Kids and rated R movies

[Scrappy_Tink]

Oh... *goes back, rereads post* Yeah, I see how you got that! My first paragraph said "allowed". I wrote "make" in the second, because we didn't actually allow them to watch just any old episode, we had them watch specific episodes that we considered passably appropriate.

In other words, it was never an issue of just plopping ourselves down as a family and watching whatever showed up on TV. Instead we'd be watching TV without the kids, and part way through an episode my husband and I would look at each other and say, "You know, this one wouldn't be bad for the kids to see."

So we'd record it. Then we'd say to to kids, "Guess what, there's an episode of South Park you can actually see, because it's a darn good summation of the stuff you've been seeing on the news."

The kids would go, "Yay! South Park!"

We'd say, "We're going to discuss the theme after the show. There WILL be analysis."

And the kids would go, "Yay! South Park!"

In theory I suppose at 13 and 15 they could now probably watch any South Park episode they like, but they're not interested in the show any more. They've moved on to watching The Bang Theory, instead. And Bugs Bunny. They're been completely enraptured by classic Looney Tunes lately.

So I think we went backwards down the rating system...

Yeah, my 18 yo can quote almost every episode of Sponge Bob....where do you see the classic Looney Tunes? I'd love to catch some Bugs and Roadrunner!

 

[Micca]

This thread made me recall going to see the Jim Carey movie "Me, Myself, and Irene". This was one GRAPHIC R-rated movie. Not a concern for me, but I'll never forget the two dads with several young boys sitting in the row behind us thinking "they're going to have some questions on the way home"

 

[Magpie]

Yeah, my 18 yo can quote almost every episode of Sponge Bob....where do you see the classic Looney Tunes? I'd love to catch some Bugs and Roadrunner!

They play on Teletoon Retro. (Canadian.)

(I love Spongebob!)

 

[DisneyLoverUSA]

I didn't "make" 'em. I allowed them to watch those particular episodes, because I though they had some redeeming value in terms of the message being conveyed and were good discussion starters. The kids themselves had been begging to see the show for a couple of years, since several of their friends were already watching it.

And I have NO issues discussing sex with the kids. In my opinion innocence and ignorance are not the same thing at all.

(Plus, South Park is hardly "sexually explicit". The jokes are a bit raunchy, but it's a loooong way from being Debbie Does Dallas.)

I must have missed all the child appropriate episodes of South Park (given I don't watch that often) But every other episode I see is talking about sex, showing animated sex, butt sex, talking about BJ's. I couldn't believe how ADULT South Park was. I started letting my kids watch it then was half way listening to it and the first thing I heard was Cartman talking about a BJ. Of course I turned it off and now I have to watch it to see if it's ok before I let the kids see it.

 

[disneydance]

Well my parents still don't let me and I'm 17 and can go see them on my own. I was going to go see Horrible Bosses this week with some friends my mom said it was fine till she found out the rating and said her rules till I move out of the house.