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dd wants to see high school musical 3 for birthday party in the fall. acceptable for 6-7 year olds?
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have you actually seen the movie? and how old are your kids? i'm pretty picky about what my kids watch but have no problem letting my 7 y.o. watch the first two movies.
[ Reply | Options ]I have seen them and I find them so full of terrible stereotypes that I would like to keep my 6 & 8yo dds away from for a few more years. They don't need to be learning these things at this age.
[ Reply | Options ]np: I think the lessons they have in the movie like dealing with mean kids, ect isn't bad for the kids to see. I also have an 8yr old and don't mind her watching.
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yes. I'm a stickler with movies or cartoons but thought this was ok. Also Camp Rock was liked by the entire movie including my dh. We discussed the lessons after the movie and dd got it
[ Reply | Options ]lol- i just posted below you about how much i hated camp rock. really thought it was awful in every way. but like i said, we talked about it.
[ Reply | Options ]we liked the music, kids danced..yes it was cheesy but what tween movie isn't. I did like the lesson about the mean girl since my dd has a few of them in her class or camp and this has been a recent discussion on why ppl are mean to others
[ Reply | Options ]that's good. i just thought the lead girl was awful with that fake smile the whole movie. and the fact that all the teens shimmied when they danced really bugged me. even the girl playing the acoustic guitar shimmied - you can't shimmy when you play guitar. but i'm pg and easily annoyed these days.
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you know- HSM is so low on my list of offensive things. parents have to pick and choose so you get to choose whatever you want. but i'd much rather my kids watch HSM than half the crap out there. Camp Rock - that was a horrible movie where every single female looked, sang and danced alike. But even that didn't bother me b/c it gave me a chance to talk with my 7 y.o about WHY I didn't like it.
[ Reply | Options ]I didn't let them see Camp Rock either - no point. FWIW, yes, I do pick and choose, but I choose to show them CLASSIC musicals which they love and adore, with good stories, great music and decent role models
[ Reply | Options ]np: those are great too but don't usually have a lesson..but they are oldies but goodies
[ Reply | Options ]that's great - like i said you get to choose. no need to get all sanctimommy with your CLASSIC musicals. in the end, it's not going to make that big of a difference 10 years from now.
[ Reply | Options ]I'm not getting sanctimommy, I was just saying that in my opinion HSM is not appropriate for 6yos
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are you kidding? So many of them - SoM, Mary Poppins, any of the Astaire/Rogers, Easter Parade, Singing in the Rain, Oklahoma, My Fair Lady, Meet me in St Louis... do you want me to keep going? Of course my 6yo doesn't fully understand everything that is happening in them, but she loves the music, dancing, great costumes, etc.
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let me just warn you: i took my dd and her friends to the american girl movie for her 8th bday party. i was shocked at how many mothers considered this a mother/daughter bonding experience and crashed the party - one with her 11 y .o. son. and two moms even talked to me as if i was ruining something by making it be my dd's party. so, just know if your dd's friends' moms are as crazy as my dd's were, it may not be fun for you.
[ Reply | Options ]wow... those mothers are crazy, but I would say that HSM is much LESS of a "bonding" experience film than American Girl
[ Reply | Options ]or: true - but considering there has never been an AG movie in theatres before, i couldn't have been ruining any kind of tradition. it's not like i was taking the kids to the Nutcracker on Christmas Eve.
[ Reply | Options ]Oh, I completely agree but I do understand that some mothers see AG as a very mother-daughter bonding thing (I'm not one of them) but HSM is a different breen altoghther. I wouldn't let my dd's go see it with you, but if they were a few years older I'd be HAPPY to have another mom take them so I won't have to go!
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Oh I remember you...I can't believe that mom still came with her son. What is wrong with these damn ppl. Did they still pressure you to get everyone tix so you all could sit together? Not like the kids were 3 yr olds
[ Reply | Options ]the woman in charge of the party ended up charging all the moms. but it was a big mess b/c i had asked one mom to come and she ended up having to pay and wouldn't let me reimburse her. plus (and i knew this would happen) while the mom ended up buying a ticket for her son, i still got charged for him for the party so the movie theatre got double $$ for him. everything just ended up being so complicated which really annoyed me. i would have rather paid for everything but it was a big mess.
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I TTTTTT A with OR that these movies are so not appropriate for that age and can't believe it's so widespread.
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Yes, I have. I don't think they are good at any age that would probably *want* to watch them. I guess 10-11 is fine, but the messages in them are so shallow that I'd prefer my kids never see them
[ Reply | Options ]Do your kids watch any shows? I happen to think the messages are not bad compared to other stuff that is on TV for this age group.
[ Reply | Options ]My kids watch PBS shows and did watch Noggin when they were younger. Most of the Disney Channel shows are off-limits as is a lot on Nick, but they love anything about science, nature, travel, cooking, etc., so we watch a lot of discovery and food network, and lots of old classic movies.
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