Age limits for films

[daisiesinaline]

How many of you let your kids watch films above their age limits? Honesty please!!!!!!

DS is 8 and DH will let him watch 12 films even without vetting them first. I would rather he didn't watch 12 films at all!

What do the rest of you do?

We have a system here in NZ were the reason for the classification is given so it could be 12 (sexual themes) or 12 (supernatural themes) or 12 (moderate violence). So if some things bother you more than others you can avoid those, whilst not writing off all 12 films.

Thanks bbbalong.

BUMP

Anyone!? To know how other people do things is really helpful.

I'll vet it and he can watch it if I think it's ok. eg. Star Wars I was ok with but dp watched it first to make sure.

My sons (6 and 11) watch films above the age limits. I wouldn't say this is a good idea for all children - its a personal choice. My 6 year old, for instance, will watch Star Wars.

Neither of my sons suffer from bad nightmares or seem to excessively copy violent behaviour they have seen on TV. I don't like them watching heavy adult emotional stuff or sexually explicit scenes and veto anything likely to contain them.

If we don't know the film or the story, I'd look up a review and/or dh or I would watch it with our sons, turning off the TV at certain points if needed.

Tbh, I have more problems with soaps like East Enders which can show lots of disfunctional adult storylines. I feel that watching lots of this stuff really eats away at my sons' innocence and I would be happy for them to regularly watch it. Just my opinion.

The worst dilemna we have regarding films is with my youngest son as he is madly keen on army films.

I mean 'I would NOT be happy for my sons to regularly watch soaps'

I agree about soaps, absolutely, I don't think they're appropriate for children, not at all.

mine don't watch the soaps.

I suppose my problem is that I think children are not children long enough and why let them watch unsuitable films when they don't need to. DH disagrees which is where the problem lies. What I think is unsuitable and what he thinks is unsuitable is completely different.

The reason I ask is because we ended up have a row last nite because he wants to let DS watch War of the Worlds and I don't think he should watch it. But as usual, he will probably go against my wishes and I will come home and find him and DH watching it!

War of the Worlds is unsuitable for children I think - it's quite scary. I wouldn't let me 8yo watch it.

typo, my 8yo, not me 8yo!

Mine haven't watched anything abover their age limit, however they have watched one or two 12A films, which we thought long and hard about. So they watched the new harry potter and were fine.

Mine don't watch soaps, and dd is only just starting to see things that are on after 6.

I generally check out films with friends before letting the boys see them if they are for an older age group. DS1 (nearly 12) is generally fine and he will watch 15s, provided friends have told me what is in the film to make it a 15. Same with DS2 (10), e.g. Spiderman is 15 but I don't see anything in it to worry a "normal" 10-12 year old, certainly nothing they wouldn't see on television before the watershed. DS3 (7) is not allowed to see anything above a 12A without my seeing it first. He has seen all the Harry Potters, but I haven't let him see the Goblet of Fire as I haven't seen it myself yet. I often feel that films with a higher rating are not as bad when seen on dvd rather than in a cinema, partly because the children are at home and feel comfortable, and partly because it isn't so much "in your face" and therefore less overwhelming.

They don't tend to watch much television other than CBBC and certainly don't watch soaps, which I think at times should be rated 18!

Actually that should be that DS3 isn't allowed to watch 12As without my seeing it first. And obviously the same goes for anything above a 12A.

My 9 year old ds watched War of the Worlds on dvd yesterday and was fine with it, but we didn't take him when it was on at the cinema as we thought he would be scared at the time. However, we took him along with our older ones aged 11 and 14 to see King Kong and he was up all the following night. We have now said that ALL 12 films will be banned unless we know the content and deem it suitable. Any we don't, he won't watch.

Agree with the soaps and things like The Bill. Much ttoo emotional turmoil going on in them to be suitable for young kids.

Oh, my dd aged 14 watches Little Britain with us but we won't allow ds1 aged 11 to see it. He moans like hell especially as his class mates watch it. Who in their right mind would let kids of that age watch a programme like that?

No, Little Britain is not for general consumption here. Dh and I will watch it, but none of the children see it.