to think that my 8 year old is not 'young for her age' because she likes Frozen?

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I think this is ridiculous. An acquaintance popped round to borrow something yesterday and commented thatcDD is 'very young for her age' because she was running around in her frozen dress (made by grandma and DD adores it), singing various songs?

She was actually quite rude about it, saying how her DD's were 'long past' that stage when they were 8. It's not important, I know, but she really pissed me off. I don't think she's too old for it at all and told her so. Cow.

This really bugs me. I don't think I would have let her borrow what she came round for. I can't stand digs at children.

I hate 1D and all that stuff but would never comment about it to anyone I know in case it annoyed them.

Well on Saturday we went to a friend's 12 yo's bday party. It was Frozen themed. No one thought it inappropriate at all. And it was a pretty full on themed party with an Ice castle cake and her DM dressed as Queen Anna and her DD as Princess Elsa and the dog dresses as Olaf. Lovely party.

What a bitch!! I'm 22 and I wish I had a frozen dress!!

Ok Tomato fair enough, I only asked you to clarify. What are 8 year olds into, in your experience, then? Maybe my DD is into those things too.

My soon to be 18 year old can sing all the songs...from just about every Disney movie! She is systematically collecting all of them,(along with every other musical known to man!)

8 is absolutely fine to be dressing up and playing at ' Frozen'. What must her children's lives be like if she considers that a stage to go through???

And I'll bet she's the sort of mother who says her children had read all the Harry Potter books by the age of 6 and are now onto War and Peace..,

Some parents are nuts. I got told my DD (6) was immature as she was Frozen obsessed and wasn't into One Direction. "Doesn't she have a favourite member?" No. She loves Elsa and Anna at the moment not Harry and Zayn.

My DD is almost 8 and DN is 8 and whenever they get together there is always one of them dressed as Elsa singing "Let it go!" at full volume. That or they are in one of many dress up costumes parading around being Belle, Cinderella, Tinkerbelle etc.
I love the fact our little girls are being little girls for now. Let them enjoy it whilst they are still young, they have all of high school to act more grown up.

My nearly 9 year old is obsessed but the people who make the dress up clothes think she is too old. She is in she 9-10 but I cannot find an Anna dress in her size!

I disagree with them though and may well make one myself!

I think we need to be careful we arnt sniffy at any children's choices of play.

Dressing up, Disney, reading, chess, 1direction, climbing trees, Lego, nurf guns, all are absolutely fine and the more sources of interest and outlet children have ( and hobbies) the better.

my pupils all love frozen - I teach nursery - y6 and if I let them all they would sing would be frozen songs.

when we go home, me (34), sister (25) and brother (23) like to get all the lego out and can happily play for an afternoon!!!

I hope that the dress and frozen continue to give YEARS of enjoyment!!

Mine are 11 and 13 and they love Frozen. They don't dress up much any more, but they do still play intricate pretend games with their friends (same age range), have lots of soft toys, enjoy Disney films and so on. They are also into clothes, discuss serious ethical, moral and political topics, follow current music trends and talk about relationships. Sometimes they want to be children still, other times they want to be grown up. I would not dream of making them choose one over the other, or denigrating their choice.

I read this thread a short while ago, and thought YANBU. To prove the point, DD1 (8 next week) has just walked into the lounge wearing a long purple tutu, a red silk skirt as a head dress, a pair of fake orange glasses, some pretend oven gloves and brandishing a fan . So I just wanted to come back and comment.

Frozen is a great film for all ages. And I'm another one who is at people who boast about how their dc are too old for completely age appropriate activities.

I hope your DD was too busy enjoying her game to notice your neighbours hurtful comments.

My daughter is 15, has watched it 13 times and is totally obsessed with it! I thought it was pretty good too, and love the music.

Im 48 & have never seen frozen but I really want to now!
Her kids are probably into GTA on the x box and popping outside for a spliff
Your DD sounds lovely

She's wrong. That's been established . So, OP, can I slightly hijack your thread with a more important issue please?

6-yo DD got both the Ana and Elsa dresses for her birthday recently (yes, well spoiled by indulgent grandma and aunty!). Anyway, she finds the sleeves of both scratchy and uncomfortable. What can I do to 'soften' them without ruining the dresses? Will a gentle handwash be enough? Have you tried washing your DD's dress yet?

Thanks!

My DD is 13 and totally loves Frozen and in fact all Disney. She is frustrated that the costumes/T-shirts don't come in her size.

She's not the only Disney fan in her peer group by a long chalk. I teach secondary and there was lot of singing of the songs among year 9s this summer.

My dd is 14 and bought the dvd of Frozen with her birthday money. I wouldn't say she was obsessed with it but it has certainly been an influence on her for some months now. Even her 3 brothers aged between 18 and 11 know the songs, mainly because of her influence.

I would go so far as to say a certain section of the teenage population are very into Frozen. My daughter draws and exhibits fan art online and there is a noticable section of other people's work devoted to Frozen.

Your dd, OP, is normal. She might even be ahead of her peer group!

It's actually a PG cert not a U. The general recommendation is PG is suitable from 8+ and a U from 4+. I know a lot of 3/4 year olds enjoy dressing up and singing the songs from Frozen but I suspect a lot of the subtleties of the film are lost on them. An 8 year old would be in the ideal position to enjoy them I think.

I'm wondering what the friends daughters were in to at 8.

We don't watch much Disney (not a deliberate choice but DS is more of an action/slapstick kind of kid). I was recently on a coachload of 11 year old boys. One boy has a lovely voice and the other boys asked him to sing something. He sang a song (which someone said was from Frozen) and the others joined in, with much whooping and cheering.

I'm assuming the friend thought at 8 girls should be into clothes, boys and makeup.

Poledra - I posted recently about the exact same problem, the general consensus was to put a tight fitting, long sleeved top underneath - I got DD a cheap leotard from amazon, which did the trick .

Poledra I found with the Disney costumes that the fabric softened out over a couple of washes with a small amount of fabric conditioner.

I know people in their 30's who love Frozen, and indeed Disney in general. Of course she's not young for her age, shes a child. Your friend is a rude idiot.

You need some neat putdown, OP - something about it being such a shame that some DC are allowed to grow up too fast. Which it is (a shame). My 7yo is currently curled up on the sofa with her cuddly monkey watching Doc McStuffins. Annoying, admittedly, but not because it is "babyish"