AIBU to not let my dd9 watch 12 films

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Apparently I'm the only mum in her class who wont let DD9 (nearly 10) watch 12s. They are all also watching programmes like His Dark Materials (which I thought was a bit scary!) Am I alone in this? Do you let your 9/10 year olds watch 12s?

For context DD has active imagination and used to get terrified of lots of PG films/have nightmares etc. To be fair she is much better now than she was, so am happy to be told this is clouding my judgement and I am BU.

Nope. anyone seen that Holmes and Watson film that's a 12?! Omg..... we had people walking out the cinema.

I agree with PPs, it would be very dependent on the content. I'd make a case-by-case judgement if it was really something they wanted to watch.

Depends on the film. I wouldn't be so keen on something like Mean Girls which is very teenaged in its content but Harry Potter and His Dark Materials I was reading at 9/10. They are children's series and the horror and scary scenes in them are aimed at children

Lots of people seem to be confusing the 12 rating with PG.

It doesn't mean it's suitable for any children with adult discretion. It means that the cinema ratings organisation think it is not suitable for children under the age of 12, but acknowledge that some children who are younger than that may be mature enough to watch it. So that's probably just 11 year olds , not just any age of child. If you think it's fine for your 7/8/9 year old to watch a 12 film, why do you think it's been given a 12 certificate?

The latter Harry Potter films (for example) that have the 12 certificates are based on books that are not typically read by children much younger than 12 (say about 10 at youngest). There is lots of death and violence in them!

I've always gone with 'depends on the film and the child'. The blanket age rating just doesn't function at an individual level. My DDs were quite sensitive and prone to nightmares until they were about 9 but after that they were tough as old boots and could handle most things. And yes, we let them watch 12s. We also let them watch some 15s before they were 15s, on a case by case basis. They're 18 and 20 now and aren't interested in 18s.

I let mine watch 12s at that age yeah

I know this is an old thread, but just wanted to see what others thought about Mean Girls, which some of DD's 8/9 year old classmates have been watching. Young girls that still play with toys. Amongst other things, it's literally full of sexual references. They're listed on common sense media very clearly. Are people really ok with this for their 8/9 year old daughters?

I find this far more sinister than a bit of horror/dark subject matter. Starting to feel like Mary Whitehouse....

'His Dark Materials' is absolutely fine for a 8 year old, unless they're ridiculously sensitive!

Yes, my DS watched all the Harry Potters and all the Star Wars and Pirates of the Carribbean when he was about 7.

But there were others I said "no" to.

It's not a simple yes or no, it depends very much on the individual child and what they are likely to get bothered about.