Likelihood of 12 yr DS enjoying “Turning red”?

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Yes, yes - I know i should be raising a boy that will feel so comfortable around periods, he’ll be happy to insert his partner’s own tampon for her in full flow.

But back on planet earth, when it’s family movie night (single parent) and the end of a hectic week, and I would love to kick back with a movie that we all enjoy rather than him feeling embarrassed (as we are all vulnerable to do so no tweens / teen years over… well, anything) and complaining… is he likely to be a bit embarrassed about it? Ie full on period talk?

Many thanks

@Florrieboo

I thought it was a bit strange that the mother of a 13 year old thought it was a "bit soon" for her daughter to be getting her period as lots of my daughters friends already have theirs at 10 and 11 and it brought up a conversation about "normal" period ages here. We liked it though. My 12 year old son doesn't like animated movies anyway so would not sit through it.

I think that was more about the mother not wanting her daughter to grow up than a reflection of reality. Ming would have thought 45 was ‘too soon’ for periods in her little girl. 🤣

Rather than being embarrassed, won’t he just be bored?

I've only watched the first half (DS1 5 got bored, not enough space ships/superheroes or dinosaurs) but I enjoyed it - it reminded me of inside out.

BIL hated it - it reminded him too much of his parents!

Ds aged 10 watched it the other day, I don’t think it even registered with him (or me, who was half watching it) that it has anything to do with periods! He just thought she had trouble regulating her emotions / anger issues etc which he related to as he has autism and that’s something he struggles with.

He shouldn’t be embarrassed by female puberty. If he is, then send him pad / tampon shopping for the forseeable future.

@Ozanj

He shouldn’t be embarrassed by female puberty. If he is, then send him pad / tampon shopping for the forseeable future.

Honestly? This doesn't help anyone. Teenagers are embarrassed by everything. Boys are embarrassed by their own puberty, teenagers are embarrassed by their parents. Please inhabit reality before you dictate

My 13 twin boys loved it. One came home from school a couple of days ago with a share bag of crisps asking to watch it again with me . That was nice!

Neither they (nor little brother age 10) were embarrassed; conversely, I would have been mortified to watch it as a kid with my parents. We are very matter of fact here, and as the only female in the house I’m very open about bodily functions.

Just to add though, I agree with @MrsRobinsonsHandprints some teens are just mortified by the mere existence of anything so don’t worry if he does get embarrassed!

My 15yo ds enjoyed it.

Eh. Watched with the 4yo and didn’t realise it was referring to periods specifically anyhow had to turn it off when he started howling when mum found her growly panda so that was that. Overall not great.

DS(12) suggested it for film night last weekend. I was a bit surprised but pleased that he wanted to watch it (I did double check that he knew what it was about).

It's not the best film, but quite funny in parts and we quite enjoyed it. DS' cringe-ometer was maxing out at times, but more at the you-can-be-who-you-want-to-be stuff that they always seem to cram into animated films these days than the puberty stuff.

My DS is 12 and he didn’t like it. Not arsed about the period connotations at all, he just didn’t enjoy it and thought it was too babyish. 9 and 10 year old DD’s loved it.

DS (10) really enjoyed it. It’s done so that small children think it’s just about a girl turning into a panda whereas older children recognise it’s a metaphor for puberty (and not just periods - there’s reference to hair, smelly armpits, mood swings, sexual feelings, rebellion etc).

We watched in the end

Conclusion: “completely boring. Can I play online chess now?”

There’s a line, “my mum says this is stripper music” which I really didn’t like. I did come over a bit Mary Whitehouse at that point. The rest was fine, neither DDs loved it.

Mitchells versus the Machines however was one of the best films we watched last year, we laughed from start to finish, and has a similar theme of child pulling away from parents and into independence.

So confused. The panda is a metaphor for periods? So if I stand in a circle and people chant can I stop having periods and get a piece of jewellery instead??? Why didn’t I know this???

It definitely is a film about periods as it's been confirmed by the people who made it. However, it's so subtle that I doubt kids would even notice. Actually, I doubt half the adults who watch it would notice - my husband and I didn't. The period talk was minimal. I'm sure it's only directly referred to once during one funny scene when the mum is trying to get in the bathroom. That's it.

I watched it with my 6 and 8 year old boys and we all loved it.

OP try Eternals for a tween movie, I even enjoyed it as far as superheroes go. I hate trying to find something and spending nearly as long watching trailers as a film!
My ds13 watched red on his own told me it was about puberty and said it was weird to watch a pixar movie with references to such. .

It mildly hints at puberty, sexual awakening from a female perspective and periods.

My ds' are 14 and 10. Ds14 thought it was meh, which is what he thinks about most animated films to be fair. Ds10 enjoyed it, and I thought it was OK.

OP I'd really recommend Ron's Gone Wrong if you haven't seen it yet. It's lovely

My 9 and 10 yo DSs enjoyed it and said it wasn't embarrassing.