The only one I can think of at the moment is Jurassic Park :)
I know Chris wants to introduce Rambo
He's been watching it since he was 3..... I put my foot down on that one...... I may never lift it......... based on artistic principle......
On the other hand, I also have a few friends that let their kids watch things that make my eyes bug out. To each their own, just like some people are shocked to hear my kids have seen Shrek, Wizard of Oz, Harry Potter, and most superhero movies. I will bring up one of my husband's friends as an example in an attempt to avoid insulting any of my own friends :) One of the people he went to high school with has a 3-4 year old obsessed with Zombieland.
I can think of two of my friends that have probably let their little boys watch it. For me, the girls will need to be tweens to teens before I'd be down with that.
I know there are a ton of families out there that don't think twice about what they are watching. Why is this something to even bother thinking about? For me, my family watched poltergeist when I was three..... as a family....... it took me years to get over it.......... seriously. The good side to that is anytime my mother brings up a movie she doesn't think the girls should watch, I just have to say poltergeist and the conversation is over.
Anyway.... What movies are you holding off on? What age will you introduce it? Why?
My mom was very overprotective about media. She wouldn't allow me to watch South Park or the Rocky Horror Picture Show when I was in high school, although my dad had the opposite viewpoint. I remember watching The Crow with him when I was about ten. I think with my own children, the discretion will mostly lie in how mature they are. I agree with you that 8-10 seems a pretty good age to introduce the JP series.
ReplyDeleteHow about Adam's Family? Hadn't thought about that one till today. Pretty much the only thing in it that I don't want the girls to catch on to is the siblings trying to kill each other in a mostly joking fashion.... The rest of it is funny, dark, nothing too awful. They don't need encouragement trying to harm each other though *face palm* I'm thinking 8-10. Seems that's my answer for most every show I can think of, "We'll see where we are when she's 8."
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