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Agreed. I definitely watched star wars in its entirety including the entire cantina scene at least by the age of six. The dark parts were disturbing but I don't

Agreed. I definitely watched star wars in its entirety including the entire cantina scene at least by the age of six. The dark parts were disturbing but I don't think they were a problem. There's an important early lesson these helicopter parents are losing by not exposing kids to a little PG movie violence, that my parents explained to me well - its fantasy movie violence for entertainment and not real. God forbid one of these kids goes over to a friends house who has less supervision and they pop in a DVD of Hostel or something. With all the violence and gore in modern movies its probably a pretty good idea to prepare them for all the crap they're going to get exposed to later in life

shanselman 14y ago
Just a point, I did show them the Revisited fan edit in which, as the first poster alludes to, Han shoots first, etc. But also remember these are 4 and 6 year old kids. It's about balance. I'm not trying to "helicopter parent," on the contrary, I'm trying to provide context. We only skipped the burnt body and amputation. I think that's reasonable given what I know about my 4 year old.
tibbon 14y ago
Perhaps slightly OT, but I think its easy for us as adults to thing we'll 'know' what our children will find scary or disturbing. The two film scenes from me being 5-6 that I remember always scaring me were things that most adults wouldn't probably find that scary. They were Bruce Banner turning into the Incredible Hulk and the Jabberwocky scene from Alice in Wonderland. Children are complex, and I think rarely can we assume to know what they'll think. Its why we laugh so much when they say funny things- we can't predict them.
- shanselman 14y ago
  Very true. In this case I assumed that burnt bodies of parental figures and traumatic amputations were too much for a 4 year old. It's possible he could have not sweated that at all and been freaked out by the Jawas. Parenting is a gentle balance and a series of judgement calls.

shanselman 14y ago

Just a point, I did show them the Revisited fan edit in which, as the first poster alludes to, Han shoots first, etc. But also remember these are 4 and 6 year old kids. It's about balance. I'm not trying to "helicopter parent," on the contrary, I'm trying to provide context. We only skipped the burnt body and amputation. I think that's reasonable given what I know about my 4 year old.

tibbon 14y ago

Perhaps slightly OT, but I think its easy for us as adults to thing we'll 'know' what our children will find scary or disturbing. The two film scenes from me being 5-6 that I remember always scaring me were things that most adults wouldn't probably find that scary. They were Bruce Banner turning into the Incredible Hulk and the Jabberwocky scene from Alice in Wonderland. Children are complex, and I think rarely can we assume to know what they'll think. Its why we laugh so much when they say funny things- we can't predict them.

shanselman 14y ago
Very true. In this case I assumed that burnt bodies of parental figures and traumatic amputations were too much for a 4 year old. It's possible he could have not sweated that at all and been freaked out by the Jawas. Parenting is a gentle balance and a series of judgement calls.