peer pressure

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mrsrat · 21/04/2010 08:41

My 9 year old goes to a good country school and all of her peers are "nice girls". However when they come for sleepovers I am horrified at their choice of DVDs. I took one to blockbuster the other day and she wanted to watch Wild Child, St Trinians and Twilight , all of which she had at home. My daughter says that all children her age watch films like this. Am I being unreasonable not wanting her to watch this sort of film yet?

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waitingforbedtime · 21/04/2010 08:45

I dont know what cert they are?

RatherBeOnThePiste · 21/04/2010 08:46

I think the films you have listed above were all 12As in the cinema so children younger than that could go in with their parents, of course these is no 12A on a DVD so it will say 12.

Do these children have older siblings? Maybe the films are at home and they have seen them?

This is an age old problem - DD is 13 and wants to watch 15s.

I am sure they are still nice girls though!

StewieGriffinsMom · 21/04/2010 08:47

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kreecherlivesupstairs · 21/04/2010 09:56

YANBU. My dd was off school sick recently, she was really bored with CBBC so I took her to buy a DVD. She chose wild child, I barely glanced at it because she told me she had watched it at her friends when they had a sleepover. We came home, she reclined on the sofa, I went to the kitchen to start making some lunch. I heard the word shagging and came out to see some sort of teenage orgy love fest. she watched the wrong trousers after that.

sunnydelight · 21/04/2010 10:08

I would imagine they have older siblings. My 11 year old has definitely watched films his older brother would never have been allowed to at that age. I watch films and make a call as to whether I want MY kids to watch them or not, as Stewie says the certs are just a guideline.

GypsyMoth · 21/04/2010 10:09

chances are she'll watch them all at friends houses anyway!

benotafraid · 21/04/2010 10:16

I think you should use your own judgement and not just go by what the certificate says.

For example, Beetlejuice is a 15 but I first watched that when I was about 5 and thought it was hilarious, I still don't think that there is anything in it that is really inappropriate, it just might be a bit frightening to some kids.

On the other hand, Batman (The Dark Knight) is a 12...when in my opinion it should be an 18.

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