Posted on 07/21/2012 11:45:25 PM PDT by Lmo56
Good grief! Staying up late for one night doesn’t affect the “well-being” of a child. All of you busy-bodies should go on a crusade against REAL abuse and leave parents who just feel differently about certain matters alone.
Agreed. And if they can't afford $20-$30 for a babysitter for a few hours - they certainly can't afford $20 for 2 tickets for adults, children's tix [if they were charged for it], and [of course] popcorn, soda, etc.
My parents scoped out a few movies when I was growing up - I remember Bonnie And Clyde in particular. They said I couldn't go - the last scene was too gory.
Saw it when I was 17 - didn't think it was a big deal, but now I have kids ...
B & C ws on cable the other day - my 6-yeaar old wanted to watch. I told him in 7 years when he is a teenager.
My parents were right ...
Taking a first grade or pre-school child to a scary (for them) movie can cause long term trauma. Add to that the extremely late hour, and you have parents treating children like luggage or some other inanimate object. I consider that to be abusive.
Not all children are scared by such movies. I propose we let the *gasp* PARENTS decide whether their own child is mature enough.
Yes, all little children are at risk for trauma from big screen violence. No point in asking parents who have brought the first grader to a midnight movie, because people like that obviously haven’t thought about it and made a decision that their six year old would like it. They haven’t thought about their child at all, he’s like a bag of groceries or an umbrella that they just happen to have with them.
Has there actually been a statistical increase in mass shootings? The Austin sniper hit in the in the 1960s - other shooting incidents have also occurred historically, but have simply faded from public memory, remained local, or weren’t picked up by the general public’s mind.
In addition, another factor could be deinstitutionalization. A lot of people who have gone on to commit such terrible acts might very well been forced to undergo treatment or even detainment without consent prior to the 1970s.
yes! that's wonderful...
personally, we hardly do any type of cookie cutter anything in our home... certainly not cookie-cutter parenting...
i think it all depends... my children were raised with classical literature... none of the ooey gooey Disney versions... they handled "scary" really well... we didn't schlep them like luggage... we were and are still thoughtful about what they are exposed to...
but you're right... some kids don't handle scary well.. i have friends whose kids could not watch the Wizard of Oz nor A Christmas Carol...
yes... i have similar memories! in fact, what you've described above is one of many things my hubby and i had in common...
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