Do you let Your kids watch "R" rated movies

[ReallyGoofy]

Do you let your children watch R rated movies and if you do what age are they when they can? I saw on another thread where it was a perk for their kids to watch them if they did extra chores. So it got me thinking when do DISers let their children watch them.

 

[Liberty Belle]

I usually let my 14 year old watch them. Sometimes if I see them first and think they're especially bad, I won't, but that doesn't happen too often. I don't let my newly-five year old watch them.

 

[Planogirl]

My 14 year has been watching them for a while now. There are a few I still won't allow but not many.

 

[Feralpeg]

Since DD is now 19, she watches whatever she wants, but when she was younger I did monitor what she watched. It never really had to do with rating as much as with the type of content. To this day, she does not like scary or bloody movies. I knew it would be very upsetting to her, so horror movies were never an option. As far as sexual content, it depended on what type of content. Unless it was down right porn, I normally let her watch it. Of course, I watched with her and we often discussed the content. I am not a person who believes that sex should be kept from children as long as they have an understanding of what is happening and what the negatives can be. It worked for us.

When I was teaching, many of my freshman students went to movies like SAW and Hostel. Now, that I don't get.

 

[Mickeyluver37]

Not yet...they are 10 and 8 and I'm not comfortable with most PG-13 movies either. What age are the kids doing the extra chores for R movies?

 

[KyraS]

My DS is 16 and he watches what he wants now. I probably started letting him watch about 14.

 

[DVCLiz]

I'd let my 14 year old watch some, but not all. For me, it's not violence or sexual content that bothers me as much as emotional impact. For instance, I made my older daughter wait to see Titanic because I knew she would have a harder time with the emotions of the ending, but she watched some sexually suggestive stuff far earlier.

 

[debbi801]

My 5 yr old and 12 yr old -- absolutely not. My almost 15 yr old has watched 2 or 3 that we saw and felt that it would be ok for him to see now that he is in high school.

I know that there have been others that he has seen when sleeping out, but not too many.

 

[Jennasmomma]

My DD is 12. She watches R rated movies. She loves horror movies and watches those with my sister and brother in law. I dont like those type of movies.

Im lucky in that my parents, and my sister and brother in law all agree with my views on parenting. It all depends on the content in the movie. She knows movies are fake

 

[MoniqueU]

Depends what it is. The color Purple is rated R and I would pretty much let any kid over the age of seven or so see that. There are also alot of action films out there that are rated R but to me arent really that bad. My oldest is 14 and a half and has watched R films for years. My girls pretty much get to watch whatever we take them too. My husband is the movie buff so they are usually action or horror films. They dont seem scarred by that. Although my husband took my daughter when she was in about first grade to se the Ring or the Ring two. I don't know which. I don't follow movies at all so I didn't know what it was. She had trouble sleeping and ended up getting tin trouble at school and that was the reason she gave as to why she was in trouble. The school didn't think it was very funny and my daughter decided on her own not to go to the movies with dad for awhile because they were just too much for her. Which was probably a good decision for her. My other daughter is a year older and likes that kind of thing. I am not one who feels the neeed to filter every single thing from books, to movies, to tv to the computer. People like what they like and I have good kids so it doesnt bother me too much.

 

[NHdisneylover]

Like a couple of pps I okay movies based on content not rating. There are many PG and PG-13 movies which I feel are too violent and/or glorify violence, etc. Then again, there are R rated movies which I have no issues with at all. In fact, my kids did not even realize movies were rated until about a year ago when they were talking about something they had seen and their cousins got upset that my kids had seen an R rated movie and they (the cousins) were not allowed to do so. My kids got this totally blank look and asked "what's an R movie?"

 

[briar_rose_59]

I think I saw my first R-rated movie when I was 13. I remember it was From Hell. It didn't really phase me at all, but I have no desire to see movies like Saw and Hostel.

 

[Malificient Tater]

It depends on the movie. But I watch most things before she sees them.

 

[jordansmomma]

My DS11 almost 12 watches R movies as long as there are no sex scenes.
He loves horror movies. I am not to overly protective of my kids.

 

[I'mNoPrince]

As she can see the same thing on the Front street on a daily basis , I do let her watch most and have for some time.

Where Open Sex doesn't happen all the time out front (they tend to drive off somewhere) I do not let her watch where strong sexual content is in. But blood and gore is no big deal.

 

[beckanoah]

My Dd (7, just saw her first PG movie the other day, and that was Shrek. I monitor VERY closely what I let her watch.

(Even though at 10, I threw a fit, because I couldn't watch Dirty Dancing... LOL)

 

[cruisnfamily]

DD15 just got the OK last year to watch all PG-13 movies. Before that, we did a case by case for PG13s. My big no-no is the sexual content/innuendo stuff. She has seen 1 or 2 R rated scary movies at home in our living room with friends but those were the exception. Basically if the question is "do you let your kids watch R rated movies?", my answer would be no. DS is 12 and he doesn't even watch any PG13 movies yet.

 

[Shel]

My DD14 (almost 15) is not allowed to see R rated movies. Period, no discussion. I'm a firm believer in filth in, filth out - you can't pour vinegar into a pitcher & expect to pour water back out. If people/children weren't affected by what they see & hear then there would be no point in commercials - which is 30 seconds of trying to sell you something by what you see & hear.

I'm sure my opinion isn't going to be popular among other parents, but it is what it is - my opinion.

 

[MissMillie]

I'm 19 now, but I have been watching R movies since a very young age, and to be modest (^_^) I think I turned out just fine. I hate gory movies and will avoid them...with the exception of the Saw movies, that I have seen but don't enjoy...(I really only watched the first because it had Cary Elwes in it). My sisters are young and they'll watch most anything. They actually like scary movies, that is, until it's bedtime...
But really we're all fine kids. I believe that as long as you can talk to your children about what they're watching, and it's not porn, it's all good.
(^_^)\m/

 

[DVCLiz]

My DD14 (almost 15) is not allowed to see R rated movies. Period, no discussion. I'm a firm believer in filth in, filth out - you can't pour vinegar into a pitcher & expect to pour water back out. If people/children weren't affected by what they see & hear then there would be no point in commercials - which is 30 seconds of trying to sell you something by what you see & hear.

I'm sure my opinion isn't going to be popular among other parents, but it is what it is - my opinion.

That's an interesting perspective. Do you think you will let her see them when she is 17? Would that make a difference to you? Because she will be affected by the "filth" in an R rated movie whether she's technically old enough for it or not. I'm just curious at what point you will decide she can see whatever she is legally old enough to. Like Feralpeg, my DD19 goes to whatever she wants without any input from me.