AIBU to not let my 13 year old watch Game of Thrones?

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She’s 13, loves dragons and fantasy stuff and is desperate to watch GoT (needless to say “all” her friends watch it ).

I think she’s too young for at least another year.

What age have you let your children watch this kind of thing? I recall watching 18 certificate things younger than 18 myself. (It was American Werewolf in London and I was terrified).

Yes I have watched it and I love it. It’s because I’ve watched it that I’ve said no!

My DD is almost 14 and there's no way I'd let her see any of GoT, pretty much for all the reasons already listed. The graphic rape and murder is not for a child. There's some scenes I can't watch....

Definitely don't let her read the books either. The (many) rape and torture sequences are much more graphic than in the TV show.

Im struggling to think of any mainstream TV programme that is less appropriate for a 13 YO TBH

I love GoT but wouldn't let anyone under 18 watch it if I was in charge.

(But I let DGS9 watch the 5 mins that Ed Sheehan was in it)

Bloody hell op I'm not sure I feel old enough for some GoT scenes and I'm 31!

Definitely age 18 content, age 16 at the absolute minimum.

To people saying to let her downthread, why on Earth would you jump into a thread about a show you haven't watched and tell the op it's ok for a 13 year old?!?

And if you have watched it and are saying to go for it, you're bloody stupid.

13 is probably too young, IMHO. As others have outlined above there's a lot of explicit content.

I totally disagree that it's somehow more suitable to read the books. There's stuff in there that's way more disturbing than the TV show.

I'm really struggling to comprehend that you've watched it yourself but still have to ask if others would let a 13 year old watch it.

Surely you saw the rape, sex, brutal violence, burning children and much more?

My ds who is 2o told me not to watch it and that I would never sleep again. Saying that I had horrible nightmares after watching the mummy- my sons all laugh at me for that. I am a chronic over thinker!

I've just started season 2 and almost gave up watching a couple of times during season 1 because of the content. No way I'd be letting my 13yr old daughter watch it.

Absolutely no way, I found the rape scene of Sansa absolutely horrendous and the burning of the little girl... This is absolutely not appropriate viewing for a 13 year old!!

Too young I think - 15 good age for both books and series. I know kids are savvy but it's waaaay too graphic!

No, far too graphic and violent.

I won’t let my 14 yr old watch it it’s quite brutal in the early episodes it’s not so much the nudity but some of the acts of violence are rough watching especially for a young teen

13? God no. Keep saying no. If her friends really have seen it then I feel very sorry for them.

No way, it's shocking for adults who watch it there is no no no way I would let young child watch it, it's totally unsuitable.

Absolutely not. If it were just sex then ok, but the early series in particular are chock full of graphic rape and torture. It couldn't be less appropriate. And I call bollocks on all her friends having watched it. Don't fall for that old chestnut.

My dad would enjoy the action but would hate the sex scenes and nudity. Her aversion to sex outweighs her enjoyment of the action so she definitely won’t be watching it.

I have teens and they say that the people who watch it fast forward to the nudity, violence and sex. They aren’t watching it for the action and plot-twists.

Nope it is too graphic.

Only you know your daughter well enough for that call!

I watched all sorts when I was underage and honestly I’m fine now and more relaxed with my own kids than many of their friends but I wouldn’t with game of thrones because of the sex...

DP and I love it, DD (13) won't be watching it for a while, it's not suitable for a child.

Snap with a PP. I also have a fifteen year old who’s been told she can watch it when she’s read the books and not before. But that’s more as a ploy to encourage serious reading rather than because I think the books are more suitable - there’s some really disturbing content in there - worse than the TV series in its implications. The Reek chapters in particular are horrendous.

My 15 yo, not particularly sensitive DS has just recently started watching it. I'm not sure that I don't regret letting him. I'm watching it with him and it's worse than I remembered.

My 9 year old watched 3 mins of GoT. He’s an Ed Sheeran mega fan. He was then promptly ushered out

No way would I let a 13yo watch it. It's not just the crucified children, flayed bodies and brutal rape scenes that are very graphic, the psychological cruelty is particularly intense.... Ramsey breaking Reek/Theon for instance.