Quick poll- DS age 8 wants to watch Buffy.....

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DD (13) and I are about to embark on watching it all. DS 8 overheard us and wants to watch as well. It's been years since I watched it. Is 8 too young?

I would say that's too young, though I haven't watched it since the 90s. I remember it being quite creepy sometimes, and there's definitely some sex.

Weirdly I waychdon’t d an episode I found at about 5am this morning. I’d say too young.

8 is too young IMO.

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I was watching around age 9 so...

Far too young. I'm a big fan, but won't even let dd 12 watch it yet. Not because of the scary stuff but because of the adult themes, particularly in the later series.

It gets much more adult-themed as the series go, so 8 is too young IMO. How will you explain the Angel/Angelus sex stuff etc? I’d wait, if I were you.

I was only a little bit older when I first watched it in the nineties. I had nightmares after watching the first vampire claw it's way out of the ground. Wait a few years

Its a 15 so no. Too much adult stuff.

I'll be the bad parent here (although no Band Candy consumed) we probably had a rewatch when DD was about 8 and she loved it and coped fine. We've done at least one more rewatch since then... She's 15 now and still covers her eyes if there is a sex scene on tv. It depends on how much your 8yr old picks up on - will he just love the whizz bang nature of fighting baddies like cartoons or will he brood about the possibility of vampires in real life?

It's a 15? I checked and it seemed to be either unclassified or a 12... even conservative common sense media is saying 12/13...
I'll give it a miss then. Shame. Some good female heros and positive messages from what I remember.

Perhaps I'll just watch again in a few years fine!

12/13 maybe, but that's still not 8. Can't you and your oldest watch it after the 8yo is in bed?

A quick check on amazon shows a 15 rating by the bbfc but DS10 quite likes the odd episode - I've never actually seen the praying mantis episode think it's episode 3 of the first season cause I'm a big wuss when it comes to close up beasties