To allow my ds to watch the wrestling?

[shatteredmumsrus]

I dont let him watch it atm but he keeps sneaking it on the tv. He is 7yo by the way. My dp hates t and they are always argung over it even if ds mentions it. It doesnt bother me as long as he doesnt start doing the moves on other children and he knows its not real. Whats the general opinion please?

i wouldnt but your child your choice.

I know,thx for responding. We have just had a row about it, again. Mostof his friends are into it and his cousins and their parents dont see a problem. They are all really nice, well behaved boys.dp said he doesnt like it, end of! He just asked if ds wanted to go the park and play football,ds said no he wants to play with his wrestling figures.dp went mad saying he has proved his point, but it might also be to do with the fact thatds has already been to footy practice today and he is tired. I feel like im in the middle of them

' but if all his friends do then why not ? '

what about all his friends smoke so why not.

thankyou thats what i think too. He used to love Power Rangers they used to fight etc but he has grown out of them now. They go through phases and this is just another one. .dp loves fotball and so does ds but secretly i think dp thinks that he will not like football anymore cus of this wrestling!and he would hate that!

did youdp mind power rangers?coz dont they fight?if he allowed that them i think hes being unreasonable.

my reply was to notjustmom sorry we crossed over. I see your point to moljam

Why can;t he like wrestling and football?!

It looks as though your DP is being childish. It might be worth talking to him about it later when DS is in bed so that he doesn;t see you arguing. Have you asked DP why he doesn;t like wrestling?

My ds1 (7)- loves wrestling. I do not have a problem with him watching it.

moljam- he said power rangers are fiction. I said that ds knows wrestling isnt real either???
Quint - I have tried he says we will have to agree to disagree but i know that isnt the end of it, there will be more rows over it. I think its unfair to ds who isnt being naughty or hurting anyone, he just likes it.

you have made me feel better tiredemma, thx

You right thats not the end of it, he can't say that we'll have to agree to disagree and then enforce his way! Try again tonight when DS isn't around and explain that he's making the situation worse, by banning it he;s making it more attractive and appealing to your son. Best of luck

but surely fighting is fighting?power rangers or wrestling?bit odd he doesnt mind one but does the other.
also maybe point out to him argueing in front of children about it is probably just as bad/worse than pretendy fighting.is it?

no i know.just that his friends do it so why cant he thing.
for what its worth not all boys that age watch or 'do' wrestling,mine doesnt.

i dont tell him he cant join in in playground but will not let him watch fighting on tv etc.im sure he does playfight at school.

im with you notjustmom. Im gonna give it another try tonight. it has been made into an issue now and thats worse
we didnt argue in front of him by the way but he does know we have had words about it. What do your 7yo boys play with? I think that he has outgrown that and its just football and playtation now, sad but true!

Both my brothers loved wrestling as children, and often re-enacted it on the settee - both went to Cambridge and are now nice, normal people. So I don't think it does any harm.