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I balled my eyes out watching ET--on a first date! He thought I was nuts. My dog didnt like him. That was the first clue...
I always listen to my dogs now! They're smarter than me!
Smart move.
I laughed out loud during Jaws. Then ate a hot dog in the cutting-open-the-shark scene. I've been around the ocean my whole life and knew full well what a shark ate. The girls I was with were not amused. Sharks I can handle. Kids loosing their dog - not so much. (Though the scene where the mother lost her son in Jaws... That got me pretty teary. I still fast forward through that scene.)
I think labeling everything is just too commonplace these days. Why does it mean something is wrong with her, other than she doesn't enjoy it? Why would someone jump to "therapy" right away or feel that this is a problem that needs to be fixed?
Some people don't like the color pink. Perhaps shock treatment would make them "better". I have a friend that doesn't like green vegetables. Of any sort. 50 years ago, once she reached adulthood, people would've shrugged their shoulders and turned away. Now, therapy is suggested. Ridiculous.
I don't enjoy movies at the theater, never have. I never saw a therapist. I just don't see a lot of films until I can watch them at home. Even then, most of the time I pass. I just don't like TV/movies very much. Quick! Load me up on meds before someone finds out!
The bigger problem seems to be the OPs problem with her children wanting to only do things together and trying to "fix" a child's preferences to match her own. Not everyone likes the same thing. Get over it.
I laughed out loud during Jaws. Then ate a hot dog in the cutting-open-the-shark scene. I've been around the ocean my whole life and knew full well what a shark ate. The girls I was with were not amused. Sharks I can handle. Kids loosing their dog - not so much. (Though the scene where the mother lost her son in Jaws... That got me pretty teary. I still fast forward through that scene.)
I remember Jaws coming out....Dew - do you (or anyone else) remember a movie (which had some spoofs on the Jaws theme) called "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes"? That was made (at least partially) by some kids at my high school....very campy...
The bigger problem seems to be the OPs problem with her children wanting to only do things together and trying to "fix" a child's preferences to match her own. Not everyone likes the same thing. Get over it.
I didn't get this impression from the OP at all. It seemed to me like she was wondering if not liking movies is something her daughter will grow out of. Didn't appear like she was trying to make the child like the same things. Not really something she needs to "get over" - others were making a big deal out of it, not the OP.
I don't enjoy movies at the theater, never have. I never saw a therapist. I just don't see a lot of films until I can watch them at home. Even then, most of the time I pass. I just don't like TV/movies very much. Quick! Load me up on meds before someone finds out!
Help is on the way! I called! The nice people with straight jackets should be at your house shortly!
In October I took oone to get a haircut while other one staedhome to ride bikes with Dad. After haircut I said want to go next door and get ice cream? She replied "No it wouldn't be fun without Sister." That is how close they are.
She has always been sound sensitive. public restroom toilets are really loud and it took forever to get her used to that. As a 3 year old she walked along the beach with her fingers in her ears.
I read The out of Sync Child and asked school to test her. Everything is OK. Guess she just doesn;t like movies. I'm not worried and it helps to hear that lots of kids and adults have the same issues.
I remember Jaws coming out....Dew - do you (or anyone else) remember a movie (which had some spoofs on the Jaws theme) called "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes"? That was made (at least partially) by some kids at my high school....very campy...
I read The out of Sync Child and asked school to test her. Everything is OK. Guess she just doesn;t like movies. I'm not worried and it helps to hear that lots of kids and adults have the same issues.
Back to the topic at hand...
I was a very sensitive child. Everything must have been multiplied somewhere in my brain. There are things, like bright lights, I still have problems with. (The good news is I can practically see in the dark.) But the older I got the more I learnd to cope with the fact that the world didn't slow down (or turn down the lights) just because I had a problem. And I adjusted.
The dark rides at Disneyland freaked me out. Dogs feaked me out. Now I love both.
The most creative people I know would all say they were sensitive as kids. I came to look at it as a plus. (Read Truman Capote and watch his old interviews.)
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He thought I was nuts. 
My dog didnt like him. That was the first clue... 
I have a friend that doesn't like green vegetables. Of any sort. 50 years ago, once she reached adulthood, people would've shrugged their shoulders and turned away. Now, therapy is suggested. Ridiculous. 
