AIBU to think that 9 yo is too young to watch The Hunger Games?

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DS came home yesterday saying that he wants to watch The Hunger Games, and if he can't watch it he wants to read the book. Some of his mates at school have (apparently) watched it. I think the movie is tackling some pretty strong moral issues, and there is so much death murders etc, and there is no way I will let DS watch it at 9 yo. Read the book - I don't think so either. AIBU?

It is classed as a Young Adult/teen book.

DDs class read the book and she is 9. She saw the films as they came out and enjoyed them too.

Hulababy I read 'Animal Farm' age 9. It was a story about cows and pigs and sheep. I was sad when Boxer died....and was very puzzled, years later, when our teacher introduced it as an 'O level' text as I was sure it was a children's book.

Interestingly, only 2 books I read as a child ever gave me knightmares. one was 'IT' by Stephen King. The other was 'Watership Down' and my mum gave me that.

I've only seen the first film but read all the books.

The film has graphic scenes, and lots of action, I think my 10 yo would be OK with it, but the book deals with themes of emotional loss, plus torture and I think he'd be more disturbed by that.

nightmares!

Depends on the child. My 10 yr old has watched the movies and has just started reading the books.

DD was desperate to watch the first one. In the end I watched it at home with her when she was 10 and I thought it was brilliant and I'm very wimpy about films in general but I really didn't think it was that bad and so we saw the others at the cinema when they came out. It depends on your child, having said that Dd is very sensitive but she was absolutely fine with it.

Why are you asking? If you don't want to let your nine-year-old watch it, then don't

my 8 and 11 year olds have seen it. dd (11) has read the books

I'd be really cross if mine did it at school at age 9.

OP, book wise why don't you try Tripods, City of Ember or the Predator Cities series. All great and a more appropriate introduction to dystopian fiction for that age group.

The Maze series and the Hunger games series and the Gone series are all for a slightly older age group IMO. Divergent not so bad but characters are a bit older and so probably wouldn't appeal as much.

Our junior school library has the books for the yr 6 children to read, so parental choice kind of flus out the window. However that's 10/11 so less concerning than a child who is 8/9 I guess.

I wouldn't have a problem with a child watching a film, when they've already read the book.

My son read it at 9. I was more upset reading it than he was. I'm more concerned with watching than reading but think he must have been 10 or 11.