Looking back at our childhoods, we probably all recall seeing something on TV that we shouldn’t have. Perhaps a scene from a movie that stayed with us for years to come and maybe even laid the foundation for a nightmare or two - after all, age ratings and classifications on films are there for a reason.
While parents can usually gauge whether or not their child will be OK watching something geared toward an older audience, one mum has shared her horror after discovering her husband had allowed their six-year-old daughter to watch a trailer of a scary film.
Asking for advice on how to handle the situation, she shared her predicament on social media explaining what had happened. She wrote: “My mind is blown because I cannot understand why on earth my husband would show the ‘Alien’ trailer (1979) to our 6-year-old daughter.
“Now she is scared and is following me everywhere and doesn’t want to sleep in her room alone. I just cannot understand why he thought that would be OK to do. I’m seriously angry and confused… it’s not funny to mess with a 6-year-old.
“My husband said it’s no big deal because the trailer doesn’t show anything - it’s just creepy music. What is the best way to handle this?”
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People reading the parenting post had plenty of suggestions for the irresponsible father. One person replied: “Make him deal with the fallout... If she's scared and wakes up in the middle of the night because of a nightmare, make him wake up with her and comfort her.”
Another user suggested: “I watched Jurassic Park with my kids when they were pretty little. The secret was to tell them if they ever got scared to cheer for the dinosaurs. They now love to cheer for dinosaurs to eat people. I'm not sure if this was a good parenting decision.”
And someone else responded: “I think it depends on the reaction he was hoping for. Was he trying to scare her, or did he think she’d find it funny or cool? My dad showed me movies that were outside my comfort zone, but he genuinely thought I would like them - he wasn’t trying to scare me. Labyrinth still gives me the creeps though.”
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