PG-13 Movies

[ChristianAlphabet]

I'd love to hear what others feel about movies and their children. We are probably a little more lenient towards movies than some and we have thought and discussed it quite a lot trying to understand the pros and cons. For the most part, we try and avoid movies with bad language, sex, and bloody violence. But violence per se we have been OK with. For example, we have let our kids aged 6-8 see movies like Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Harry Potter, and Superman. Something like Star Trek or Iron Man is not permitted. Our kids don't get scared in Harry Potter so we don't find problems with it.

I don't think this a right or wrong issue, but I'm interested in how other parents deal with this. Any insights and feedback would be appreciated.

Matthew

 

[hedrick]

I teach 7th and 8th grade kids in Sunday School. We watch movies fairly regularly, so I've talked with the kids and parents about what they see. I don't show anything stronger than PG-13, because some parents will get upset, but most kids have seen movies beyond their level. That's true with younger kids as well. Parents are generally careful, but know what will bother their kids. Unfortunately violence is real. They're going to see it on the news. As long as it's in the right context morally, I think many parents would agree with you. On the other hand I've seen movies with violence that I wouldn't want kids to see. And kids differ. We showed Signs a year ago. One kid ended up with nightmares. But for most of them it was a good movie.

 

[homeofmew]

Some HP movies were PG some were PG 13.
Hunger Games is worth while seeing for a 10-12 yr old.

 

[cutie76]

We have a 9 and 6 year old and the only PG-13 movie they've seen is Star Wars, Episode 3. My son begs for other PG-13 movies that his friends are watching, such as Harry Potter, Transformers, Iron Man, etc. and we look them up on Focus on the Family's Plugged In Review because I don't have the time to preview all of these for him.

Movies with sex, excessive violence, language, witch-craft, and other similar messages are not permitted for our kids at this age.