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<blockquote data-quote="SRL" data-source="post: 112854" data-attributes="member: 701"><p><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: totoro</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Is Alvin and the Chipmunks "Scary"??? Seriously... K has such severe anxiety... We watched Bridge to Taribithia which I thought was so sweet... she ended up sobbing and hysterical... She also could not watch Frosty this year. Too scared. </p><p></p><p>She wants to see it, I just don't want to have her running out of the theatre in terror!!! </p><p>We had to leave Rattatouille!!! Poor thing. </p><p></p><p></div></div></p><p></p><p>Yikes, I thought Bridge to Terebithia had very mature themes and some menacing fantastical creatures myself!</p><p></p><p>Totoro, when our kids were little and anxiety was a big issue, we didn't even make going to the movies an option. We started family movie nights every Saturday evening, complete with supper and often soda and popcorn. We'd pick movies carefully--eitehr those we were familiar with or else rent the DVD's as soon as they came out to preview first. difficult child always knew he had an out if he didn't like the film or if he had concern that they might be scary because we have portable VHS and DVD players in the living room upstairs. We saved a ton of money this way, put way less stress on difficult child and established a family routine that is still in place 5 years later. We'd occasionally sneak oldest easy child off to see a movie so he didn't feel so cheated, but otherwise we waited with difficult child until he let us know he was ready and we thought he could handle it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRL, post: 112854, member: 701"] <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: totoro</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Is Alvin and the Chipmunks "Scary"??? Seriously... K has such severe anxiety... We watched Bridge to Taribithia which I thought was so sweet... she ended up sobbing and hysterical... She also could not watch Frosty this year. Too scared. She wants to see it, I just don't want to have her running out of the theatre in terror!!! We had to leave Rattatouille!!! Poor thing. </div></div> Yikes, I thought Bridge to Terebithia had very mature themes and some menacing fantastical creatures myself! Totoro, when our kids were little and anxiety was a big issue, we didn't even make going to the movies an option. We started family movie nights every Saturday evening, complete with supper and often soda and popcorn. We'd pick movies carefully--eitehr those we were familiar with or else rent the DVD's as soon as they came out to preview first. difficult child always knew he had an out if he didn't like the film or if he had concern that they might be scary because we have portable VHS and DVD players in the living room upstairs. We saved a ton of money this way, put way less stress on difficult child and established a family routine that is still in place 5 years later. We'd occasionally sneak oldest easy child off to see a movie so he didn't feel so cheated, but otherwise we waited with difficult child until he let us know he was ready and we thought he could handle it. [/QUOTE]
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