Tips on Choosing the First Movie for Your Kid

Most children watch their first movie at the age of 4 years old. Children at this age can already understand complex story line. Every child is different. Some children can sit quietly to watch a movie for a long time. You can determine when your child is suitable for watching the first movie by taking note of his behavior. If your child can sit quietly to watch a children educational show for an hour, it means he is ready to go to the cinema to watch a movie with you. To prepare your kids for the big screen, you can first let him watch DVD movies.

Choosing the Best Movies for Your Kid

The first movie for your kid should be an animation movie or children movie. Not all animation movies are good for children to watch so you must choose wisely. You can check the movie ratings (PG-13) and read reviews to determine whether it is suitable for your kids to watch. There are many online movie reviews site that provide in depth review about the movie content by taking into account a number of factors including coarse language, nudity, drug use, violence. The online movie reviews site will provide recommendations on the viewing age. It also teaches you how to talk to your child about things that can affect them after watching the movie.

You can visit the video sharing sites such as YouTube to preview a movie before letting your child watch it. Adult movies are not designed for children as they have more mature plots. Most of the children will quickly get bored in watching adult movies. Family friendly movies that are not animations are also suitable for your kids. The movie should not be too scary as it can cause fear in your child.

Bringing Your Kid to the Cinema to Watch Movies

There are a number of movie theaters that provide special showings for small children. Before you take your kids to movie, make sure they are fed so that they won’t complain of hungry and get bored to watch the film. If you buy popcorn for your kids, make sure you also buy water otherwise they will become thirsty. The best time to bring your kids to the cinema is during the day. The theater will be full of children at the same age as your child at this time. If your kid gets emotional at the movie, you can bring him out of the movie theater and calm him down. Before going to the movie theater, you can take your child to the toilet so that he won’t ask you to take him to the toilet during the movie screening.

You can skip the commercials at the movie theater as small children usually cannot understand them. The commercials and movie trailers are broadcasted at a much higher volume which can scare your child. When watching the movie at the cinema, you can explain the scene to your kids so that they will be able to understand it better. If you don’t know which movie you should take your child to watch, you can do research online on Google for first movies for kids.