AIBU to let nearly 16 y/o DD watch GoT?

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I just watched 1st episode alone, it was as I suspected quite violent & sexual. DD is desperate to watch it. I watched similar things when I was her age but I was a bit more mature.

What's it generally like? I'm assuming an awful lot of sex & violence?

Thanks

It must be hard to know when to let teenagers be treated as adults and let them watch things that would perhaps disturb us ourselves (my youngest is 9 so I haven't been there yet). What does strike me though is that at 18 many kids move away to university and will do/watch whatever they like without parental influence. So it makes sense at some point between 16 and 18 to continue to discuss the issues but hand the decision making over to them.

Lots of violence, hideous, cruel violence. Lots of sex, lots of tits, lots of bums, some fannies and even a few cock n ball scenes and some swearing

I think that should be the classifications board’s guidance info on the DVDs 😂

Ds1(15) watched later series, because he didn't become interested till later. Thinking back I don't recall earlier ones being that bad. But maybe I'm forgetting. I can't recall which bits of s1-3 were THAT bad.

I watched it when I was 12 and I wasn't fazed to be honest - this may sound horrible but there's much worse in random ad spaces on the internet or anywhere (the YouTube algorithm will show kids much much worse at times). Game of Thrones has a reputation for being brutal I suppose but I don't really think it's that bad? I feel people really treat kids too delicately when it comes to shows like this but obviously it depends on the child's maturity and if you personally feel they'd be fine watching it.

I was watching all sorts at that age and dealing with some fairly brutal real life scenes with my friends

You know your DD. At that age I’d rather watch it on my own then with my mother.

Many years later the scene of any film I’ve ever watched that destroyed me up the most is Mufasa's death and I’ve seen a lot of fucked up stuff since I was 16.

Maybe you watch it first and be aware of any themes that might be difficult for her so you can talk about them afterwards

“Game of Thrones has a reputation for being brutal I suppose but I don't really think it's that bad?”

Totally. People like make up myths.

Nope, just another poster who has normalised this kind of thing. I can’t imagine what you must have been exposed to to watch GoT at 12 and be unfazed, but if that poster was watching at home with their parents approval, then that says it all.

The fact that people don’t find it shocking isn’t a good thing. A very skewed sense of what’s Ok for kids, and frankly what’s Ok to be depicted on TV at all.

"The YouTube algorithm will show much worse" do you actually understand how to use youtube so that doesn't happen? Amazed a young person doesn't know how to stop that!

Fwiw, i know a couple of families whose kids were allowed to watch anything and everything. I started a thread on here about it when he was watching the exorcist and the shining the summer before secondary school. Sadly life took a shite turn for him and he's now living at home, he's been dealing drugs and he's a complete wrong un. Funnily enough those kids with concerned parents are still doing well and getting on with life.

“this may sound horrible but there's much worse in random ad spaces on the internet or anywhere (the YouTube algorithm will show kids much much worse at times). ”
Surprisingly enough- I wouldn’t want my kids watching that either!

I would encourage her to read the book first then watch it.

Other than that, 15 is ok to watch GOT, though it depends on her personality too.

I would encourage her to read the book first then watch it.“

Honestly- there are better things to be reading.

My stepson started watching it at 16/17. He’s pretty level headed.

The first series is the most annoying for un needed sex scenes. After that characters and relationships develop and although there are occasional scenes of horrific violence and some rape incidents they’re clearly shown as wrong and carried out by “baddies”. I don’t think anyone would ever watch them and think it was normal or something to emulate!

Theres no sex at all in the later episodes shame

There was Arya and Gendry in Season 8, Fibbke though that was pretty tame!

DS ( 18 at the time ) watched GOT with me. The Littlefinger brothel scenes I thought were inappropriate , but that faded out quickly over subsequent episodes But yes lots of violence - so take a judgment on that. Later scenes were much much less ( for want of a better word ) exploitative . But yes violent. What I would say , is the man can tell a story. In later episodes it seemed the women were stronger . So I would say - if you can shut your eyes when nasty things it is not anti women ( given my post above ) - There are so many strong women . But that is just one point. He can tell a story & not sure how he could control the producers / scriptwriters. I do think the Littlefinger scenes were too much & could have been shot differently. But yes people having their heads cut off , but then I watched the Hilary Mantel re Cromwell thing - people get their heads cut off there also. I think he GRRM is a good story teller . Also watched a thing where ( Jon Snow - Kit Harrington - he knew a woman who was pressed to death - Civil war ) I do think it reflects a time where justice was more summary and less thoughtful