Should I change a family cinema plan when the ten-year-old is unsure about the film?
EntertainmentMy nephew watched the trailer, then asked, 'Does the creature keep coming back when they think it's gone?' My sister said he'd be fine because she was coming too.
We're planning a cinema trip in the UK. The film on the booking page is marked 12A, and he's ten. He loves the costumes and has been drawing the main character, but the trailer's dark corridor made him cover the lower half of the screen.
His two older cousins are keen to see it. My sister says changing the film would make him feel like the little one who ruined everyone's plan. I suggested that we ask what he wants after checking the film's content advice. She thinks that will only make him more wary.
I'm organising the tickets, and nobody has paid yet. I don't want to override his mother, but I also don't want his enthusiasm for a character treated as an answer to whether he wants this whole film. How do we make the choice without putting the family's disappointment on him?
