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Since I no longer have teens I won't vote.
Once I allowed a daughter to go with her friend to see an R rated movie. I had to sign something to let her in (which I appreciated).
Her brother had seen the film (The Patriot) and told me it was R rated because it was a war movie, and that it was OK for her to see. I trusted his judgment.
Funny thing was, when I picked the girls up from the theater they were both crying. Heath Ledger's character died.
I don't remember that...
Anyway, Tricia and I rarely go to see anything that's rated R, and if we do, it's only after I've read a few reviews and am sure that the content is not something that we wouldn't want to see/hear.
So, I doubt I'll allow my own kids to go see something that I wouldn't go see myself.
I've had to learn over the past few years not to judge others when they go to see a movie that I wouldn't have seen. I have set my own standards for certain things based on my own convictions, and while I do believe that there are certainly some black and white areas here, there is also a lot of gray.
I've only been to see two R rated movies: The Patriot and The Passion of the Christ.
Like Nate, I know that typically the R rating is due to language I don't like hearing and/or gratuitous and graphic sex/nudity.
I'm a middle aged man, and I don't need that stuff in my mind. So I can't imagine how it would be beneficial to a teenager, especially boys.
Frankly most of the PG13 movies these days aren't something I'd expose teenagers to, either.
I wish to comment! I have just one teen at home now, and at 18, she wisely discerns most of her movie choices, as it should be. I agree with Nate, there's gray area and while I think there's a lot of worthless, harmful movies out there, we need to think about content, message, etc and help our kids to do the same. 'Saving Private Ryan' is rated R, but my boys saw it as older teens because we thought it offers a powerful message to young men. Just an aside, I think too many Christian parents have a choke-hold on their kids: rules, rules, rules. Let's teach our kids to think and discern and lean on God so they can better manage themselves when they leave home. [I'm not talking about unlimited freedom] We never had strict curfews for our kids and it worked well: we trusted and they honored that trust. I realize this isn't always the case. Just something to consider....
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