Is this normal?

[mamabear55]

We've never been concerned about what is on the tv because we don't bring anything past pg into the house.  Well my 3 year old was playing and I was dusting while we watched/listened to Lion King.  It's never bothered him before, but for the last week he's been crawling in bed with his dad and I crying about hyenas. Is this normal that he is starting to be scared of shows or is it something I did wrong?

[Anonymous 1]

Have you had the "it's not REAL" talk? It's just a fake movie?

[peanutsmommy1]

Normal, kids that age cant seperate reality from fiction

[mamabear55]

yep, he understands about things in the daytime, but gets scared at night in his bed

 

Quoting Anonymous:

Have you had the "it's not REAL" talk? It's just a fake movie?

[mama_bear77]

normal they are kinda scary looking

[Buggy979]

Did you watch this in the late afternoon?

[mamabear55]

Quoting mama_bear77:

normal they are kinda scary looking

Yeah, I never thought before having my son how scary and sad Lion King really is

[mamabear55]

Quoting Buggy979:

Did you watch this in the late afternoon?

I don't know what you consider late afternoon. It was about 3:30?

[Buggy979]

Just in time for bed... It's scary for kids even though its a G movie... You have to tell him its ok to be scared but simba is brave and you should be too..

Quoting mamabear55:

Quoting Buggy979:

Did you watch this in the late afternoon?

I don't know what you consider late afternoon. It was about 3:30?

[kate80]

Children have difficulty separating fantasy from reality until approx the age of 6. From my psych course.

Quoting peanutsmommy1:

Normal, kids that age cant seperate reality from fiction

[HipLikeJunk]

Yeah it's normal. My daughter has seen scary movies before (jurrasic park, dracula, others I can't think of at the moment), and things that you would think would scare her don't. But you know what did scare her? The shadows in The Princess and the Frog, she was scared of shadows for like half a year!