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AIBU?

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To be shocked

38 replies

RollaCoasta · 10/05/2010 22:13

when a 7 year old in my class said he watched SAW II last night, and was able to describe the plot accurately to my colleague?

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tanmu82 · 11/05/2010 20:13

that is shocking, SAW films are absolutely vile I would think any child of that age would be mentally scarred for a while after watching that!

Hulababy · 11/05/2010 20:17

We have to log such things as a concern too. It goes as a note in their file and is generally only flagged up if tere are other issues either before or after,

We would speak to parents also,

paisleyleaf · 11/05/2010 21:29

I'm glad it's seen as a child protection concern.

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RollaCoasta · 11/05/2010 21:48

Logged as concern today... following a descriptive conversation about Freddy Kruger. Thanx all.

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Littlefish · 15/05/2010 19:41

Well done Rolla.

Sorry, I missed your earlier question about whether I discussed it with the parents...

In the case I mentioned, I didn't talk directly to the parents, because the child was already subject to a child protection order. I therefore logged it as a CP concern, knowing that it would be raised at the next core group meeting with all the appropriate proffesionals and the parents there.

At other times, I have raised it with the parents, particularly if I have seen children acting out violent scences from films etc.

biddysmama · 17/05/2010 13:42

at that age i was terrified by ghostbusters!!! the one with the picture shudder i went to see a saw film with my ex, spent most of the time looking at the inside of my hands... i have an 8 year old and suffered through checked avatar to make sure it was suitable !

OrmRenewed · 17/05/2010 13:57

I'd be shocked too. Horrible.

TakeLovingChances · 17/05/2010 18:28

A friend of mine is a nursery assistant with children aged 3-4. She says she regularly hears these kids talking about computer games like Grand Theft Auto and other shoot-em-up games.

From what I know of Grand Theft Auto from having talked to an 18-year-old relation it's full of prostitutes, drugs, killing random people and nicking cars

I am 25, and STILL feel ill when I think about the Saw film I saw in the cinema! Not suitable at all for a young child.

YANBU!

mumbar · 17/05/2010 18:31

whatever happened to Disney?

YANBU and I think above advice is sound.

RunawayWife · 17/05/2010 18:37

DS1 age 13 ask me the other week could he watch these films, I said yes....in 5 years time!!!

Who in their right mind lets a 7 year old watch this sort of thing.
I admit I have seem them all and I really like them, bit of gore now and then, but I am in my 30s

My MIL let DS2 watch Sean of the dead and 6th sense when he was 5 yes 5 and it was a year till I could get him in to his own room to sleep again.

edwardcullensotherwoman · 17/05/2010 18:46

That reminds me of something I heard the other day. DM was talking about Dr Who with an acquaintance, and saying how scary the particular episode in question was (the one with the stone angels, which I can;t be in the same room as, let alone watch!) Anyway, acquaintance said "Is Dr Who scary then? I've never seen it. No wonder DS was a bit frightened after he saw it last week." Her ds is 4 and has watched the whole series so far on his own, without her so much as screening the adverts to check it's ok for him to watch!

Aside from that, how much of a Dr Who episode can a child actually understand? It can be very confusing.

In response to op, YADNBU to be shocked, that is quite worrying. I felt guilty for not stopping New Moon in time for DP to bring DS into the lounge one night when he was ill!

melpomene · 18/05/2010 09:38

I don't think that Doctor Who is in the same league as horror movies like Saw. The DVD here is PG certificate, and it is screened well before the watershed and designed as family viewing.

Though of course some young ones could find it upsetting and parents should use their judgment to decide whether it's appropriate for their own children.

LutyensCBA · 18/05/2010 09:53

edwardcullen, I have to agree with melpomene that Doctor Who is nowhere near the same as Saw. There is no bloodshed, no torture, no amputation scenes, no obvious distress in the main characters, the cinematography is bright and cheery. Yes, there are villains in masks, but they are designed to scare 5-6 year olds, so actually not that scary.

My daughter watches some episodes of Doctor Who (carefully previewed by me to check that there isn't anything she can't take). She's watched the last three episodes and enjoyed it. Last week's episode bombed badly with her because it was "all talky-talky" and there wasn't "a proper meanie" (her words!!)

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