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Some might recall how my daughter has never been able to sit through a movie. We have tried her several times and the last was Toy Story !!! where she had a complete meltdown. She was 9 or 10 and we just never brought it up again. Suspense, loud music, flashing lights seemed to drive her nuts. We had her tested for Sensitivity Integration Issues but really got nowhere with that.
Last week - she is now 11.5 yo she told me she had watched Lion King at school - but it was in increments over several days at school. Her sister had a birthday celebration this weekend so we decided to try Frozen or Lego movies. Yesterday she was excited. I explained to her every good story has to have some tension between good and bad and every movie is going to have a villain and a good guy. We talked about fairy tales and even the cartoons she enjoys so much.
So she sat through and enjoyed Frozen so much she was so proud of herself. It was a milestone for our family as we all enjoy movies. (she wouldn't even watch movies here at home). The close sister aspect of it seemed to help too.
Today Daddy is taking them to see Lego movie and she is excited to enjoy that.
I remember others could relate to my previous posts about this DD and I'm offering our story to encourage others not to give up.
She sounds exactly like my son, who is going to be 12 in a few weeks. He was diagnosed with sensory processing disorder when he was 9. He also has an atypical migraine disorder; and doesn't necessarily have headaches but gets this crazy aura (vision, hearing changes) and being a movie theater was one of the triggers. I know how excited you must be for her that she can finally do something that most all kids love! I have gotten my son to go to a few movies over the years, but he hates it and avoids it at all costs.
That's great! I've been trying to convince my 7 yo daughter to watch Frozen, but she still says no way. She actually wrote an essay for school about how she doesn't like movies because they are too scary...
That's great! I've been trying to convince my 7 yo daughter to watch Frozen, but she still says no way. She actually wrote an essay for school about how she doesn't like movies because they are too scary...
About the only thing movie wise DD would watch with the family was Shawn the Sheep. All our other kids were so excited to go to movies by about age 5 but this kid definitely had a problem with suspense. Just too intense for her. She is very close to her two sisters (one 18 years older and the other only 4 months older ) so I think the fact this was a sister tale made a big difference.
But don't give up. We decided not to push it and she would eventually decide she was ready. And SHE DID!
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