What age is Paw Patrol for?

[Bluerasperry]

I've seen a few threads on here where people have said their 6YO kids like Paw Patrol. Which has left me a bit .

My 6YO DS is of the opinion that Paw Patrol is for babies. I can't say any of his class mates like it either. I'm secretly quite glad my DC enjoy other things and I'm no longer subjected to 'Rubble on the double' anymore.

(Disclaimer - A lot of my parenting choices are very un- mumsnet and I wonder if I'm a terrible parent for exposing my DC to the dangers of Pokemon, Bakugan and Minecraft at a delicate age).

My toddler loves paw patrol but my year 4 son really enjoyed the new movie!

Mine loved it at preschool and up until 5. I sold all the gear for a good price. Now they don't play with toys hardly at all

My 8 year old loved the movie but had outgrown the TV shows. so much so we had to go to build a bear and get a character.

He also does roblox and all that stuff, so pretty normal.

My almost 4yo loves it, almost 7yo doesn't care for it at all and almost 9yo TV addict can suffer it.

I hope if they say it’s ‘babyish’ you remind them kindly that everyone likes their own thing and not to judge others, just because they don’t like it it’s silly to like it etc’

My DD has just started reception. She wore a peppa pig dress on free dress day and a girl in her class laughed at her and called her a baby. She was absolutely gutted and changed into her PE kit. The fact that this kind of behaviour happens so early and parents like you don’t help breaks my heart.

FWIW DD can watch peppa/paw patrol when she’s 13 and I won’t care a bit.

@Bluerasperry

I've seen a few threads on here where people have said their 6YO kids like Paw Patrol. Which has left me a bit .

My 6YO DS is of the opinion that Paw Patrol is for babies. I can't say any of his class mates like it either. I'm secretly quite glad my DC enjoy other things and I'm no longer subjected to 'Rubble on the double' anymore.

(Disclaimer - A lot of my parenting choices are very un- mumsnet and I wonder if I'm a terrible parent for exposing my DC to the dangers of Pokemon, Bakugan and Minecraft at a delicate age).

The only thing I think you need to worry about is that your DS isn’t saying to his friends who like paw patrol that it is ‘for babies’; that would be unkind. Otherwise it’s a total non issue. Some older children will like it, some won’t….

@CarryOnNurse20

I hope if they say it’s ‘babyish’ you remind them kindly that everyone likes their own thing and not to judge others, just because they don’t like it it’s silly to like it etc’

My DD has just started reception. She wore a peppa pig dress on free dress day and a girl in her class laughed at her and called her a baby. She was absolutely gutted and changed into her PE kit. The fact that this kind of behaviour happens so early and parents like you don’t help breaks my heart.

FWIW DD can watch peppa/paw patrol when she’s 13 and I won’t care a bit.

Oh poor little thing. Children can be so cutting. I hope you were able to give her a big reassuring hug and tell her she can wear whatever she wants and she will always be the absolute best person in the room.

DD is 6 and still likes it…. DS is 2 and absolutely loves it. They watch it to grand DD has “given” DS all her PP toys but they play with them together.

Together, not to grand.

Does it matter?

My older DS LOVED peppa pig at 2. My other son was on far more complex stuff than that at 2 and went though his peppa stage at about 1. My older DS was 7 as this point and still happily watched peppa with his little brother.

All kids are different.

9yo still likes it. Does it really matter?

@Holly60 I absolutely did. I then had a little cry when she’d gone to bed that she’s now let loose in this big meal world and I can’t just fix everything like I could when she was little. I think I need to harden up in preparation for the teenage years but good grief it really upset me!

Does it matter? My Dd is 6 and still likes watching it at times. She's not a huge 'mega fan' anymore but certainly likes it. Ds is 10 and will watch it out the corner if his eye too if it's on 😅 we have a box of paw patrol toys I was going to sell but haven't yet as Dd wanted to play with them. DD's friend seen the box and questioned why Dd still had paw patrol toys... which made me sad. I had a similar conversation. Her 6 year old son is still very much into it and she was made to feel he was too old. They are 6 for gods sake!

My almost 8 year old still likes it.
I believe personally that sure a lot of people don't like it anymore when they get to whatever age but I also believe that one person says oh that's babyish and then the other children don't want to admit they like it anymore or watch other things as they think oh it must be babyish and they don't want that. Some children probably like it but want to appear 'cool' at school. Unfortunately

Stop sneering. People can watch what they like. My 6 year old happened upon Night Garden again the other night and wanted to watch it but was really embarrassed about it, saying repeatedly she knew it was for babies. I just said if you want to watch it, it’s for you. Life is dull if you’re obsessed with what you ‘should be doing’.

It's just so sad that such little children are feeling peer pressure. You'd have hoped they'd maybe be able to get to 10.

You're grown up for a long time.

@CarryOnNurse20

I hope if they say it’s ‘babyish’ you remind them kindly that everyone likes their own thing and not to judge others, just because they don’t like it it’s silly to like it etc’

My DD has just started reception. She wore a peppa pig dress on free dress day and a girl in her class laughed at her and called her a baby. She was absolutely gutted and changed into her PE kit. The fact that this kind of behaviour happens so early and parents like you don’t help breaks my heart.

FWIW DD can watch peppa/paw patrol when she’s 13 and I won’t care a bit.

That's truly awful and I feel so sad for your child 😞 So early for it to happen too 😞 My child is almost 8 and still likes Peppa Pig and Paw Patrol. Doesn't watch them half as much but still likes them. Recently a child at school gasped when she found out she liked it and told her Peppa Pig's for babies. Then this child told someone else and someone else was there. My child got a bit upset at home. I told her you need to tell them it's not nice and be proud of who you are and you can like anything you want just like other people. She likes to wear Peppa Pig hairclips sometimes, and I don't want her to stop wearing things cos of what other people say! Anyway it's not happened since. I hope she can have the courage and conviction to be herself but we'll have to see how it goes in life!

@purpleme12 me too 💕 sounds like our DDs would get on! I suppose it opened the conversation about how we should be ourselves, be proud of our likes and dislikes etc. She just seems too young to stand up for herself all alone! I’m sure if the teachers had heard or seen they would have said something. It’s a tough old world!

It really is!!

I like paw patrol and I'm 44 🤣

In our house DS (5.5) has most grown out of it bu DD (20mo) is obsessed and DS joins in.

He likes bakugan too.

My 6 year old went through a phase of loving it about 2 years ago
Fairly sure he wouldn’t be keen these days

I like Paw Patrol and Octonauts which was DS1 favourite. I still occasionally find my boys watching it if they can't find anything else they want to watch - they're 11 and 14!

I was the poster on the thread who said my six year old loved it. It was on a thread about toys and I specifically said I didn’t find it an issue with her outgrowing it as she still plays with the figures in a role play sense.

How is playing with toy dogs any different from Sylvanian families which lots of girls especially love until they are in preteens?

Although I will say I have a ten year old who still like dolls which I’ve seen people on mumsnet call babyish. It doesn’t bother me either way, why shouldn’t they enjoy things for as long as possible.