It's been awhile since I saw the film, but that's what I remember. Regardless, even taking my comment less literally and more like "it feels like a children's show" would still be an accurate take.
Only an asshole blames the chicken. You had a high sensitivity early warning device, and muted it because you couldn’t handle the false positive rate? That is not the fault of the device.
Slightly OT, but you might want to clarify that you are talking about a film rather than the classical story.
If you haven't had the pleasure of reading it, it might be worthwhile to check it out, the version I read as a child had a suprisingly morbid ending for a children's book.
Also, don’t go around tempering children; “seen but not heard” is dark ages, Victorian values nightmare fuel.
BwCW is a little better in the abstract, but still inapt for this.