Reply #112: My 5 year old is that delicate

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He cries reading Charlotte's Web- BEFORE Charlotte dies, when Wilbur is threatened with slaughter. He worries about the fact that the sun will explode/implode in however many billion years leaving us with no light and heat in the Milky Way. He hides his eyes watching animated movies like Balto because the action is so intense to him. I have to be more careful about the books he reads than the movies he sees since the books are more intense to him.

However, my son doesn't have "issues"- he simply is incredibly sensitive and empathetic. He's also incredibly happy and well rounded, and I let his own interest guide his hobbies (even when he's fighting me because I want him to go play outside and he just wants to sit and work his multiplication workbook). Personally, I find it rather scary that a progressive would suggest that a young child who has a problem with a violent film has issues.


While the OP might have seemed a little hypocritical in that s/he seems to want to impose beliefs on others, I am surprised at the nonchalance shown by many on this thread to the violence to which children are exposed. I let my son's interests guide him, but I also try to hold his innocence for the time being. Kids grow up so fast these days in America, with 10 yeaar old little girls dressing like prostitutes and little boys acting like thugs. Children in my son's class play violent video games and then act very aggressively on the playground. Is the video game the only reason for such behavior? Of course not, but it can't help.

While I would never want the long arm of the government prohibiting parents from allowing their children to see such violence, I do wish parents paid more attention to what their children are watching.