Would you let your son (4 years 5 months) watch Star Wars

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Please settle an argument with me. Would you let your DS watch Star Wars (on DVD, X-box and nintendo) with their 6 and a half year old brother, daily?

Thank you.

daily?? like the whole film every day?

No - not whole film every day - half an hour to an hour?

yes. Although they might get bored seeing it every day.

I have a 6.3 year old DS who is mad on Star Wars. We have the original 3 films on dvd. He is allowed a small amount of tv/dvd per day - tends to depend on what they are doing after school.

Dd is 4.4 and loves watching Star Wars as she thinks it is grown up. However she does get a bit scared from time to time, at which stage she "self censors" (by playing with something and saying "Star Wars isn't real is it").

So mine are allowed about 30 mins tv per day. Its not always Star Wars, as I let them choose what they are going to watch, so sometimes its things DD wants. I do think it is a bit boring not to have a bit of variety as well - even when my DCs are having a craze on Blue Planet or something on the Discovery channel I still think it is good to have a bit of a change. But as long as your 4 year old DS is not getting scared by it and is watching other stuff as well, I wouldn't be over-fussed.

Bu**er - wrong answers! Trying to convince DH that our boys watch far too much Star Wars and it impacts negatively elsewhere in our lives.

Thanks tho'.

Bu**er - wrong answers! Trying to convince DH that our boys watch far too much Star Wars and it impacts negatively elsewhere in our lives.

Thanks tho'.

My 4 yo has been watching Star Wars for at least 12 months, although nothing like daily. (Poss have been phases like that though) He is also the younger one and this was the first thing either of them saw with fighting in it. Up to then it had been strictly cbeebies only - not sure what came over me TBH.

The one thing I can say to possibly strengthen your agrument, was that there was a marked increase in fighting in their games as a result - However, DH didn't see this as a problem, as "that's what little boys are supposed to do"

I wouldn't personally - DS doesn't watch Power Rangers or Transformers etc either

No

I am a little ashamed to say that my 2 year old's first sentencë was "me watch star wars"ohh about 6 months ago and she loves darth vader, yoda and light sabres and just tonight wanted her towel wrapped around her after bath like Darth!! Have i damaged her for life ? (BTW her 6 year old ds is obsessed)

My ds found it scary at about 6/7. You could always censor the scary bits.

Yes. TBH it would make a change from 'Cars'...

I think it is much better made than the "ker-pow" type things like Power Rangers etc.

It is a proper story, with a strong narrative and a very real moral sense/hierarchy. While I would be cross if DS turned into one of those mad people who listed "Jedi" as their religion, it is still the case that being a Jedi is at least a worthy thing to want to be. The underlying messages are all good, I think - love, family, self belief, redemption. Or something (I don't actually watch it myself).

The thing is, there comes a time when Big Cook Little Cook/Lazy Town/Roary the Racing Car/Charlie & Lola really don't cut it for developing, inquisitive boys. And there isn't a whole lot out there that does, as far as I can see.

My DS likes "Deadliest Catch/Blue Planet/How its Made" type things, but other than that there seems to be a bit of a chasm between the "top" of CBeebies and the "bottom" of CBBC and I haven't quite worked out how to fill it.

yes. It's a U.

DS2 watched it at 3 IIRC.

Lots of guns tho but I am beyond caring now I think.

Not every day tho but then there's no way they would want to. It's not that good (and a bit complex for DS2 anyway).

We got them because DS1 wanted to play Star Wars in the playground so it seemed a reasonable step to take tbh.

DS1 watched the first Star Wars (or 4th, as it is now) aged 4.3yrs - sitting on the sofa with me & DH on a Sunday afternoon. Was fine, very exciting and a welcome step up from Cbeebies.

I don't know what the other Star Wars films are like in terms of scariness.

I wouldn't let him watch it daily. It would get boring after about 3 days.

Yes, but not daily.

If it's causing problems though, I'd stop it.

What sort of negative effect is it having?

my eldest two are obsessed with star wars, tho its wanning slightly now, but for over a year they have played it on ps2 and watched all 6 star wars films, not EVERYDAY, tho for a while they did play the ps2 game everyday, limited to 40mins tho.

ds2 had a star wars bday party for his 5th bday, i made an r2d2 cake

Unknown - 99% of the conversation in the (all boy) family is about Star Wars currently. DH encourages them.

I never have time (inclination?) to sit down and watch so I feign interest ... but they're not stupid. I have started drawing pictures of characters for DS2 to colour in, and I have tried to play it (badly) on the x-box with DS1, plus I plan to watch one of the DVDs - but I worry whether any family should be so dominated by one subject.

Anchovy - I'm not familiar enough (yet!) with the storyline, so it helps to know that. You're right about the gap that there is in suitable stuff for them. I get a bit worried when DS happily says, in the middle of brushing his teeth or putting his socks on 'in part 1, episode 2, darth vader has his legs cut off and dies' - etc.

I am contemplating having a Star Wars movie day at home during half-term, with popcorn, etc. If nothing else it will make a change from Power Rangers & Transformers... youngest is 4 btw

DS who is 3.5 has seen some of Star Wars with DH and a big fan of Darth Vader.

Thinking about this, I should stress that daily constant exposure to, well, anything really is probably not a great idea. My 2 boys are very into Match Attax atm and DS2 just wants to draw pictures of footballers and other sportspeople, but we do talk about other things too.

I originally read yr post as a concern about a 4yo watching Star Wars at all. We haven?t actually put the DVD on for months. BTW I am talking about the first 3 (ie the last 3) ? Star Wars, Empire and Return of Jedi. I wouldn?t let a 4you watch the other 3 as certainly the last one is a 12A and quite violent AFAIK.