Madeleine McCann info shown before Shrek, anyone else cross about this?

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I was. I have chosen NOT to tell my nearly 4yo about this. I haven't discussed it in detail with 9yo ds either I CHOOSE not to put the news on in our house. I really resent this being shoved at my children before a U cert movie. Completely inappropriate imo.

Yes.
I've emailed customer services at Odeon to object about this.
Grotesque lapse of judgment.

IMO too yes.

I have had people wanting to discuss in front of my children FFS. I make wild hand gestures and point to the kids.

Didn't happen when we saw Sherk

Snort, that's because you went to see the wrong film mb.

They did a prayer service for Madeleine at our school without reference to the aprents- are you sure your kids don't already know?

I'm going to email the Odeon too.

Completely agree. I took 5 year old dd and felt the same.

Seriously I would be incandescent with rage.

www.odeon.co.uk/fanatic/contact_us/

Took my 5 yo and 7 yo to cinema this sfternoon. We have talked about this a bit, but I wasnot happy to have words like abducted and snatched used, when in a cinema you cannot distract the DC or turn it off. Unnecessary and inappropriate I agree.

Well ds does but dd goes to nursery where I know they haven't discussed it. She's 3 and it's up to me to decide if/when to tell her this sort of stuff.

Also emailed the cineworld cinema we visited yesterday. Agree very inappropriate.

Sorry, serious thread.

They did a prayer in assembly at our school too Peachy, but phrased it very carefully for 'lost children'.

My daughter did not know.
The word 'snatched' was used.
'Mummy, who is that little girl? Who snatched her?'

dh said it wasnt shown at Cineworld

thank goodness

after my run in with them over the Severance poster I dont think I could bear another fight

cineworld yeovil this was

I agree WWW. but my almost-4 year old was in sthe service at school 9fortuntely wouodn't have understood but ds1 and ds2 did) so I do wonder how much our kids know without us having told them, iyswim

3 year old DS asked why the little girl had been snatched and couldn't find her mummy and daddy. Luckily he didn't dwell on it but I was very upset, there was no distracting him. Completely inappropriate for a young child's trip to the cinema.

This was the Odeon in Milton Keynes this afternoon.

Agree that it's not the place for this info - it's a kids cinema film.

it is real life

yes its the last thing dd1 needs atm

I know they have NOT discussed it at dd1s school as the headmistress felt it was a job for parents to do if they felt it was necessary

Peachy, I'd have been cross with them too. have just emailed the odeon

come on, THREE year olds DO NOT need to know about 'real life'