(emphasis mine)
i dont think there is a single movie out there that is appropriate..no matter which age they say its for.. even for little kids.. they always put something in it..
and later (again, emphasis mine)
of course there is an exception to every rule.. but i think that most movies out there are innapropriate
Backtrack much?
and once a kid starts off watching movies.. do you honestly think he/she is gonna stop?
It depends on the age of the kid, of course.
A young kid shouldn’t be watching anything without their parents’ permission. But as a kid gets older, you have to allow him/her more freedom.
Part of the parenting process is not just shielding your kid from inappropriate things, but also giving them the tools to be able to discern for themselves if they should be watching/listening to/reading something. If you’re going to take the blanket approach and say “no” all the time, then your kids are never going to learn this appropriate skill — and if you think they’re not going to at least attempt to watch something once either when they become teenagers or adults, then you’re sadly mistaken.
I’m not necessarily advocating that you show you’re kids movies — but what I am saying is that if you want them to be able to learn to discern for themselves what is right and what is wrong, you’re going to have to educate them *with examples*.
Might they make a mistake at some point even if you try to train them? Certainly… but that’s a part of the maturation process — we learn from our mistakes most of all.
On a side point, I try to show my kids that there are plenty of movies out there that are pretty clean and fun. I’m pretty sure that my kids are the only kids in their classes who have seen such classics as Bringing Up Baby, It Happened One Night (despite the risque title, it’s a very clean movie), To Sir With Love, Arsenic and Old Lace, Rear Window and so on. I wanted my kids to know two things: 1. Movies can be clean and fun and 2. Good movies didn’t start with Harry Potter. 🙂
The Wolf