6 year old and the new Twilight movie

[sdjen]

Ok, - let me start by saying I have not seen any of the movies and couldnt even finish the first book. Just not my type of book/movie.

My 6 year old tells me today that her 8 year old friend is going with her mom to the new twilight movie this weekend. I told my 6 year old - sorry you cannot go - they are not appropriate for a girl your age. Needless to say I am the mean mom for not taking her or letting her go.

Am I being too overprotective? I havent seen them but from what I know they are pretty violent and probably a scary for a young child. Am I doing the right thing? If you have seen them, would you let a 6 year old watch?

Thanks!

 

[Southernmiss]

Ok, - let me start by saying I have not seen any of the movies and couldnt even finish the first book. Just not my type of book/movie.

My 6 year old tells me today that her 8 year old friend is going with her mom to the new twilight movie this weekend. I told my 6 year old - sorry you cannot go - they are not appropriate for a girl your age. Needless to say I am the mean mom for not taking her or letting her go.
Am I being too overprotective? I havent seen them but from what I know they are pretty violent and probably a scary for a young child. Am I doing the right thing? If you have seen them, would you let a 6 year old watch?

Thanks!

I haven't seen the movies, but I don't believe they are apporpriate for a 6 year old. This would have been my response as well.

Sometimes we have to do the right thing even if it isn't easy.

 

[Soldier's*Sweeties]

Ok, - let me start by saying I have not seen any of the movies and couldnt even finish the first book. Just not my type of book/movie.

My 6 year old tells me today that her 8 year old friend is going with her mom to the new twilight movie this weekend. I told my 6 year old - sorry you cannot go - they are not appropriate for a girl your age. Needless to say I am the mean mom for not taking her or letting her go.

Am I being too overprotective? I havent seen them but from what I know they are pretty violent and probably a scary for a young child. Am I doing the right thing? If you have seen them, would you let a 6 year old watch?

Thanks!

Definitely not appropriate. I wouldn't scatter for the remote to change the channel really quick if she walked into the room... But not for kids.

 

[wiigirl]

Personally I think its too deep for my kids.

 

[tiggger1]

I wouldnt take my daughter to the movies to see it but my 9 year old has seen some of Twilight and watched most of New Moon with me last night. She really wasnt too interested in it..

 

[dislal]

I wouldn't take a 6 year old to see this movie! JMHO

 

[KerriSue]

I do think that a 6 year old is too young to see the Twilight movies.

 

[JessicaR]

I wouldn't - 6 is too young to even grasp the content. Only 6 and already a mean mom! Wait - it gets better.

 

[Jennasis]

Not for a 6 year old and really not appropriate for an 8 year old. I'm wondering if the other kid's mom is the fan who wants to see it.

 

[pumba]

I read on line that it just narrowly escaped an R rating

 

[LuvsDragonflies]

I think that you would be asking for a lot of awkward questions and possible nights of baaaaaad sleep. Not worth it.

I goes back to knowing your own kids. My friend has her two kids and they've been watching scary and R rated stuff for a couple of years, my two? It would blow their little minds. I'll wait.

 

[sdjen]

OP here - I know her well enough to know it would be too scary for her. I really don't think she has any idea of what the movies are about but doesn't want to miss out.

I even texted the other mom (she is a friend of mine) to see if she really was taking her. i was kind of surprised because we are usually on the same page for this kind of stuff. She told me that her mom took her daughter a couple of years ago to the first one and she was upset about it. But, now she thinks it will be okay. I think she is deluding herself into thinking it will be okay but that is JMHO.

I know i am doing the right thing - I am sure it won't be the last time I am the mean mom

I guess I will have to remind her that a mean mom wouldnt have gotten Taylor Swift tickets for us to go see her next summer - think that will work?

 

[KristaTX]

Not for a 6 year old and really not appropriate for an 8 year old. I'm wondering if the other kid's mom is the fan who wants to see it.

I figured you'd say it wasn't appropriate for any age .

 

[luvmy3]

I think each parent is capable of deciding for their kids whether or not its appropriate. My youngest ds9 has seen the first 3, he has no interest in seeing them, but if they were on here at home he'd watch. Compared to some of the other movies he has seen, the Twilights are pretty tame. I can't comment on the last one so I have no idea if its worse than any of the others for an 8 year old.

 

[FlightlessDuck]

I wouldn't allow a 6 or 8 year old to see that movie. Or a 11 year old, for that matter.

 

[turkeymama]

I wouldn't allow a 6 or 8 year old to see that movie. Or a 11 year old, for that matter.

My 12 year hasn't seen them yet. Knowing that she is only interested due to peer pressure, I've told her she is welcome to watch all the Twilight movies....as soon as she reads the books.

I certainly wouldn't even consider letting a 6 year old or 8 year old see the films. There could be some exceptions, but I think it is safe to say most kiddos that age aren't equipped for the mature content of the films.

 

[Casemily]

Stand firm. This is an instance where being the "mean mom" is really being a good parent. I'm 35, I remember not being allowed to watch Pretty Women when it came out, or Dracula when it came out. It seemed Everyone else had. Kids just don't like being left out, and some kids can be cruel about it. I have since seen both movies. I get that mom was trying to protect me from the glorification of prostitution and the Dracula sex scenes. What's no big deal as an adult DOES make impressions on children. Even for children who've read the book, I'd be wary to let them watch the movie. Concepts and things read in the book and not understood get forgotten or ignored. In a movie, those same things can be quite graphic and unforgiving.

What it comes down to though is what you think is ok for your child to watch, and read for that matter. Some parents may watch the movie and see no reason their child shouldn't be allowed to watch. Other parents may watch the same movie and consider it inappropriate for their child to watch. I'd suggest watching the movie yourself, even though it's not material you like to watch, so you can explain exactly to your daughter why you're not going to let her go to the movie at 6 years old. She still won't like it, but it time she will understand. (she may be in her 20's )

 

[Stacerita]

Totally not appropriate for an 8 year old, let alone a 6 year old.

 

[hereyago]

I have no problem with being a "mean" mom when needed. My. Dd is 14 so we will be going to see it tomorrow after school. Hopefully the older females will have all reay seen it and not be in the audience hollering at the actors to take it off.

 

[ChrisFL]

I don't think they're appropriate for humans period.