07-15-2008, 09:36 AM
Fistor Wrote:I think where you and I differ is this: I wouldn't let my 5 year old watch a movie if I thought it would give him a nightmare. Nightmares are utterly terrifying to little kids. I just wouldn't subject my kid to that.
well, i'm not a parent. this is my friend's daughter. but that's probably why our opinions differ, in any case.
i have no idea whether or not she has nightmares over this movie. but i know she loves it. so much, that her mom deleted it off the dvr to get her to move on.
there's curiosity, there's imagination, there's scary images, and i think there's value in a kid learning that, no matter how much it freaks them out, nightmares can't really hurt them. enough to be worth the stress? i don't know. like i said, i can only speak on my personal behalf as a kid. and i'm fine with it.
nothing against you wanting to protect your child. of course you would. you're just protecting them from a movie.