No you should not.
You Should Show Grave of the Fireflies to Your Kids
Submitted 2 months ago by Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone to anime@ani.social
https://literalgrill.com/The%20Anime%20Posts/YouShouldShowGraveOfTheFirefliesToYourKids
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YourPrivatHater@ani.social 2 months ago
riskable@programming.dev 2 months ago
Depends on how old your kids are… Are they old enough to understand suffering and loss? Then it’s time to make your kids suffer and lose some of their free time in order to learn something important; like any good parent!
LiteralGrill@ani.social 2 months ago
You’d rather have kids do it when they’re supervised and have love and support then when it is suddenly thrust upon them with no warning, that’s for sure.
YourPrivatHater@ani.social 2 months ago
No, you shouldn’t traumatize your KID, so anything below 14, its absolutely ok to show the movie to a young adult or teenager. A kid does understand what suffering is, but doesn’t understand the difference between fiction and reality very good.
Thats the same argument as with German fairytales, they aren’t made for kids, they are for teenagers and above.
LiteralGrill@ani.social 2 months ago
Read the whole post, give it a serious shake. It cites child psychological studies, shows how kids today are healthily handling stories like these in Japan, and even acknowledges secondary trauma and avoiding triggers for already traumatized people. There’s a lot of nuance when you get past the title.
wizzor@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
I can’t bring myself to rewatch the damn thing, how can I expose my children to it?!
hitagi@ani.social 2 months ago
I didn’t know people were opposed to showing Grave of the Fireflies to kids. I always thought it was one of the better war movies to show to kids because there isn’t much explicit violence and the main characters are children.
whotookkarl@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I think some folks are just opposed to thinking it’s good for all kids when obviously the material takes some amount of maturity and empathy.
TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’m definitely not taking the stance of “every child needs to see this film”, but I AM of the opinion that kids should occasionally be presented with something that might make them uncomfortable or try to instill empathy as a good thing that they should strive for. Yeah, it might be difficult for them, but that’s why they should have a parent/support system readily available so they can process and learn from it, instead of watching it at 2am alone in a dorm room and crying until 5am like I definitely didn’t do ahaha ha ha…
hitagi@ani.social 2 months ago
Yeah, that seems to be a good point. Maybe kids around the age of Seita would understand it better.
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 months ago
There’s a rightwing push in Japan to censor Barefoot Gen in schools because even though the Japanese civilians are depicted as victims, it ostensibly anti-war and they want more military spending. I wouldn’t be surprised if Grave of the Fireflies is in their crosshairs as well.
synapse1278@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I don’t cry often, but this movie, damn…
Iloveyurianime@ani.social 2 months ago
Yeah no thanks i dont want kids to cause a great flood of tears
USSEthernet@startrek.website 2 months ago
Well shit, a Studio Ghibli movie I haven’t seen. I guess I know what I’m doing this weekend. My wife and 16 year old have already said they are down for it. Not sure if I want my 9 year to sit in on this.
Poop@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
I’m not sure how old you are to get this reference, but you might be setting up your kid for a Watership Down/Bambi’s Mom moment with this one. This movie is probably the saddest movie I have ever seen. I’m actually near tears just thinking about it even.
nyan@lemmy.cafe 2 months ago
A skim of the article shows that it was not written from the viewpoint of a parent having to calm a hysterical crying child after having watched the movie. GotF is an emotional gut-punch even for adults. Incredibly powerful film, but that means it has to be treated with care and respect. That doesn’t mean it can’t be shown to children, but anyone who does so needs to be prepared for the consequences.
(As for me, I was in grad school when I saw it. I’m glad I did, but I don’t think I will ever be able to bring myself to watch it again.)
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I was an adult when I watched it. I still regret that decision.
DScratch@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I’ve seen it referred to as “The greatest film I’ll never watch again.”
LiteralGrill@ani.social 2 months ago
Me too, but I rarely see regret for having seen it the one time they did.
CitizenKong@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It’s the best movie I would never recommend to watch. Unless you really want to feel miserable afterwards.
Close second is Requiem for a Dream.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Irreversible and Loveless are stellar movies that are VERY rough recommends.
Oh god and Nightingale. 10/10 but holy shit the amount of rape…
ben@feddit.dk 2 months ago
Did you know its based on a book written as a semi self biography.
When I found out its not just sad fiction, the story hit a little harder.