https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:04:55 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/beauty-and-the-beast-too-scary-for-3yo#post-2880716 Sat, 13 Apr 2019 20:27:01 +0000 lady baltimore 2880716@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for the feedback, everyone! I found a YouTube video of a non-professional production and showed some of it to LO this afternoon. She was a little anxious, but okay, through the scene with Maurice and the wolves, but noped out hard as soon as she got a good look at the beast. Went directly from "I can see it, I won't be scared" to "maybe when I am five I will be ready for Beauty and the Beast". :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/beauty-and-the-beast-too-scary-for-3yo#post-2880713 Sat, 13 Apr 2019 19:54:17 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2880713@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine thought the movie was too scary. But she was very sensitive to that stuff until 5+! Also mine would really have a hard time sitting still that long but I guess it sounds like you've got that under control! 😊 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/beauty-and-the-beast-too-scary-for-3yo#post-2880693 Sat, 13 Apr 2019 10:13:07 +0000 MrsKRB 2880693@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My almost 3 year old has seen it and the wolf scene is the only one she was scared at. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/beauty-and-the-beast-too-scary-for-3yo#post-2880689 Sat, 13 Apr 2019 09:56:31 +0000 PinkElephant 2880689@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lady baltimore: I’d imagine that the wolves won’t be nearly as scary when played by people on stage as they are on the screen. Their sounds will be less convincing and they won’t probably look very realistic unless this high school’s production budget is WAY higher than most ! 🙂</p> <p>If you were worried about her getting scared and disrupting the audience, I bet you could ask if there’s a time she can come watch a dress rehearsal! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/beauty-and-the-beast-too-scary-for-3yo#post-2880663 Fri, 12 Apr 2019 20:15:10 +0000 Mama Bird 2880663@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not the movie, but my three year old saw a Beauty and the Beast play recently. Not that scary for her - I mean, she climbed into my lap for a couple of scary scenes, and talked about it for a few days after, but overall she really liked it. And she tends to get scared easily and blow up mildly scary things into a big deal in her mind. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/beauty-and-the-beast-too-scary-for-3yo#post-2880612 Fri, 12 Apr 2019 14:47:49 +0000 lady baltimore 2880612@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Over the last few months, I have been taking my daughter, 3, to see some local school and community theater plays. We have seen Shrek the Musical, Mamma Mia, Once on This Island (probably not appropriate, in retrospect), and Newsies. She has enjoyed all of them to varying degrees, and likes to watch sections of Shrek the Musical and Mamma Mia on Netflix with us in the evening. A nearby high school is performing Beauty and the Beast this weekend, and LO wants to go. I am worried that it might be too scary. We watched some of the movie a few months ago when I was down with a stomach bug, and she asked me to turn it off when it got to the part with the wolves. I was going to review some of the scarier parts with her last night to make an informed decision, but neither version of the movie is on Netflix or Prime at the moment. Has your 3-year-old seen this movie? How do you rate the scariness?</p> <p>For the record, she has handled "scariness" in the plays we have seen much better than she does in her limited movie viewing (i.e. she wasn't upset at all at Shrek the Musical live, but asks me to fast forward through all of the dragon's scenes when we watch the filmed version). </p>