I’m always impressed when children calmly decide when stuff might be “too much” for them.
Over the holidays, I made a little horror film with some young kids. We were just getting ready for the bit where the monster rises from the depths when Thomas, the youngest (who’s three), stopped everyone and announced that “this is too scary for me.” He then affably left the room so the rest of us could continue.
This reminded me of a young Iranian communist I know. We used to watch Neon Genesis Evangelion together when he was a pre-teen, but when the later episodes of this excellent giant robot series began veering into sex-and-death territory, he simply said, “I don’t think I’m ready for this yet,” and we left it at that.
Children who are patronised don’t stand a chance.
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