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We've been watching more movies with our 5 year old lately and she's really enjoyed Lilo & Stitch and especially the Emperor's New Groove and Nightmare Before Christmas.
Before this I got her into SpongeBob which she watched so much she kinda burned out on lol.
Curious what other movies/shows other parents have shown their kids that they really got into.
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Daniel Tiger was the gateway drug that allowed me to introduce my children to the hard stuff.
Mr. Rogers.
Daniel Tiger was a staple when my daughter was 2 (and Sesame Street).
I don't know if I'm emotionally ready for Mr. Rogers
Every morning I tell my 8 year old daughter “it’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood” as I drop her off for school and I believe it makes her day easier to start
yes!! my oldest loved Daniel Tiger when she was little
Not shows, but we recently watched The Sandlot, Men In Black, Mars Attacks, The Parent Trap, Tremors and a bunch of other great movies from when we were kids. My 7 and 10 year old loves it. "Daddy, can we watch a 90s movie?" lol
My older kids are similar ages to yours. We recently watched The Truman Show, Ever After, and The Mummy. Classics. My eldest loves Blast from the Past.
I cannot imagine showing my seven year old these movies, as she just got to where she could handle The Land Before Time without asking us to shut it off. Excited for this world to open up soon, though!
We had to turn off Homeward Bound when Sassy went over the waterfall. It's been like 13 years and we never did revisit it.
My kids went nuts for the Mummy.
Add The Three Ninjas to that one! My brothers and I loved this one growing up.
Which inevitably leads to Three Ninjas (strike back), Side Kicks, Little Ninjas and of course, Surf Ninjas with Ernie Reyes Jr. Which is a good segue to Ninja Turles trilogy.
Oh man, I loved that film as a kid :D
I remember buying a pirate copy of it in India lol :D
"Rocky loves Emily. Rocky loves Emily."
Rocky loves Mio! Rocky loves Mio!
I learned my first Japanese words from these movies 😂
Ooh, we just put on Beethoven and my nine year old LOVED it. I told him there were two more and he immediately wanted to binge them.
Mars Attacks gave me nightmares for months. Saw it when i was between 7-9 years old on a vacation. I woke up in the middle of the night in our hotel room and that fucking terror film was on. The thought of watching it now 20+ years later, still kinda freaks me out.
ok but same! i had nightmares for weeks and had to sleep on the floor in my parents room.
My 6 y/o niece is obsessed with the Flinstones movie with John Goodman and every other famous person in the 90s
My 6 year old daughter got insanely into Are You Afraid of the Dark? to the point where she binged the whole series with me.
They got into Goosebumps a little bit, but the new series came out and they were hooked (my son told me he had a nightmare about Slappy once and I was like, "Haha, sweet! I mean, oh, sorry, I love you, have a hug.").
Such great shows. Funny that Slappy is still out here giving children nightmares. I know I had my fair share of those.
“Haha! Sweet! High fives for deep nightmare trauma, son!” ✋
Little bear
I watched this on Nick Jr as a middle schooler because that’s how pleasant Little Bear is.
I watched so many little kid shows in middle school. Especially during summer vacation.
The best show for sick day cuddles! Soft and sweet like a warm bear hug.
My favorite!!
I only just discovered this one. My kids and I like it. Really nice show.
I love that one!
Yes! I just showed my 5yo and she loves it. It's so gentle and not annoying. Crazy how I remembered most of the episodes 25+ years lster.
Oh heck yes!!!
Arthur!!
Yep! That’s a good one. They made a lot of good episodes after our time also. Mr. Ratburn married a guy.
Kinda crazy that the show lasted until 2022
Oh lord my daughter went through an Arthur phase 2 years back and I never want to hear that theme song again
YES!!!!
The theme tune for it was epic with the carribbean vibe to it :D
It's Ziggy Marley 🙂
The other day we watched The Land Before Time because he loves dinosaurs. I wore that VHS out back in the day.
Same.
This is on my list to show her as well as We're Back.
She loved Jurassic Park of all things haha
Has she watched that Jurassic park Camp Cretaceous on Netflix? My son is obsessed with that series and it’s not painful to watch as a parent.
No but I've seen that advertised scrolling through Netflix I think.
I'll check that out
Remember the Pizza Hut commercial at the beginning of the tape? "Share, share, share. Use your silverware."
When advertising was good.
Vividly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4065smJLXk
Oh damn the original. That was good and a childhood classic for us older millenials.
