I was worried about DD getting scared at night because she would still come into our room in the night claiming to be scared due to a nightmare, bad thought or other worry.
I told her that if she could go as month without coming into our room that she could read HP. This would show me that she would be ready for it.. Needless to say that DD counted down every day with no nocturnal visits during that period. She was ready!
There were some bits that were a little scary and the first time through (she has read them umpteen times since) she read the scary bits with DW riding shotgun. She never had any night frights over these books and everything went well.
I did wait until she was 7 before she could watch the films, though.
