Parents of Teens?

what is you're view on your teens to watch horror movies or violence on TV? As a teen point of view, If you're in highschool, you are hearing f bombs 50x more then in any film, or sex, everyone in highschool is exposed to this, they know about everything already, and whats fake and real.





My mother, does not have any interest in my taste of movies, she can't handle almost anything I view. I might bring Pulp fiction Dvd to a friends house, my mother might see it and say "make sure you bring the that film back, I don't want to loose that". She knows I am mature enough for any movie, and she knows I have seen 500x worse then her.





I went to see hostel 2 on the opening nights with my friends, I came back home and she asked me what we saw. We told her hostel 2, she said ew how can you stomache that? We laughed.





So all you parents of teens, if you're overprotective on what movies your teens see, you need to realize how different it is in highschool today, then 30 years ago.

Parents of Teens?
as a mother (step, but still mother just the same) I dont like the movies that are full of the kind of sexual content that degrades women and such. The real nasty , un classy stuff. But we dont really regulate what he wants to watch(he, being our 16 year old.) His father allows him to view porn, but I insist that it not be the real disgusting stuff. As far as violence, its every where, and he is the furthest thing from it, so we dont ban the stuff. Although If he acted out any of those behaviors we might consider it.
Reply:It all depends on 1.the maturity of the child and 2.why its rated R.My daughter is 13 years old and in 9th grade.I personally wouldn't want her to go watch an R rated movie with her friends!





I wasn't in high school 30 years ago...just 20 so ha.


Before I let my daughter watch any PG-13 movie I must watch it first.I wouldn't think of watching a R rated movie approving it for my daughter!Violence and gore can be bad for a teenager because things teen see they want to do.They want to fit in...just think about in at a parents point of view!!Your telling us to look at it from your point of view look at it from ours!
Reply:I'm not a parent of a teen i am only 24 however, i think parents should look at ratings there there for a reason. However, on occasion they might want to "bend the rules" however i think they should stick tot he recommended ages. Personally I don't see a problem with a 14 year old watching a Rated R movie if its Rated R because of the language and perhaps a sex scene or 2. However the violent ones with all the blood and guts and horrors should be helf off till they are older. Just my 2 cents





Oh yea, it all depends on the kid too and thier maturity level and tendancies. If you got a pretty mature kid that truely knows the difference between fiction and reality you can be more lientent then a kid that acts out what they see.