What age to let DS watch Game of Thrones?

[Grimgle]

Ds is 13 but he has started asking if he can watch GOT!
I don't plan on letting him this year but his pleading of "But Joe Bloggs' mum lets him!!?" has got me thinking what other folk say on the matter.
What age do your teens watch at? If you don't let them watch, do you suspect they do? I'm wondering if ds is going to try watching it on the sly.

I'm a big fan and watch it every week, I've actually just started watching it from the beginning again while it's on my streaming service and I've realised/been reminded that the first few series were at lot more gratuitous with the violence, sex and gore than they have been in the last couple.
He's not a sensitive boy where films are concerned, he loves action films and was unmoved by the likes of Jurassic Park and Bond Films from a very young age (I know they don't compare to GoT, but I mean he loved them from probably around 6 and I know adults who flinch and hide at JP gore scenes)
What's an appropriate age to you?

17 or 18 - it’s an 18 cert for a reason.

I love GOT but no way would I let my 14 year old DS watch it. I actually think the age 18 rating on it is pretty accurate. There are some seriously nasty scenes - incest, rape, violence against women, bloodlust.

Writing that I'm not sure why I let myself watch it!

We've told DS he'll have to be 35 minimum

Not 13. I’d say 16 if he’s mature and sensible.

17 or 18. It’s definitely not appropriate for a 13 year old.

I love GOT but no way would I let my 14 year old DS watch it. I actually think the age 18 rating on it is pretty accurate. There are some seriously nasty scenes - incest, rape, violence against women, bloodlust.
Actually good point, I’ve changed my mind. 18.

It’s certified 18 for a reason.

I wont watch it in front of dd1 who is 15, even though she wouldn't even be intrested.

I don't believe anyone really takes a lot of notice of certs these days. I certainly can't see a 16-17 year old saying "that's too grown up for me" especially when it's televised and not regulated like cinemas. No one to stop them watching it at home.

My oldest DS is nearly 16 and he's watched some of it

No one to stop them watching it at home.

Well, apart from their parents who naturally keep a weather eye on what their kids are watching, surely? Mine know they’ll get locked out of Netflix and Prime if they watch stuff that’s too old for them.

My DD and me started watching it when she was 14 or 15 I think. You know your child, trust yourself rather than people on the internet.

I think the 18 certificate is accurate.
I don't find the blood & guts battle violence or the consensual sex scenes an issue but the rape, incest general violence against women in the first few seasons, in particular, that you don't find in other shows are. If you wouldn't want them watching violent porn then you shouldn't let them watch GoT. On that note it is also child abuse to let them watch pornography with your permission.

DD has 'seen' a few very short, non-violent clips of the dragons as she loves Harry Potter and dragons but that is all. She could quite easily say she has watched GoT to her friends but she most definitely has not. What children say they have watched and what they have actually seen are often two different things.

I don't believe anyone really takes a lot of notice of certs these days
And that right there is what's wrong with the world today. FFS certs are given for a reason. You've watched GOT, surely you know it's not suitable for a 13 year old boy

By 15 definitely but I don't know about before that. It has some sort of rapey scenes and I don't think I would want my 13 year old son exposed to that tbh. I mean if it was just the monsters and violence and gore I'd probably let my kid watch it by aged 13/14 but not the violence against women.

Well I’m 19 and I don’t reckon I’m old enough to watch it yet I won’t be old enough when I’m 80

Beheadings and tits innit.

I'd say 13 was fine if he's robust and you have a chat about sex and women etc.

I started watching when it first came out aged 15 and didn't find anything difficult.

I think my 14 year old brother would be quite traumatised by it too actually.
We’re soft in our house

I would have let my 13 year old watch the most recent series tbh. Its violent but no where near the level of previous series plus there's no sex any more 😪

You can look on Netflix at the profiles and see who’s watched what and when. I know DH checks the kids profiles to see what they have been watching. Mine are younger though so have kids profiles which filters out the older stuff.
I think it has way way too many adult scenes (and lots of scenes that the majority of adults would never partake in - incest, rape, violence, murder etc) it’s shocking enough to us adults who are aware such things take place. I wouldn’t want teenagers to be exposed to that, especially being ‘allowed’ to watch it, that’s kind of sanctioning it and saying this type of stuff is ok. I’m not niave enough to think that no teenagers will watch it on the sly but at least they will know it’s not suitable.

17 or 18, no younger. It is wildly inappropriate in so many ways. My dd is a mature, pretty unshockable nearly 14 yo and there is no way on earth I'd let her watch it. I very much judge the mother of dd's friend for letting her watch it tbh.

OP, certainly don't take advice from people who come on the thread and proudly announce that they haven't watched it.

DS was 16 & I was OK with that. He'd read all the books so had a better idea than I did what to expect.

17 or 18 to me, and the plea about another person's parents is even more reason to say no.

Not to mention series one kicks the whole thing off with more rape, incest and tits than the rest of the series' combined. Not more murders, obviously...