Question for parents

[Erin]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, can can <turn2pg394 at ...> wrote:
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  I also love Dan's explaination about the violence and storylines
saying that kids have grown up with up the stories/movies as the
characters have in the books so they should have a better
understanding of Harry's world, and should be ready for it.<big snips>
>


I totally agree with this, my children are 4 and 5 years old and
have litterally grown up with Harry Potter! They know the stories
inside and out. Of course, they are just now begining to read on their
own so, I have read them all of the books so far,and I think that may
make a difference. Of course if they had questions or became scared I
was always there to smooth things over.We have of course seen all of
the movies and my children have never been too scared or upset with
any of them so far. As a matter of fact my 6 year old instead
complains when her favorite parts are left out instead of focusing on
what is in the movies. She is a big Dobby fan and was very
dissapointed that he has had no screen time in the last two films!
Leading of course to how she will react to Dobby's death in the movie.
Of course that is yet to be seen. She does know that he died in the
book(we had ourselfs a good group cry) so it is inevitable that if he
gets an appearance in DH he will meet the same fate. I think she will
be sad, just like she was when Sirius fell through the veil, but I
think she will be readied for it. As for the violence, I dont think it
is likely to be any more violent than The chronicals of Narnia or the
Spiderman movies. I guess it is just a matter of your childs maturity,
and what you want to expose them to. In my opinion, it would be a
shame to deny my children this wonderful story to shelter them from
scary or sad parts in the story. They know the difference between
fiction and reality, and I want them to learn how much feeling and
emotion can be found in the pages of a good book! (or to lesser degree-
a good movie)

Erin