Comments on: Holiday Movie Readiness Questionnaire

By: Danielle

Danielle — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:53:52 +0000

This is SO TRUE! I am seriously disilllusioned with Toy Story right now, as I hear my barely 2 year old yell “Stupid dog!” and my 4 year old tell me, “Shut up, just SHUT UP!” I guess the only safe movies are Baby Einstein. And older kids love those.

By: kamana

kamana — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:31:04 +0000

good questions! my little ones are 7 and 4 and i find that what works for my elder may not be appropriate for my younger (who is terrified of even the ursula bits of the little mermaid cartoon).

By: SuncadiaDad

SuncadiaDad — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:58:16 +0000

I am right there with you. We watched E.T. with our 5-year old last month. I cringed at the s-bomb which luckily went over his head. There were lots of other moments including kids not treating each other nicely and brother-sister banter that did not seem so bad back as a teenager in the 80s.

By: Stacy (Mama-Om)

Stacy (Mama-Om) — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:19:37 +0000

Oh my! I’ve actually never seen that movie… but now I feel like I have.

Before you show them the next holiday classic, check out kids-in-mind.com…. it rates movies 1-10 on three scales (violence, sexuality, profanity) and actually lists all the instances of sexuality, violence, and profanity in the context they occur. It also has summary of the issues that come up in the film.

It’s pretty awesome and I’m sorry if I sound like an infomercial — I am not affiliated with them at all!

Off to read my porn stash… Ooops, I mean, magazines.

By: Aunt Murry

Aunt Murry — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:44:10 +0000

Merry Christmas Daring One! May all the blessings of the season be with you and yours now and through the year to come!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:46:52 +0000

Now that you mention it, Home Alone is rather scary. Or at least, cringe-worthy. And by cringe-worthy I’m not so much referring to language or mature references as to simply watching people get hurt a lot. I mean, ow.

By: All Women Stalker

All Women Stalker — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:15:02 +0000

Hahaha hilarious. It was pretty funny when I was little…

-meream

By: Heather

Heather — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:25:00 +0000

Thanks for the head’s up. Much appreciated.

Amazing the results of looking at the world through a child’s eyes. My own little realization recently involved walking the two and a half blocks to the elementary school with my kindergartner on a very slick and snowy morning because I was not in the mood to get into a fender-bender that day. It was very enjoyable walking in his footsteps all the way there. As I began my return trip, the crossing guard made some comment about walking in such weather. My reply was, “Walking here was an adventure. Heading home is just walking in the snow.”

By: Kork

Kork — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:52:37 +0000

Yeah…we only watch the “true” classics…you know, Rudolph, Charlie Brown, the animated Grinch with the story being narrated in the background…there’s NO WAY I’m letting my kids watch something like Home Alone or Christmas Story or even something as innocuous as It’s a Wonderful Life at this point…oy!

Hoping Magoo isn’t too scarred!

By: Janel

Janel — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:39:50 +0000

In other words, Hollywood is not paying you to recommend Home Alone.