tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363512116787139255.post387017261403014080..comments2010-02-04T18:41:54.485-05:00Upstatemammahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16862359333933751151noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363512116787139255.post-1816307342602143152010-02-04T18:41:54.485-05:002010-02-04T18:41:54.485-05:00My daugher is only 15 months, but a resource that I plan to use is pluggedin.com by Focus on the Family. It is a great site for checking movies that are new to theaters, as well as TV, music and video games. For every movie it has a section for positive elements, sexual content, violent content, crude or profane language, drug and alcohol content, and other negative elements, as well as a recap for family friendliness. My mom used it when I was growing up. I of course thought it was lame then, but will definitely be using it to help screen what my children can watch! :)boofanuehttp://boofanue.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363512116787139255.post-20581525184164815132010-02-02T12:58:18.670-05:002010-02-02T12:58:18.670-05:00The Mighty Ducks movies are for some reason on my list of top favorite movies ever.<br /><br />Now, I try to be pretty careful about what Mason watches, because he is now at the stage where he repeats everything he hears. I know he understands more than I think he does, so I definitely try to stick to very family friendly animated movies.Angela @ Nine More Monthshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10994398674502800271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363512116787139255.post-18523023805257384842010-01-30T13:30:14.692-05:002010-01-30T13:30:14.692-05:00I&#39;ll screen movies until she&#39;s at least a teenager. There&#39;s a lot of crap out there that&#39;s just not fit for kids. Even cartoons are really violent now. I never gave a second thought to letting my almost 3 year old watch Disney cartoons till she saw Snow White. It scared the bejeesus out of her! She had nightmares for almost 2 weeks and still talks about &quot;the eyes&quot; and the guy that &quot;kills Snow White.&quot; So now I screen everything.Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13200860274374621245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363512116787139255.post-28416888353776512662010-01-29T21:10:15.857-05:002010-01-29T21:10:15.857-05:00I totally understand. Either extreme is not going to work for kids. And yes, the sisters are certainly pre-TV age. Also, I don&#39;t think the kids are missing much by not watching Mighty Ducks. :D<br /><br />As a Canadian, I recommend the short cartoon The Sweater, about a boy in Quebec who gets sent the wrong team&#39;s sweater. It can be watched on the Nation Film Board website.betterbabyboxhttp://betterbabybox.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363512116787139255.post-29833937561416393002010-01-29T19:30:54.938-05:002010-01-29T19:30:54.938-05:00My son is 17 and I let him go to Avatar with his friends. It helps that the rating system is a lot better than when the Mighty Ducks came out. I used Kid in Mind when my kids were younger also. My daughter is 19 and I don&#39;t monitor her anymore, but I remember when she was 15 and her friends wanted to know if she could watch R rated movies at sleepovers and I said no. She would roll her eyes, but it&#39;s okay, I don&#39;t mind being that mother. I wanted to help mold their values before they were exposed to things I didn&#39;t care for.DianaHayeshttp://cookerati.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363512116787139255.post-75995442208230833072010-01-29T19:07:10.488-05:002010-01-29T19:07:10.488-05:00Everyone&#39;s comments have been great. I have appreciated hearing from so many of you that I am not the only one who is very mindful of what my kids are watching. <br /><br />betterbabybox, Maybe I did not explain myself correctly. We do not ban tv completely. Not for Big Brother anyway. We do for TheSisters but they are 17months and 10months. They do not care yet. :) Big Brother has never really asked to watch anything and been told no until now. This movie is the first thing we have come into contact with that he has wanted to see and we said no about. As for wanting playdates with friends whose parents will let him. Well, that is going to happen - pretty much unless I allow anything and everything - but at this point I know the parents of his friends and they know how I feel. So, I still have a little while before I have to worry about that. And really this movie was so shocking I cannot believe it is not rated PG 13.Upstatemomof3http://www.blogger.com/profile/16862359333933751151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363512116787139255.post-80299152069791938342010-01-29T19:02:38.012-05:002010-01-29T19:02:38.012-05:00Based on how things are on screen with drama and the most obnoxious kids possible. I will always be watching my kids movies and programs before they can see it. <br /><br />TV is what taught me that kids will always grow up and hate their parents. <br /><br />I refuse to let my kids think it&#39;s ok to behave obnoxiously and disrespectfully.JamericanSpicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04844522784600855200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363512116787139255.post-25309119308243969322010-01-29T17:21:21.988-05:002010-01-29T17:21:21.988-05:00I don&#39;t know really. My son is 10 and I usually preview movies that come out. He often wants to watch things that other kids get to watch, but I won&#39;t let him unless I have seen it first. I also go by the rating; no PG 13 movies. But you can&#39;t always tell by the rating now adays. There&#39;s language in all kinds of kids&#39; movies and adult jokes.<br /><br />http://atticgirl.blogspot.com/2010/01/aloha-friday-how-was-your-day.htmlShellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03157669618524485184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363512116787139255.post-13491255438191332192010-01-29T14:47:52.219-05:002010-01-29T14:47:52.219-05:00We are pretty lax about what the kids watch. If we feel that what they are watching isn&#39;t appropriate we turn it off. Our biggest challenge is my husband thinks things are okay when I don&#39;t. He usually lets the boys watch stuff when I am not home and then I find out about it later. I have to constantly remind him of their ages and that what may be completely stupid to him can be a little scary for a kid.Kimberly@PrettyPinkMommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04807903540914922330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363512116787139255.post-90398332305032183092010-01-29T14:47:09.787-05:002010-01-29T14:47:09.787-05:00great question... <br />my son is only 11 months old, so we do not have that problem yet...~ Noellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16563447842634387539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363512116787139255.post-63803439554422727732010-01-29T13:11:00.042-05:002010-01-29T13:11:00.042-05:00We keep it with the age appropriate ratings. Even then we still watch it with them so we can throw in our 2 cents.