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.

mine think she got lost

they are not aware of the being snatched from bed thing

my 4 year old doesn't know and that's my choice

i've also chosen not to take him to shrek, but that's not the point

i'd not be impressed about thia

quite, Marina

apparently shrek is pants [dh]

Why are people wondering why it's being shown to kids? Isn't it obviously aimed at the parents with the children? And every avenue of keeping Madeleine in the public eye is being explored, which surely is understandable.

Just my opinion but I haven't found a problem with discussing it with my 8 year old (other kids are 14 and 7 - 7 year old with SN - so not relevant). As with everything, I discussed it with her at a level I felt she could deal with and understand. She asked about it herself anyway. Madeleine's picture is everywhere; it didn't seem reasonable or sensible not to mention it to her. Just my opinion and I'm seriously not a parenting guru.

shiny but why do parents still need to be told. surely anyone who doesn't know by now must be living under a rock.

But it could be aimed at those same people without exposing the children to it I think thats the point that is being made.

why parents?

why not adults generally?

but I still don't see why it needs to be shown at all any more. Yes in the week or so after Madeleine went missing, but by then anyone who reads the papers or watches the news would be aware that she's gone missing, and those same people would be aware if she'd been found, so I really don't see why, several weeks after the event, these adverts still need to be shown. Especially in the UK, because she's not going to be found here is she?

I've just spoken to Odeon HQ (head office is 0161 455 4000) and was told I'm one of many complaining.
I want to get it pulled by next weekend

how long is it going to go on for?

WE are going to Odeon today to see Shrek- is it all odeons then?

good bp

I dont believe keeping children oblivious to what happens in the world is necessarily the best way to keep them safe thats all.

I would rather discuss these things with them when they ask than just gloss over them and have them believe all adults are nice people then cope with the disappointment when the are older. They are aware that most people are nice and some are not, they are naturally anxious children but they know I will do my best to keep them safe.

This story does cause them brief anxiety when they notice it then they go back to remodelling the universe, chasing ghosts or whatever they were doing before.

I guess some would say "until she is found". but what if she never is?

Well to my mind, Wannabe, it would seem to be so that we are constantly seeing her face, we constantly have her features fresh in our minds so that for those of us who are going off on holidays abroad (or even not.. she could be in Britain) we will have something to refer to if we think we see a child who may possibly be Madeleine.

As for "exposing the children".. I have to say, my instinct is that are childen are not going to be harmed by this exposure. We are lucky to have our children safe and well, at our sides. Shouldn't we just be grateful for this and not be spouting on about the "discomfort" of having to form an explanation for a uninformed young child who might ask questions? Children have enquiring minds.. this is just one of the tricky subjects we will need to exlain to them as they grow up in this diverse world.

Yes I would have thought the target audience would be more likely to be at the 18 rated films.
Also 'snatched from her bed' is emotive and out of context. If kids have to know that they should also know the circumstances in which it occurred.

It wasn't shown in the Swansea Vue yesterday when we saw Shrek.

I would have complained if it had.

but how long should we have her face fresh in our minds? What about all the other hundreds of thousands of children who have gone missing since Madeleine? are they less signifficant then?

Sometimes the anxiety is not so brief though CC. As with my dd, she has been upset by it for the last 6 weeks and is showing no signs of shaking the worry of being snatched off.

Is it being shown before all films or just children's films?

I haven't discussed the case with my dd since she is a clingy sleeper at the mo - it's hard to settle her in the room by herself, partly due to the light nights we're having. If she thought that a little girl had been taken from her bed by strangers, selfishly, it would make my job much harder to get her down at night. It was hard enough talking to her about the tsunami in 2004 after she spotted it on the news but in that case I was able to show her on the map where it had come from and how far from England it was, so the distance it would need to travel before it got to us meant we were reasonably safe from being hit by it. I can't and won't promise the same thing in regard to kidnappers .

Enid, re your "why parents" question.. well parents are just part of the adult population. Other sectors have been targeted.. football fans, people standing in post office queues.. why not parents? Especially since we are the ones who are going to empathise the most..

At the risk of making myself unpopular (ah well) I think it's a real shame that some people feel the need to try to to get this removed from the Shrek screening. Just imagine if it was happening to your family. And if they give in to your demands, just imagine that one of those people who might have seen it, could have been the person who led to Madeleine's safe return.. It's possible.

There are so many things to jump and down with moral indignation, complain and campaign over.. why this? This little girl is still missing. And she still might be returned.

Wannabe, no they are not less significant. But because all that could possibly have been done to instigate their safe return perhaps wasn't, is this a reason for Madeleine's parents to give up? Would you give up?

Parents of young children need to be reminded ? Anyone in the Uk not know about this ? It seems that it is Portugal, Spain, Majorca and Ibiza , the rest of the world, that needs to know, - that cinema would be helpful. There is no need in the UK. And the bit about 'from her bed', is highly inappropriate.

it's total overkill. People are getting so fed up of this now that they will ltop looking at the posters anyway because they're sick of seeing them. Lots of companies have banned any Madeleine-related emails through their firewalls.

This campaign is having the opposite effect imo.