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 - there's understanding and understanding. Or at least, there's understanding with relevant psychological coping mechanisms in place and understanding without them...

IT didn't happen when we saw shrek which I am glad about as dd has only just stopped having nighmares about being kidnapped.

well I dont want my 8 year old to know about it either

tbh things like this make me wish that they find that poor child's body

yes sorry mumsnet delete the post if you want

sorry, but I don't think you know your children very well.

soup - to be frank i dont know and of course is probably futile
smacks of desperation but then so too would i be

there is no reasoning but their need is way greater imho

i dont want my 7yr old to know either.

My DD is 7 years, she should be there to watch a film not to have a legthy Q&A session on child snatching and what does abduction mean.

At that sort of age they take so many things to heart and don't have the understanding to put things into perspective, they are just starting to worry about the world around them and don't need extra triggers to make them worry even more.

how ridiculous signora!

I was going to tkae my 7 yr old and 2 yr old to watch Shrek this weekend

I would have been appalled if this had happened

My 2 yr old would have been totally oblivious

My 7 yr odl would have asked to sleep with her daddy as she would have been afraid she would be 'snatched' in her sleep

This is totally out of order to be shown before a 'u' film

mrruffalo - please do get real

And you think it was their decision to show it at viewings of Shrek??

it is just tragic but I do not want my 5 year old dd to know about this as it will worry her terribly.

there is no benefit to her or any other child knowing - it won't help poor Madeleine.

I was going to take dd to see Shrek soon - will check with cinema to see if they are showing it.

think senora is bang on

which bit is ridicolous?

I'm with Enid. If the poor little girl is still alive (), she's not in the UK.

MrR perhaps your 4.5 yr old is not very mature because most 4.5 yr olds would watch and ask questions about that sort of story

It wouldn't have bothered me, because A0 It would have gone over ds's head (he is 4) and b) because the dd's already know about it.

However, I do think it was innapropriate, because at the end of the day it should be the parents choice as to wether their children are exposed to certain news stories and nobody elses.

Ds's nursery must have said something about it, because I noticed her name up on the news wall. As i said, it goes over his head, but had it not, I would not have been happy.

my dd1 at 4.5 would definitely have been asking what it was all about

my child (4) has without fail seen and heard talk of this
my 9 year old has too

maybe my parenting style differs from many on here

i believe in innocence but more than that i believe in security

but my 5 yo did pay attention to the infomercial - we'd gone to the cinema for a big treat, and she was lapping it up, really concentrating on the huge screen in front of her. I was gobsmacked when the advery came on. We were in the middle of a row and could not easily leave for a loo break, at home I would turn off or turn over.

My DC know about stranger danger, but I do not want them to dwell on being snatched from their beds.

I have much sympathy for the McCanns, but I think sympathy for them but anger at the insensitive showing of the infomertial are not mutually exclusive.

Advertising Standards Authority I think might be my next port of call. This from their website

'THE RULES FOR ADVERTISING...
The main principles of the codes are:

• Advertisements should not mislead
• Advertisements should not cause serious or widespread offence
• Advertisements should not cause harm
• Advertisements should be socially responsible
• Advertisements should have regard for the principles of fair competition

I think this promo (it is an ad, isn't it? -- an ad for the campaign?) may contravene at least 2, maybe 3, of the 5 principles

Am now thinking ds is odd in not understanding anything about it at all, if everyone else 4.6 yr olds do.

my child very mature - just believes me when i say he is safe

I'd say it contravenes

• Advertisements should not cause harm
• Advertisements should be socially responsible

Newspapers reporting it, no problem
News reporting it, no problem
Posters up in a lot of places, fine

Interrupting cbeebies to show a harrowing film about it using the word 'snatched' and 'abducted'? Big problem imo.
Ditto before a U film like Shrek