Watched it with my 4 year old. My fiance was in tears, I was almost in tears too... Our kid was like wtf you crying for?
My birth mother passed away when I was a baby. The scene where little foot is with his dying mother and again when he is searching for her has me sobbing every time. My kid looked at me and asked if I needed a nap 😆
You’re raising that kid right 😭🥰🙌🏼
I watched that with my son when he was little. I cried so much and he just looked at me like I was crazy.
Just watched this on Mother’s Day! It was my favorite at my daughter’s age. She didn’t seem fazed by the mom dying, though…
We recently watched it with our toddler. Little Foot’s mom’s death hits different when you’re a parent.
Scooby Doo is a huge hit in our house
My 3yr old son currently loves a Pup Named Scooby Doo to the point where the theme song is on his “sing along” Spotify playlist. It’s been my husbands gateway into getting the 3 yr old into classic cartoons!
Yup, we’re a Scooby Doo house. My two year old freaks when it’s suggested.
OG Scooby, not this new Scooby
All of it!
Mystery Incorporated is so good though.
I love all the deranged one-off Scooby movies. The Kiss one is so unhinged, I love it.
Yes!! Same! Kiss and Sia are both so good!
My niece and nephews like Avatar the last Airbender cartoon. And they like magic school bus! Haha I'm happily childfree but I watch those shows with them. Then they turn on the dog police show and I leave them to it lol
My son loves avatar. We watch Samurai Jack sometimes as well
Yes--my 8 &6 even do fake battles inspired by airbender!! Also getting them to watch the Pokémon tv show when Misty, Brock, and Ash were the main crew.
lol paw patrol
Not a parent but a few years ago my “Fun Friday“ activity for a 4th grade class I was teaching was watching an episode of Keenan and Kel every Friday at 2:30. They LOVED it
That would be fun for a 4th grade class! My 6 year old is into All That and that makes me very happy!
They got real into Power Rangers for a while. Don’t do it y’all, that’s shit is so cringy.
Could be worse. I showed my son Big Bad Beetleborgs.
Thankfully he got bored after a couple days.
Some of the Power Ranger series are actually pretty good. Haven’t had any of those in a while though.
Oh, they hit beetleborgs too. I remembered that being so cool as a kid. Had the action figures and everything. Absolutely embarrassing lol.
I loved that show as a kid and it’s SO BAD. I’m upset that my parents didn’t just turn it off.
My son couldn’t get into it and I never felt so thankful
My kid was OBSESSED with Power Rangers for the longest. He was watching seasons I didn't even know existed.
Pokemon !!!!!!!!! My kid is 3 but she loves all the Pokémon’s , we play with the figurines . She dosent know any dinosaurs names except basic ones but girlfriend knows all her Pokemon lol a lot since two .
Lately Mario games which is sth my husband and I both love. She loves playing Mario kart with us and Kirby
I want to share Pokemon with my 4yo but husband won’t let me 😔 He generally hates it/thinks it’s dumb but said his concern was kiddo would learn fake animals before real ones. And then he goes and shows kiddo animaniacs against my preferences which has more mature humor and lots of slapstick violence. But somehow it’s rated for ages 7+ but Pokemon says 8+ so I made husband agree that if his rule is recommended age -3, he can watch Pokemon in half a year when he’s 5.
Odd concern.
I wouldn't think of it being much different than learning about mythical creatures like unicorns, dragons etc.
Has he never been into Pokemon? Or was he TOO into it at some point and is thinking he's keeping the kids out of a potential obsession?
This was a huge one. I'm bummed she wasn't into. I still like Pokemon.
One of my nephews likes it though so that's fun.
She does like playing Mario Kart with me at least
*Edit - meant she WASN'T into it.
My daughter is 5 and loves pokemon. We've played a couple of the games together and had lots of fun. She loves the cute pokemon and really enjoyed the hunt for each kind
DBZ, Inuyasha, Nightmare Before Christmas, A Muppet Christmas Carol, and Labyrinth
Edit: 17 and 6 year olds just screamed Pokemon in my ear. Ouch, and how did I forget to list that one?
I made my kids watch Inuyasha! Love it!
I know right? I had so many cartoons and movies I showed my kids. I listed just a few. I didn’t even think about the Muppets Christmas Carol. My wife got them into that movie. I wish I could find Muppet treasure Island.
That's one I've been looking for to show my 3 as well! I just found it on 123movies.com to watch for free, but a hard copy would be great.
Yeah it’s been a pirates life for me I have them on vudu but with companies saying we don’t own them well… old school it is