November 2011 Moms
RedCamaro
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Your opinion/GTKY
RedCamaro
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My SIL apparently has had no problem allowing her kids to see all kinds of "bad infulence" movies. She just told me that she took her boys (ages 11 & 9) to see The Dark Knight Rises. I think they are too young to see movies that violent (but I'm keeping quiet to her about it).
So what age would you let your kid(s) see a rated R movie?
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Re: Your opinion/GTKY
As for violence type, I would have to see it to judge how a kid would handle it. I haven't see dark Knight so I have no idea, but if I could see myself letting a 11 year old watch it if it wasn't too much.
DH and I have varying opinions on this.... mainly because of our backgrounds. I got in SOO much trouble for sneaking into a rated R movie when I was 14. DH's mom took him to see Predators when he was YOUNG (I think around 8 or so). DH obviously has no problem with it. I am like PP and think it depends on what it is rated R for. Sometimes the PG 13 movies are just as bad as the R movie but the director managed to get a PG13 rating to help appeal to the masses. Sometimes they can pretty much have the same content, but take out some of the cussing. I think now you are allowed one F-bomb per PG13 movie (I was shocked when I watched The Ring 2 and it ended with "I'm not your fuc*ing mommy".
So... long story short if I am not sure about the content of the movie, then I will try and view it before DS watches it. Or we could watch it together as a family and either skip over parts or turn it off if we're at home. .
Also, I haven't seen the new Batman movie... but I suppose I could look up reviews of it first to see just how violent it is -- using a site like this https://parentpreviews.com/
Honestly I don't know about a 9 year old (though DH would probably go in a heartbeat) but I don't see a problem with an 11 year old if it isn't extremely violent.... especially since it is a continuation of a movie based off of a comic book (which DS may be into).
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Same here. If there was something my child really wanted to see, I would try to preview it and then go with him/her so we can discuss things.
This is how I was brought up. However, I did talk my aunt into taking me to see A Time To Kill when it was in theaters when I was 13. I so wasn't ready for the content of that movie!
It will depend on the movie. I was pretty mature for my age, but there are definitely sme things kids shouldn't see, of course.
Here's a fun story. My parents wouldn't let me rent Silence of the Lambs when I was a freshman in HS. Some weeks later, I went to the mall with some friends and bought it myself, snuck it in the house and watched it in my bedroom. My dad walked in as I was about halfway through it. He laughed and let me watch the rest of it. I went to say goodnight to them later that evening and as I walked down the dark hallway to my bedroom, he whispered, "Precious..." You can imagine how that went.
Agreed. I was allowed to see rated R movies when I was 14-17. It really depended on the content. Also, I went to many rated R movies that my mom didn't know about and the theaters never asked my age/carded. I think the only movie I was ever carded for was American Pie and I was 17 then.
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This exactly....but I don't like most R rated movies as an adult, so I'm really hoping it won't be an issue LOL
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I don't really have a specific age in mind. My thoughts are along the lines of the child's maturity and the content of the movie. DH and I can preview it first and if we think they are able to "handle" the overall theme and message it portrays then we will go ahead a let them see it with us. That way when it's over we can discuss it as a family.
After they can purchase a ticket on their own then I would probably be willing to let them pick and choose what they want to see. They're almost grown adults and need to make their own decisions about what is right for them.
This. An R rating is there for a reason, whether it's nudity/violence/language doesn't matter.