Any parents let toddlers watch this? (Spoiler)

That sounds like cheating. Like telling the kids that "old Yeller goes away and lives on a farm", right after you change the channel.

Not that there's anything wrong with that. Kids get too much info anyway.

I don't want to judge the way how you raise your child, but I wouldn't have done that myself.

I would want my children to fully experience this moment of grief, so that they realize what it means when the death of a loved one occurs. Will I then want to lie about the death of a relative, a friend or pet again? I'd feel I kind of must, if I lie after the snowman's death, don't I?

By tricking them into believing anything other than that the snowman died, I'm letting a chance pass by.

Watching this film was also a tradition for me since I was a toddler, and I was never emotionally affected by it. I think it gets slightly more upsetting as you get a bit older. Toddlers have the ability to forget very quickly, but children soon lose that. My mum used to remind me that he came back every year, as is evidenced in "Father Christmas"- you should show your baby that as well!

But if there's any Briggs' animation not to show him until he's much older...it's "When the Wind Blows"...




What does it mean...when she smiles?

I will agree it is an unusual ending to what does seem obstensively to be aimed children, but I'm not sure that's a bad thing. Just think of it as an antidote to all the saccharin sweet drivel that's on over christmas as well.

I sort of wonder if it is a hint at Briggs' personality... When the Wind Blows always made me wonder & as wonderful as it is I just can't bring my self to watch that again.

Yes god forgive children were to experience real feelings of loss disappointment etc.. Ever heard of mollycoddle ?

My husband said" when it brings tears to their eyes, that's the right time to see it"