to let DC 4+6 watch harry potter?

[Happypenguin2014]

My friend thinks we are. Every night for the past 6 days we've had movie night with munchies and harry potter 1-6. Kids have actually loved it and glued to the TV! I thought they would be scared but nope.

Aibu? I want Us to go harry potter world in a few months lol

Hmm my 2 yo twins could explain toy story if you like. Having said that, I wouldn't leave any of my dc (ages 6 and 2) watching a film I hadn't seen and the first time they watch I watch with them and we tall about it
... does everyone else just shove a film on and leave the room? Maybe you all do your housework then which is why my house will always have a layer of dust. :)

Talk not tall

My dd is 10 and her friends have all watched Twilight films, dd isn't going to see them yet.
My point about GTA by the way was when they have seen all the things that are marketed for children far older, where are you going to go then? I doubt if anyone on here allowing their dc to see older material will draw the line at GTA when their dc are far too young.
I know because I have experienced this many times with lots of parents.
Its not a case of wrapping them up in cotton wool but being the responsible adult and learning to say no occasionally, letting your little ones be little, and showing some intelligence.

There's a huge difference between a child being able to recall the story of a film and them actually understanding it. Just because a 3 yr old has a good memory and runs around playing dinosaurs or witches after watching a film doesn't mean they've taken it in on the same emotional level as an older child who gets that parts of it are scary or emotionally intense. Having a good recall of a plot does not make a child emotionally advanced IMO.

My 4 yr old DS has an excellent memory for plots and is great at recalling stories. He won't be watching HP or similar anytime soon because he is scared of lots of things and they would terrify him. He worries about anything where someone dies at the moment - he overheard a headline about soldiers who died in WW1 this week and it worried him for days.

I do have concerns about some film ratings though and wouldn't just go with them without thinking about it. For example Frozen, Tangled and Bolt are all PGs due to some of the content but Shrek 3 with Rumplestilskein is a U - IMO this is a much scarier film and I know the images of the characters and the plot would upset my DS far more than the other 3 which he has watched with us.

Two of mine have sn and watched hp at a young age. Clearly, I don't think they are advanced as they are not.

'We' were accused of making our children watch films so we can say they are advanced, but the advanced word was not mentioned by anyone except those who were berating people for allowing young children to watch hp.

Actually, one poster mentioned her child being advanced but that came after posts saying no children could understand the plot at that age, and I totally believe there are some advanced children who can understand the HP plots.

I am pretty sure mine liked the scenery and action and the bits she could understand. As long as she enjoyed it It doesn't matter how much of it she actually understood.

Im very interested in emotional intelligence. At 2.5 yo my ds watched lost and found and cryied when the boy left the penguin but my dd at the same age justwaved bye to the penguin she just didnt get it. Dd cant sit thru a whole film or even a tv show. Im sure at 3yo my ds could and know the polt. Children are different.

There are some very good points on this thread. I think the more reaction the better the child understands. Also at 5yo a child forgets their early childhood so by the age of 7 a child will not remember what they watched at the age of 2, 3 and 4. Its pointless to show them films they are scared of or not interested in as they will forget anyway.

I like tim burton and I wasted money on Caroline its in a box in the attic as im not going to watch it till dd is 16yo . Some films just are not suitable for young children like jaws. My dd 2yo likes tangled and Forzen but im sure she doesnt get it she just likes the talking snowman. My 5yo does and has asked not to watch Frozen again. I think he is emotionally intellegant but he doesnt understand the plot of hp, he understands the basic boy goes to magic school, boy tries to get a red stone back. He also didnt get that dobbie banging his head was funny or splating someone in the face with a cake was funny. Im sure he missed alot of the stroy and thats ok

gamescompendium - you can't put all 3 year olds into the same box as yours though... Mine does understand the plot.

So she would watch The Silence on Dr Who and truly understand it and not be scared? It's SUPPOSE to be scary, adults find it scary. Not finding it scary shows a lack of understanding IMHO. DD1 could have described what happened at that age, she wouldn't have understood the motivation of the characters though. Personally I was quite happy that DD1 at that age just laughed at the man in a funny mask because Dr Who is incredibly good at the 'not showing much but scaring you silly by messing with your head' plotline. Just think of the weeping angels in Blink. Shudder. DON'T BLINK!