Would you take your toddlers to see The Day After Tomorrow???

[remyandhollandsmommy]

Kimberle, you might as well let it go, they don't want to hear your opinion. I let my DD(5) see it and she thought it was cool ( she did laugh some) and I am getting FLAMED because they think kids shouldn't see any movies adults watch.

 

[EsmeraldaX]

Originally posted by Kimberle
**You** criticize **me**.

Have **you seen** the movie??? SEEN it, not read a review???

I've seen it. I didn't think it was funny.

 

[disneyjunkie]

Originally posted by Jasminesmommy
I don't get it people need to mind there own business and raise your kids your way and we will raise ours are way.

 

[frustrated]

Originally posted by remyandhollandsmommy
Kimberle, you might as well let it go, they don't want to hear your opinion. I let my DD(5) see it and she thought it was cool ( she did laugh some) and I am getting FLAMED because they think kids shouldn't see any movies adults watch.

Maybe because those little dears then "show off" all they know to their classmates, friends, family etc. You may not care if your child's head is filled with trash, but some parents do.

 

[helenabear]

Not going to get into this debate... everyone has a right to believe what they want no matter what I say. I do listen to opinions, but it doesn't mean I'll agree with them, and I would presume others think that way too.

But I had to address this...

Originally posted by EsmeraldaX
I've seen it. I didn't think it was funny.

Not to defend, but there were some moments we cracked up at this movie. Not at the idea of it, but a few select quotes... like when the one teen said something about having a whole bunch of tax law books to burn. That was hilarious to me. Truly though, the whole idea of this is frightening to me... I couldn't imagine what it would be like if we lived through that... scary beyond all belief to me...

 

[Pete's Mom]

I took Pete (7) to see all three of the LOTR movies and he loved them. They are a big favorite with him and he is incredibly knowledgeable about all the the characters and the story and we have a lot of discussions about the movies.

I would not take him to see the Day After Tomorrow though. A little too realistic IMHO. LOTR was obviously make believe.

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but you'd better believe I would complain about ANYONE (baby, toddler, adult, teenager, etc.) who was disruptive during a movie.

 

[ZachnElli]

Yup, I'm a mean mom. I will not take my kids to this movie (5 & 9). I don't see the point. Let them be kids. My parents were very strict with what I watched as a child and it wasn't nearly as bad as it is today. There are plenty of kid and family movies out to go see as a family. And the movies that ds (9) has seen that were PG 13 (Hulk, Spiderman, etc) were in the afternoon and dd was either with a sitter or I stayed home with her. Kids are being way too desensitized to violence in this day and age. I also really hate getting a sitter for an adult movie only to be disturbed by other people's children. I've had toys, candy, popcorn dropped on me, my hair pulled, etc by someone else's toddler when mine was at home with a sitter!

 

[Dancind]

Interesting discussion. Next time you're at a theatre wondering what people are thinking in taking their young kids to certain movies, you'll have a clue I guess.

I'm a movie buff, even took classes in college. My DD 13 has seen all types of movies, lots of classics (Some Like it Hot, Romeo and Juliet, American in Paris, Pink Panther, Gone with the Wind). I sort of consider it part of her education. She can critique a stinker with the best of them. I'd rather she see a movie like Shakespeare in Love than the American Pie movies, but that's just me. (and she has seen SIL with a couple of fast forwards).

She hates movies where someone gets hurt or killed, always has. She's just a sensitive kid. Very intelligent, and I think she understood early on that these are things that could happen to real people, people she loves, even though the movie isn't real. We've lately been asking her if she will see movies like Van Helsing with us, no way. When a commercial for Day after Tomorrow came on, she got a little upset and told us that she worries about Global Warming, and thinks about tsunamis etc. when we go to Florida. We won't be taking her to see it.

This is the same kid that scuba dives in the ocean with no fear, and thinks it would be cool to see a shark. Of course, I have a different opinion on that, and sometimes think I should rent Jaws! Her scuba buddy Dad would just kill me, wouldn't he? Of course, she'd lecture me that sharks don't really behave that way, and actually think humans taste bad.

Yeah, when we went to Shrek, there were tons of kids under 2. Didn't see a one that actually watched the movie, most of them talked through the whole thing. I think that's why they make movies so loud, so you can tune it out. Kind of funny (but not), one baby started screaming when Shrek roared.

 

[CEDmom]

Originally posted by kasar
I've always heard that children can't distinguish between reality and make-believe until they're around 9 years old. They just can't figure out that it's actors on pretend sets, they think it's real and that's got to be extremely scary for them. I don't like to watch movies with dying and pain (especially violent deaths) and I certainly don't want my children to. Isn't that my job, to protect them from that stuff?

Can't we let kids be kids? Frankly, there's not a whole lot of TV that's appropriate for children, IN MY OPINION, much less movies that were made for adults. All kids want to see the latest movies, mine included. But I've learned that it's okay to say no. We play games together, go out to dinner, play ball in the yard or read books instead. What are they missing? How about gratuitous violence, graphic sex, nudity, drug use, degradation of women, etc.

Adults are adults, children are children. When children become adults they can do whatever they want.

It's somewhere around 8. I remember after 9-11 many pediatric psychologists were recommending that parents not allow children under 8 or so to watch the news where they showed the disaster over and over because they were not yet able to understand that it wasn't really happening over and over.

What I don't understand is the rush so many parents have to see their kids grow up. Between TV, movies, clothes, music so many children aren't being allowed to be kids anymore. I'm not knocking anyone here. You're right that what you do with your child is your business. However, when your child does something to my child as a result of something seen on TV or in a movie then it becomes my business.

 

[Lewski709]

Originally posted by Kimberle
**You** criticize **me**.

Have **you seen** the movie??? SEEN it, not read a review???

I didn't criticize "you", I said someone. I am not the only one who agrees that laughing at this type of movie isn't funny at all.

 

[Lewski709]

Originally posted by helenabear
Not going to get into this debate... everyone has a right to believe what they want no matter what I say.

I agree with this and was expressing my opinions, not arguing or saying my way is better than any one elses. I am just in disbelief.

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