Just wondered what people thought of this.
So The Simpsons has been a long running cartoon which has been on at around 6pm on ‘general tv’ for a very long time. I remember watching it as a kid myself, it was a normal thing just to be on the tv ‘in the background’ in our home.
A lot of the jokes of course, very political, went over my head, way too young for me to understand. When I was an adult I of course saw the programme in a different light of understanding. But otherwise, it was a common thing for us children to watch on my home and for others at school in my youth, so much I even remember sitting at my friends house and watching it with her family when I went over for tea (primary school).
So my DD is 10. Being a cartoon she’s sat and watched it briefly a few times when nothing has been on and she’s either eating her tea or just generally pottering around.
We have Disney plus, which she’s been watching more. Most recently, I’d say over the past few days she’s been watching the old reruns of The Simpson’s. I noticed the r rating was a 12 - which I didn’t think too much of, some mild sweating which she knows not to repeat but me and my partner sat down to watch with her the other day (it’s been years since both of us watched it!) and was surprised at how much we forgot the inappropriateness for a child of her age!
The swearing and the showing of cartoon ‘butts’ doesn’t bother me, it’s the constant references to sex I didn’t realise exactly how much there was - probably because when I was younger it completely went over my head enough for me to realise what was going on! I cringed at one point at a scene with Ned Flanders and a typical ‘tall sexy blonde’ and as much as she has not asked about sex yet I know she probably has somewhat of an idea, she does okay with older children at school. In my view now, some of the scenes are enough to guess that sex is a thing between adults and it happens frequently.
She has not mentioned anything I’m very surprised she did not turn around and ask what it was.
As much as I don’t usually mind her watching 12 rated things at 10 depending what it is - it had been enough for me to question this so I was wondering what everyone else’s take on it is? Do you or would you let your children of the same age watch it?