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Nobody anchors with age. One parent will advocate for allowing children to watch Scarface, without mentioning their child is 17. Another parent will explain The
by ip26 2y ago
Nobody anchors with age. One parent will advocate for allowing children to watch Scarface, without mentioning their child is 17. Another parent will explain The Neverending Story is far too scary, without mentioning their child just turned 4 yesterday.
Much like parents who trumpet how children should be free to roam and explore without meddling from adults, but never clarify whether they are talking about middle schoolers or toddlers.
- pnutjam 2y agoI control movies, but books are much more open. If a child can read it; they should be allowed. The process of ingesting a novel is so different from a video. You're experiences and maturity put limits on how you perceive things you read. Books open your mind to new ideas and that should be encouraged even if the ideas are more mature.
- ben_w 2y agoYou've just reminded me that I learned about Texas Chainsaw Massacre when I was 8 or 9 from a girl in my class describing the ending. I've never seen it and have no intention ever to do so.
- cess11 2y agoI'm not going to try and convince you to watch it, but would like to remark that it is not at all as visceral and graphic as it is commonly made out to be. It's more about disturbing atmosphere than gore. Personally I find it interesting in part because it's pretty much based on (early seventies) news reports about crime and serial killers, trying to capture that kind of storytelling. The horror comes more from socially prevalent suspicions about working class, rural and mentally disabled people than on the nose depictions of violence. A supposedly frightening revolt of the subaltern, of sorts. I find much of what I see in the news much, much nastier than anything this movie has to offer.
- bunderbunder 2y agoNobody anchors to temperament, either. I don't think twice about letting my 7 year old watch shows that I steer my 9 year old away from. The 7 year old, a thrill seeker, enjoys things that would give my 9 year old nightmares for a week.
- kridsdale3 2y agoMaybe the nightmares are a method for the child to process the perceived trauma and come out on the other side as more resilient. What actual harm is happening?