that I don't want him picking up, bugger is in Cars. I did wonder how he would get on with Curse of the Were-Rabbit but he understands it is just a film and he thinks it is funny.

Apart from Shaun the Sheep, which he does like, I probably wouldn't let him watch the stuff in the OP.

I won't watch Bambi or Dumbo, far to traumatising for me but then my 'mother' left me and I don't deal well with those films even though I have seen them a few times in the past. I can't watch Lion King either, great film but the bit where his dad dies is awful.