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??

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

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.

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?

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

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.

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