My parents pretty much let me watch whatever I wanted when I was little. I watched The Shining, It, Nightmare on Elm Street, Poltergeist, etc when I was in elementary school...like 8 or 9 years old. Then I stopped watching scary movies in high school and college and became a huge scaredy cat...I think my childhood movie watching caught up with me. Now i rarely watch scary movies and especially after getting pregnant and having LO I have no desire to watch a scary movie....I'm such a chicken.

Someone I know told me they let their almost 4 year old watch scary movies...like poltergeist...that seems way too young! She says they explain it's not real, etc, but I still think it's not good for him. I don't think I will let LO watch scary movies until middle school...is that unrealistic?

When do you think kids are ready to watch scary movies?