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What telly shows do you let your 3.5 yr old watch...DS said something disturbing

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puppie · 06/05/2011 12:40

I let DS 3.5 watch Scooby Doo (after much reassurance from him that he does not find it scary) and Dinosaur King because he loves Dinosaurs and aren't any other Dinosaur cartoons on.

I guess they are not really age appropriate cartoons but wasn't too worried about it. Yesterday though he came out with something that unsettled me while walking home from his childminder.

DS: Mummy when I'm a big boy I can go for a walk without you and daddy?
Me: Yes when you are a lot bigger you can.
DS. I will take my drink of red juice and my gun with me then and shoot everybody!
ME: What a horrible thing to say you must never do that.
DS: Okay I wont then.

Now I have no idea where he would have picked up something like that from so was thinking maybe it is the telly I allow him to watch. What are your thoughts?

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StayClassy · 07/05/2011 13:54

There is a cartoon called Harry and his Bucket Full of Dinosaurs on Milkshake on Channel 5 sometimes that might be suitable for your ds?

PinkPussyCat · 07/05/2011 14:21

Ds (3.8) recently started playing at 'shooting' with an imaginary gun and we couldn't figure out what had sparked this new game. Until one day we had the lunchtime news on with coverage of the Libya story showing rebels firing guns into the air etc, then the penny dropped! Ds was rivetted by it. Sad

I blame Gadaffi!

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