Love island

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AIBU to not let my 11 year old watch love island? She insists every other girl in her class will be watching and she'll be left out if I do t let her watch

If her friends are going to be watching it they will tell her stuff and show her clips. I think in that position I’d rather watch it with her and make comments and talk to her about it rather than let her be guided by a group of friends the same age as her who may not be able to offer the perspectives you can.

She is ELEVEN. Oh fucking hell no!

11 is too young in my opinion.

If she was in year 7, then I'd let her watch. If she's just turned 11 then maybe not. My eldest girl is 10 and shows no interest in watching it. My teenage son watched from about 13. I don't think there's anything really bad in it, but there's sexual talk. So I think it depends how much she knows already about that kind of stuff and if you're comfortable with her seeing that. It's up to you really and if you think she's capable of understanding it.

My 11 year old caught bits of it when I was watching but it was mostly over her head and she got bored of it and wandered off. I wouldn't probably encourage it at her age and definitely would censor out some of the more risqué stuff like the sex position games. If you let her watch the first episode that never has anything mad in it I bet she'll get bored

I agree with this. You might be able to hold off for a couple of years by telling her she can’t watch it but ultimately she’ll be just as vulnerable to the less positive messaging and behaviour in it at 12/13/14 as she is now, but will have heard all about it and watched clips of it with her peers’ opinions and commentary forming her own. You watching with her and pointing out aspects of the different participants’ behaviour which are good and aspects which aren’t so good or need more context is better - and also removes the idea of it being something banned by mum so therefore desirable.

My instant reaction was hell no but then I remembered I watched footballers wives when it was on and would have been her age.
I would honestly watch it with her and as others have said point out the positives and negatives that are shown as well as the healthy and unhealthy aspects of relationships