Violence in Children's Movies

[littlemommy]

We had a rainy day last week, and I saw the Beauty and the Beast was on the Disney Channel. I turned it on, and everyone nicely sat down to watch it. There were a few parts in the movie I didn't feel comfortable with the kids watching. The townspeople were yelling, saying they need to kill the beast, and save their children and wives. Then there was the fight scene, where the one guy fights the beast. The ages I had that day were form 18 month to 6 years.

I didn't remember the movie being that violent. If it were on DVD I would have fast-forwarded that part! Or picked a different movie. It seems like any kids movies/shows have suggestive or violent parts.

[Squirrel]

Yep too much has violence and no adults sitting down talking things out. This is one reason I don't have a tv in my daycare. I also am quite particular about books I read to the kids and talk to them about parts that may not be the right way to handle a situation.

[Crystal]

I think almost ALL disney movies are innapropriate for young children. They are full of violence, death, etc. that children should not be exposed to.

Wierd, you would think Disney would be appropriate for children, but most is not:


Snow White - wicked witch step-mother, tries to kill snow white
Cinderella - abusive relationship with step-mother and sisters
Bambi - guns and fire resulting in death

etc.

[littlemommy]

I think almost ALL disney movies are innapropriate for young children. They are full of violence, death, etc. that children should not be exposed to.

Wierd, you would think Disney would be appropriate for children, but most is not:


Snow White - wicked witch step-mother, tries to kill snow white
Cinderella - abusive relationship with step-mother and sisters
Bambi - guns and fire resulting in death

etc.

Yes. After watching Beauty and the Beast, it made me think back to the Disney movies I watched as a kid. They were all violent!

[Kaddidle Care]

Stick with Winnie the Poo and the old film Milo and Otis.

As I've posted before - this website is great - no higher than 3 rating on anything is what I recommend for the wee ones. http://www.kids-in-mind.com/

Unfortunately, the old Disney flicks aren't on it. It's more recent movies.

[sharlan]

I am not a big fan of Disney movies. They give me nightmares.

My gd was having nightmares every night, we couldn't figure out why. One night my dd asked her what she was dreaming about. She said "Simba". Lion King hit the trash that day. She had been watching it, at her request, every afternoon.

[Unregistered]

I have never liked Disney Movies for all the reasons stated here but also because they instill in the very young that beautiful and skinny = good and ugly and fat = bad. Nearly every evil character is ugly while the good are young and beautiful. I don't like that message and think its one of the reasons our society is so screwed up. We start telling our girls from nearly day one (without even realizing it!) that they should look a certain way and be a certain size. No thanks! I love Sesame Street in small portions (its just too long for the toddlers) and also Thomas and Friends. Very benign and well made IMO. SS has the added benefit of no commecials too.

[Blackcat31]

that is the exact reason we ditched out TV completely back in the fall of 2010. (We also ditched all the battery operated toys as well.) I have to say, since we have gone TV free, the kids have been so much more imaginative and we have had zero instances of any kind of hitting or aggression. They are all playing nicer and sharing better and using their own creative skills with the toys and games they have.

[Zoe]

I'm a major Disney fan, but I will agree that they are not appropriate at times if small children are watching unsupervised. I've had to explain way too many times what happened to Simba's daddy and Bambi's mommy to my own DD to let my dck's watch. So I let them watch Wonder Pets, Yo Gabba Gabba, or something like that when I'm making lunch.

Now, my DD5 and my other 5 yo dcg watch whatever they want (family movie-wise of course) during quiet time. They're my big girls and understand all that stuff, and since they're by themselves during quiet time (the nappers are in another room), I have no problem letting them watch Tangled or Beauty and the Beast. I don't mind at all.

[Blackcat31]

I just finished watching Rango and this is my personal review of the show:
As a child ...... :confused::confused:
As an adult ......::

Definately NOT for children.

[Kaddidle Care]

I just finished watching Rango and this is my personal review of the show:
As a child ...... :confused::confused:
As an adult ......::

Definately NOT for children.

We loved it but my youngest is 10. That one bar scene I had to run back a few times and watch over and over. :: It was much better than I expected but I agree - not really for the littles.

[Zoe]

Oh man. My DH and I rented Rango but watched it after the kids went to bed. I won't let them watch that AT ALL! What were people smoking when they made that?!?

[Springdaze]

I had it going in the background and didnt care for what I heard. My kids have heard from very young that I dont like Shrek and were suprised last summer that I even let them watch it. Im not high and mighty or anything, I just dont like bathroom humor (anymore, that is!)

[Vonnel]

And it's not just in the movies that violence is present. For example, not so long ago I read the play "Macbeth" and I can say that I was just shocked by the amount of violence in this play. Can anyone else read it?

[Cat Herder]

And it's not just in the movies that violence is present. For example, not so long ago I read the play "Macbeth" and I can say that I was just shocked by the amount of violence in this play. Can anyone else read it?

You would be hard-pressed to find a kid under 13 willing to read Macbeth, Julius Caesar, or any Shakespeare, really. ::::::

My favorite is still Taming of the Shrew. We were assigned it in junior high, but today it would most likely be banned as against women. ::::