Letting a 6 year old watch the Simpsons

[sassypants72]

Please good people of Mumsnet help me get across to my DH that the simpsons is not really suitable for 6 year old DD to be watching.

He put it on tonight for her and I went mad saying it's unsuitable. He thinks I'm being very unreasonable, am I ???

I wouldn’t let mine watch it because my dcs aren’t idiots and wouldpick stuff up

Wins the internet today for stealth boast!

My 2yo twins love 'SimSims' YABU!

YABU.

Its made my DD who she is today.

Eat my shorts.

Kiss my butt

It's really fine. You went mad? I was watching Hammer Horror films with my dad at that age

Like what?

I wouldn’t let mine watch it because my dcs aren’t idiots and wouldpick stuff up

By "pick stuff up" do you mean introduced and educated about stuff? My teens would "pick stuff up" but my little ones wouldn't because I like them to learn stuff at an age appropriate time.

YABU, sorry.

Have the flat earth society and their Amish cousins all joined MN today. ?
Some really scary parents out there. Almost worthy of there very own Simpsons episode...

You are op-faced.

Po-faced haha.

When is something going to be done about the fucking autocormorants!!

:o

If it's not Family Guy or South Park, and it's a family based cartoon full of yellow people doing daft things, and with a good underlying moral stance, you're OK. Oooh. The Simpsons!

And I bloody love FG and SP, but that's for a little later!

YANBU

4yo DD watches it with us.

Anyone got Netflix? We've all been watching Big Mouth and it's soooo good. DD loves it

Some of the writers are dedicated to putting in complec maths refernces and jokes... your six year old might learn something www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/sep/22/the-simpsons-secret-formula-maths-simon-singh

*4yo DD watches it with us.

Anyone got Netflix? We've all been watching Big Mouth and it's soooo good. DD loves it*
I’m not a big fan as an adult but think it’s great for kids.

@Grrrt ah really? I've found it quite funny and found myself laughing a lot at it! It's a great show for kids too, feel like it makes light of stuff that's usually 'taboo' for kids/young teens.

It’s not bad just a little stale. I think the very first joke in it is how ‘coming’ sounds like ‘cumming’. I don’t think it brings anything new to adult animated comedies, except for body positivity messages which are very worthwhile for younger viewers.

On Netflix, I much prefer Bojack (even if it take a while to get going).

Really? For goodness sake it’s the Simpsons, hardly inappropriate. It’s a show for everyone. Sometimes I hate Mumsnet

There are equally rude jokes in Monsters Inc.. they are just cleverly written so they go over the kids heads.

I didn't let mine at 6. Me and DH were always massive fans and used to put it on when DS was younger and then we realised it's quite inappropriate. We have quite a few series on DVD and after the first 4 series they are 12s and they aren't cut for TV.

I've given in now as DCs love it but there are quite a lot of sex references actually which makes me uncomfortable. The language is questionable too and there is stuff that I wouldn't allow my DCs to say.

**Fontofnoknowledge flat earthers and their Amish cousins 😂

OP yabu!
It's the Simpsons not Saw.

My DC have watched it from a very young age and it's something I enjoy watching with them. They laugh at some parts.
I laugh at it all.

@FunSponges sorry but your username is very apt 😂🙈

I love The Simpsons, something for everyone! Would have no problem with kids watching it at 6, it really isn't bad! Are you mixing it up with Family Guy or something?! As for those words linked up thread, never have I heard stuff like bitch etc on there, and I watch it a lot when it's on. If they're there they are definitely edited out when it's shown on telly at tea time!

For what it's worth I started watching South Park when I was 9...