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Posted on 6/6/16 at 12:01 pm to Bama Eric
If you have to ask the question you already know the answer.
Posted on 6/6/16 at 12:32 pm to Bama Eric
I wouldn't let them watch R rated movies.
Posted on 6/6/16 at 1:04 pm to Bama Eric
Has anyone gone with the "be their dad, not their friend" response yet?
Posted on 6/6/16 at 1:35 pm to Bama Eric
My son is only 18 months old, so we're a long way from this, but I can't imagine taking him to watch an R rated movie at age 8. I guess it depends on why said movie is rated R.
Posted on 6/6/16 at 1:45 pm to AllDawg
Someone is downvoting the people who say no. I guess we know we have one kid under 18 on tRant today. 
Posted on 6/6/16 at 5:10 pm to fillmoregandt
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Has anyone gone with the "be their dad, not their friend" response yet?
No one has and that's a great point. Too many parents try to be their kids' friend and wind up being loathed by them.
A parent who is an authority figure for their children is making their future lives easier. I don't know of a society that lacks any kind of authority that everyone must respect.
Posted on 6/6/16 at 6:52 pm to dmjones
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My son is only 18 months old, so we're a long way from this, but I can't imagine taking him to watch an R rated movie at age 8. I guess it depends on why said movie is rated R.
And that really is what I was getting at.
The MPAA is so arbitrary in its rating system. There is almost no consistency. I mean, Poltergeist had a guy ripping his face off and it was still rated PG-13.
Meanwhile, The King's Speech was rated R because of "some" language. Well, Catch Me If You Can had an f-bomb in it, and was still rated PG-13. The whole thing makes no sense.
I can find no consistent criteria in how films are rated, which is why I watch them first.
Posted on 6/7/16 at 6:35 am to Bama Eric
I have 2 boys and I've never sheltered them. They are 21 and 14 now but when they were younger I let them watch scary movies and violent movies. They seem to have turned out ok.
Posted on 6/7/16 at 9:02 am to CowTownReb
I agree with CowTown. You need to know your kids and know the movie. No way I'm letting my kids watch Wolf of Wall Street, but I have been watching Blues Brothers with my daughter since she was 12. She knows better than to repeat the filthy language, but other than a few f-bombs, it is a pretty clean movie.
Posted on 6/7/16 at 10:00 am to Bama Eric
Imo depends on the maturity level of each kid.
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