Charlie and Lola - suitable for 6 year old or is 6 too old?

[Kbear]

I have a book and CD set that someone bought for my almost 9 year old DD. She is too old for it so I thought I could give it to a girl who is 6 today. But is even 6 too old or do 6 year olds like Charlie and Lola?

yes they still do

yes, my dd is 7 and they did a charlie and lola book at school before summer

I am currently rejecting Charlie and Lola for my three year old - not on the grounds that she is too young for it (I think it is age appropriate) but on the grounds that I cannot bear the ungrammatical English.

My 5.5 has just asked to have the dvd on and loves the books too

so she won't look at it and think "why did she give me this, I am 6 not 3".

My 6 yo niece still likes it.

thanks!!

No, my 6 yo DD got a CD set for her 6th birthday last year.

DS1 is 5.5 and he still loves Charlie and Lola.

I hate charlie and lola because it raises issues that my children have never had as normal for children

I appreciate that I am now, and shall forever be, alone is this distaste

(I think the books are kind of purty though )

My DS age 6 likes it, and ds 8 will happily watch it as long as his mates aren't around.

I've never read them but was a bit puzzled why my BIL would buy them for a 9 year old.

Twiglett, you said 'it raises issues that my children have never had as normal for children', am interested in what issues you mean?

(I'm not gonna disagree or anytihng, am just quite against tv and always interested in other people's views, especially on particular shows!)

I think she means all the 'I will never eat a tomato/got to bed/go to school' stuff. No?

I am absolutely too small for school

my children have never had an issue with going to school, they wouldn't believe that anyone would unless it is raised in a silly book where they then feel (because they're about 3 at the time they see it) that that's the normal way to respond to school

I will never ever eat a tomato

same reason

stopped reading them then

x-posted.

I don't ban them though .. we've got a couple here, they can watch if they want to

it just seems a bit pointless really to provoke questions liek 'why doesn't she want to go to school?'

6 is fine. My 6 and 9 months and 4 and 4 months Dcs both enjoy it and my eldest got a book and story cd for Xmas and was pleased with it.

Aah yes I see, totally agree with that, have never watched more than a few minutes of it (no tv) but saw the book I will never eat a tomato and thought that's not exactly the sort of messages we should be giving children in books.

I've found similar things in quite a few books/shows/films aimed at kids. It plants seeds that wouldn't be there otherwise imo (for 3 yr olds anyway, maybe not in older kids).

I do like the charlie and Lola illustrations though

We haven't got the tomato book, does she end up liking them?

She does, and all kinds of other offensive foods like fish fingers

I don't see the problem then. Kids learn that if they try things (usually it takes 10 tastes) they end up liking them.

My children have only ever been fussy over food when faced with other children's fussiness .. then they think they can get away with it and it becomes an attention-grabber .. a failing one in our house