To think Doctor Who and Star Wars are too scary for ds aged 2.5??

[TheBestMum]

Because dh thinks they ok and wants to 'bond' with ds whilst watching.........
I think both programmes are highly unsuitable for ds age as really quite scary in places, esp Dr Who. AIBU??

[Tinkjon]

YAdefinitelyNBU! But then I caused a bit of controversy some time ago by asking on this thread AIBU to refuse to let 5yo DD watch it I'm the biggest Who fan around, but no way I would let a child of that age watch it. Not because of the violence (it's not really violent - you don't see people being killed/tortured and Dr Who himself is famously pacifist. But it is scary and the themes and emotions are far too old for a young child to deal with, imo. DD does watch it now and is obsessed by it but there are some episodes which I won't let her watch and I would never let her watch an episode without having seen it first. I mainly don't like her watching it because she talks all the bloody way through it though and ruins it for me

[FairyMum]

I don't let any of mine watch it and DD is 9!
I partly think they wil enjoy it more if they wait. I think probably 10-12 is a good age.

[Desiderata]

What a bizarre take on it, Franny.

Small children are quite violent, if you hadn't noticed. And Dr Who is hardly a bloodbath. It's a classic tale of right beating wrong .. of good conquering evil.

Perhaps you ought to try watching it?

[threeandcounting]

Ds(6), DD(4) and Ds (2) all watch it! We watch Dr Who as a family and the dc's never have nightmares!

[LadyGlencoraPalliser]

DD3 is 6 and a half and I don't let her watch Dr Who. She is prone to nightmares though. DD2 started watching it at six. I can't see why anyone would want to let a two or three year old watch it though.

[TheLadyEvenstar]

people being killed and / or tortured = ok

They are exterminated and deleted in Dr Who

(massive fans here so i would say yes let her watch it, i even get ds2 to sit with us