<br /><br />At 17 my dd was so happy when she got to buy her own rated R movie ticket.Pamela M. Kramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09352999829456499891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363512116787139255.post-25236896358529438792010-01-29T11:46:34.820-05:002010-01-29T11:46:34.820-05:00I was raised in a household with no TV. While I think it was benefitial to watch less than average, I think that banning it outright is equivilant to banning books outright. It&#39;s a medium through which information is passed. Still, as with books, some caution is warrented. We haven&#39;t had our first yet, but I plan to be liberal with what they watch, as long as they are willing to discuss it with me. Which may not be as easy as it sounds.<br /><br />Because I wasn&#39;t allowed to watch anything, I make up for it now. And the first movie I saw in theatres was Pump Up The Volume, which helped set the tenor for my teen years. Of course, I had to sneak out to do it.<br /><br />I support people parenting in the way they feel comfortable. I&#39;m just saying that banning something outright often leads to subterfuge. And your kids wanting playdates at the houses of folks who let them watch Bakugon.betterbabyboxhttp://betterbabybox.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363512116787139255.post-47302124468961130172010-01-29T11:30:21.134-05:002010-01-29T11:30:21.134-05:00My oldest is 8 and still pre-watch all movies not G rated and many G-rated movies(meaning rated PG - she doesn&#39;t watch anything but G or PG and she&#39;s only seen a few PGs).crunchymommy73http://www.joyfulbirth.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363512116787139255.post-57166394210121518112010-01-29T11:13:37.792-05:002010-01-29T11:13:37.792-05:00I will probably always investigate what the movie is about and read reviews but probably around 8 or 9 we would stop pre-watching them. I know it gets difficult when the kids start to go to sleep overs. I remember always watching movies at slumber parties that my parents would have never let us at home.Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12157712936078180904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363512116787139255.post-36544788068822720182010-01-29T11:03:06.814-05:002010-01-29T11:03:06.814-05:00My daughter is 15 going on sixteen and I still have to watch the movie first, Probably when she moves out of the house,LOL<br /><a href="http://2good2bee.blogspot.com/2010/01/aloha-friday_29.html" rel="nofollow">Here&#39;s my Aloha Friday link for you</a>Auntie Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16296890120271718631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363512116787139255.post-45720931552111452212010-01-29T10:56:19.728-05:002010-01-29T10:56:19.728-05:00Probably in high school - but I would still investigate first and tell them what I thought. Then I would want to discuss their thoughts on the movie afterwards.....but I am not there yet so I don&#39;t know :)Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483641233177919179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363512116787139255.post-64099519459228255212010-01-29T08:35:39.711-05:002010-01-29T08:35:39.711-05:00Teenage years I&#39;m pretty lenient about what my kids watch but it also depends on the kid. <br /><br />My 13 yr old twins have been begging to see The Hangover because &quot;everyone else in our grade has seen it!&quot;. Uh...that&#39;s awesome. I&#39;m not everyone else&#39;s parent! Sheesh. <br /><br />I sometimes check out http://commonsensemedia.org to get a sense of a movie if I can&#39;t pre-screen but the less input someone has given on the movie, the less helpful it is. Like The Mighty Ducks for instance! One parent rating &amp; nothing marked for sex &amp; languagejupitersinclairhttp://jupitersinclair.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363512116787139255.post-75731638095007958452010-01-29T08:34:08.976-05:002010-01-29T08:34:08.976-05:00If a movie is rated G, there usually isn&#39;t too much to worry about in my mind. Right now my oldest is 6 so we typically watch anything PG (like The Mighty Ducks) before he does to make sure it will be ok for him.TheAngelForeverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11656102800736469480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363512116787139255.post-66312260762689416952010-01-29T06:35:18.997-05:002010-01-29T06:35:18.997-05:00Seriously, I wish I could say there is no age to let them watch freely. Unfortunately, they become teens and it gets hard to monitor things.<br /><br />http://iamharriet.blogspot.com/2010/01/i-love-to-listen-to-that-old-time-rock.htmlI am Harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14018601282810481033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363512116787139255.post-14039593929626596162010-01-29T02:39:40.221-05:002010-01-29T02:39:40.221-05:00probably i would do it until they leave home... but if they&#39;re raised in the right spirit, then they&#39;ll know what choices to make after that too!<br />Happy Friday and here&#39;s my <a href="http://designitchic.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Aloha</a>Design it Chichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02150546017330307544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363512116787139255.post-89169894474440950802010-01-29T00:50:34.124-05:002010-01-29T00:50:34.124-05:00probably did it up until they left home!AlohaTwincerely,Olgahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01467035860922139620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363512116787139255.post-45089861431814285562010-01-29T00:19:45.894-05:002010-01-29T00:19:45.894-05:00I do not know. My oldest is 17 and I still know what he watches!Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15782353640720981699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363512116787139255.post-11206780072293362002010-01-29T00:15:17.683-05:002010-01-29T00:15:17.683-05:00I monitored what movies they watched until they left home. I&#39;ve used Screen It for many many years. It&#39;s url is: http://www.screenit.comVickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01815757162701151292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363512116787139255.post-31443457065263576802010-01-28T23:32:23.609-05:002010-01-28T23:32:23.609-05:00Yikes...I don&#39;t think I will be allowing my children to see that one!!Muthering Heightshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660310558298459636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8363512116787139255.post-7765908669686662422010-01-28T23:30:30.421-05:002010-01-28T23:30:30.421-05:00OMG, I think when my girls have like 21 years old.<br /><br />Happy Friday!!<br /><br />PS: I became a follower of your blog.Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09587102413538527552noreply@blogger.com