Wow, I never had any problems as a kid watching whatever I wanted. My parents were away almost every night so from like 4-5 yo I would be left alone. Knowing that I could watch TV on my own anyway, they prefered to sit down and talk to me and watch any kind of movie, including those I "shouldn't" be watching. And yes that includes scary movies and porn.
Though I had no interest in the latter for few more years, I liked scary movies but I prefered watching them with friends, but none would be allowed to by their parents, till I was like 8 or close to that that I watched Nightmare on the elm street (the first one) with friends (an 8 and a 9 yo friends).
Yes, I was scared watching and after watching them, yes very rarely I could see a nightmare related to the movie, but I am sooo glad I did watch them. Case one that I am glad, a guy that I know who is now 25, is afraid to watch scary movies, or even play games with monsters, or even aliens. He didn't buy Area 51 because the aliens do not look very much like humans and he would be afraid of them. (that is just one example of how scared he gets).
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