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.

Have you told you DD about Jamie Bulger??

How is anyone preventing you from expressing an opinion? Nobody's come round to your house and disables your mouse (although I'd quite like to disable your apostrophe key!!!!) We're just disagreeing with you. It's called debate.

Haychee - you are entitled to an opinion. Of course you are. What you are not entitled to is everyone's agreement.

As I understand it, you think the ad should be shown because it's important that people (childrne?) know about certain dangers. Other people say (I'm paraphrasing) yes that's true but I'll tell them at a time of my own choosing. And that's not a few minutes before Shrek. To which you say the ad should be everywhere. And naturally enough, people who don't want to see it before Shrek, don't agree with that either.

SUE BAROO
Of course others are entitled to do whatever they feel is right! My point is that they will find out! Maybe not today or tomorrow but you never know what they are going to pick up on! Id prefer that they found out from me rather than a third party.

I am obviously very stupid as my DD has terrible nightmares about bees. I must pop down to the local honey farm to brush up my bee keeping knowledge and have a little chat with her, then maybe she won't have them in the future. Clearly my degree in psychology was a complete waste of time and I am completely unintelligent

However, I do respect other people's decisions about what they do and don't tell their children and believe that they do so taking into account their children's personalities. I expect other people to extend me the same respect and understand that I understand my children better than they do and know what information they can and can't cope with. So I expect other people to be intelligent enough to understand why I have a problem with the advert being shown before a U certificate film. Not too much to ask is it ?

Haychee - but how does that work? I asked this before. When do you decide that a story will reach their ears? Not all terrible stories will. So how do you make a decision that story A needs to be explained and not story B. I'm genuinely interested and not trying to have a dig.

A time that you choose? When will that be? Its been a long time already and you have risked all this time that your child may already know someting about madeleine and possibly made up the rest.
Maybe your waiting for the happy ending first?

Was that me you were asking the question of?

didnt realise that was you littlelapin

How many more posts till this thread dies??

Haychee.. maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow but someday your dc will need therapy.

GOOD FOR YOU HAYCHEE! THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE POSTERS ON MN HAVE BEEN SAYING!!!

We don't want it sprung on us in 7 foot high style taking all choice away in a potentially frightening and inescapable way. That's the point of the complaint.

What you appear to be saying is 'If you don't tell your kids about it, I think the cinema is perfectly right to make bloody sure you DO'

(no, actually, they haven't seen any of the Shrek films at all, they got bored halfway through watching the first one)

please let her have her very valid opinion

i agree wholeheartedly with her and my kids are sane and sound

live and let live mumsnetters PLEASE

I wanted to come here for a debate/discussion but i have been attacked and told my kids will need therapy in the future. This type of comment is not what i call discussing its just downright rude.

Have you guys seen Sky news?? Tired emma's done a link - seems like you guys have struck a chord!

She can have her opinion. I just dont agree with it.

I don't understand. Who is taking her opinion away? I doubt that anyone has changed their mind as a result of the debate.

yes- I did a link- go to 'in the news'!!!!

haychee, dont get wound up by this thread, and some of the mocking responses.
I also told my children when the whole thing was on the news. Other parents didnt. It is quite possible that a child could be scared by the advert in the cinema whether they had been previously told or not.

PMSL and calling us Knob (correctly spelt NOB), Idiots, PRats isnt?? [ironic emocion]

Hypocrite

haychee has been quite animated in her opinion, I don't see anyone reporting her posts to get them deleted. She's just not getting everyone nodding their heads in sudden, enlightened agreement.

Be fair Haychee. Not everyone has said that. And you got in a fair few punches about people living in a bubble and being too stupid to find the language to speak to their kids about the news.

SUE BAROO
its been 60 days! I think there is enough of a timescale there to be able to sit down with your kids and explain it. Its those who chose not to let their kids see or hear anything that i disagree with.

Exactly NKF.

Haychee for your information I was 'playing nice' till you became very insulting. Not hugely mature of me to retaliate, but to coin a phrase, frankly my dear, I dont give a damn.

oh haychee open you fucking mind will you.

some kids on here are dealing with their own personal nightmares.

Haychee - but some people don't decide what their children should be told on the basis of Sky TV's news agenda. Some neighbourhoods aren't awash with yellow ribbons. Some people don't have the news on in front of small children. You might think they're stupid but not all four year olds will know about Madeleine McCann. Not all seven year olds come to that.