Considerations for sensitive kids: Spellbound, Wicked, Moana 2, Simone Biles Rising & Nutcrackers

[@joshhickeysmoviereviews]

The movie IF was triggering. It's about a girl who has a dad in the hospital waiting for a major heart surgery. As a 3 time survivor with PTSD from it, it was triggering

[@foster.parenting]

oh wow - i didn't know that was what it was about!! thank you for sharing!

[@MsMurdur13]

Heads up for the book Wicked, it is quite different than the movie and play, both in tone and in plot, and written for adult readers only. A lot of kids might want to read it after seeing the movie, I certainly would have at like 14+, and I don’t believe in book bans or anything, but I wouldn’t recommend anyone under 18 read this one.

[@foster.parenting]

Thank you for adding this in!!

[@NovasYouTubeName]

Good to know thank you!

[@Laughysaphie]

As someone who read it as a teen. Maybe a read together if your teen really wants to read it. The topics that people may need a heads up on are SA, child neglect, s*x, p3d0philia, inc3st, and animal abuse

[@TheLittleBoutique-x]

I absolutely love your videos and I think you do an amazing job for the fostering community, your advice and guidance is fantastic and truly inspiring ❤️

[@nickit7655]

The flying monkey transformation was terrifying, just like the original flying monkeys

[@foster.parenting]

Yeah it was pretty intense, seemed a bit out of place compared to the rest of the movie imo

[@jessleunig1375]

Might be worth noting that in wicked the main characters are moving away from home (to university) and therefore getting used to new bedrooms and roommates. Elphaba and galinda share a room and before they make friends there's a montage of mean-spirited (though not dangerous) pranks they play on each other or with each others' possessions. Might bring up some anxieties for foster kids who are getting used to a new room or a house they share with people that they don't yet know well

[@anna-katehowell9852]

I would add for Moana 2 that, if you've got kiddos who have trauma around witnessing animal harm or threats of animal harm, at least one character jokes about eating Pua, which could be extremely upsetting to a child who has seen someone harm or threaten to harm a pet, but neither Pua nor Hei Hei is ever harmed.

[@SaraPalmer-w7u]

Hey Laura this my first comment you make so happy you sound so kind and you have a calming voice

[@agnes8610]

Can you include The Wild Robot into your next review please? Thank you so much for these videos, I am not a foster mom but my daughter is very sensitive ❤

[@foster.parenting]

Here you go! kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWe2aahpoZiln80

[@agnes8610]

@foster.parenting omg thank you so much, I must have missed that video, didn't know the movie came out two months ago already. 👍🏼😘

[@vanillabeanic]

the trilogy is more mature than the movie, i like how they kept the death of brightbill's parents though.

[@Chippitychips]

Started the nutcrackers movie with my grandparents, when they started talking about Boone and provates we turned it off cause we were triggered

[@foster.parenting]

Ya it’s not a family friendly holiday movie

[@AndreasInGreer]

Thank you for this information!!!

[@TC-zt1yp]

Thanks for doing this. I’m a young adult adoptee with C-PTSD. Movies sometimes trigger me.

[@timeless712]

I would love to see a reaction to mufasa, there are some scenes that are violent and I feel could be triggering. As well as the major plot being about family and being separated from family. I thought it was a good movie and liked the overall story and how it showed the dynamic of the characters working together to reach a goal. I’d love to hear what you think of it

[@karasuthedreamer6353]

These reviews are very helpful for me. I’m Autistic and am pretty sure I have PTSD (my current therapist absolutely refuses to listen to me but I’m hopefully going to be switching soon)

[@abbyhillman769]

Helpful reviews, thanks.

[@That_girly_idk]

I’m wondering what damage, if any, was Made to kids like us millenials Who grew up with movies like bambi or dumbo with so many scary sad and crude scenes… back then there wasnt all this attention by parents i feel

[@FinleyMurdock]

I was definitely jump-scared by the flying monkey scene lol

[@aspeckofstardust]

The bacon/boat snack jokes regarding Pua and Hei Hei from original Moana are repeated and amplified in Moana 2, can be uncomfortable for some.

[@evercuriousmichelle]

Commenting for the algorithm 😊

[@Jacobo_VR1]

Wicked is very sad just saying it’s true but it is a VERY good movie

[@helenawinther2005]

Viana gets a sister? It hasn't come to Denmark yet.

[@SophiaHoover-g2h]

Um wicked is for kids and Moana 2 is also for kids

[@anthropomorphicpeanut6160]

❤