What age did you let your teens watch 15 cert films?

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Under pressure from my 13 year old DDs to watch certain films, as 'everyone else does', which rarely works for me anyway, as they know!

Inbetweeners is one of them, which is a def no, it's more like an 18 IMO.

DT1 borrowed 'We are the Millers' at the weekend which we watched last night. Every other word was 'fuck', literally and talk about oral sex and swinging. It was so awkward and I wish now that I had switched it off.

Just wondered what age you are ok wtih all this.

Our 15 yo watched 15 cert films when she was... 15.

Our 13 yo does not watch them until he is 15.

15 means 15 in our house. We don't care what other parents let their children watch.

At home, DD(15) would have been about 13. DS(13) probably more like 11 12

I think it depends on your own child and what you want them to see in the safety of their own home with you there to make appropriate comments.

Were they embarrassed, or was it you?

I think we let DS see some from about 14 onwards - I know they are '15', but that sometimes means 'We couldn't make it a 12' rather than 'This is totally unsuitable until 15'.

But tbh since DS was a boy, most of the films he was interested in were 15s for violence rather than sexual references, which doesn't have the same 'awkwardness' or open up the same explanations that you feel they are too young for.

DS isn't interested in violent films or computer games, he's a purely football and sexual innuendo boy

15 for DD1 (age 15).

With ds1 I go for a year early - so 14 for a 15. He's pretty sensible for his age. I am trying to stick to the same for ds2 who is not very sensible at all

Depends on the film. I wouldn't let my DC watch The Inbetweeners movie but I have let them watch which ever X-men film it was that was 15. They are 8 & 9.

They wouldn't get into a cinema to see a 15 without proof of age.

depends on film completely

Cert 15 means age 15 in our house. Not popular with the teens! But I just think the certification is there for a reason.

I'd only let my 13yo dd watch old "15" films like Gremlins or dirty dancing.

It's interesting.

We were by no means awful teens - far from it. In many ways we were very "behind" with no boyfriends, no bullying about appearance, no make up at school, no one was picked on for what they wore/didn't wear...granted this was in the late 80s/90s. And we watched the Freddie Krueger films in Y8 . And no one batted an eyelid.

I'd be ever so cat's bum face about that now.

About 13 /14

Depends on the film, some 15 films are fine, some 12s are dodgy IMO - example is a 12 film we watched recently with our two older dc called 'yes man' with Jim Carey. There was loads of swearing but it was the scene where he gets a blow job from a granny with her teeth out that really got me doing a cats bums mouth . That'll teach me to let them see a film without checking it first!

I've allowed my younger doc to see a 15 if it's one I've seen before and I thought it was ok.

15 for films at the cinema/new films on DVD. But probably ended up watching old 15 films on TV at home with him without realising it. I'm more bothered about horror/violence than sex, but he isn't really interested in those kind of films anyway.

Ah yes HesterShaw double standards here too. I was 13 in the early 1970s when I went to see an x certificate (now 18) film called Soldier Blue. No proof of age needed then and my parents hadn't a clue. Not long after I saw A Clockwork Orange. The content of both is shocking and I wouldn't dream of allowing DS2 to watch but to be honest, I didn't bat an eyelid at it.

Depends on the film - I wouldn't let DSs (14 and 13) watch Inbetweeners or Ted as apart from anything else, a lot of it would go over their head. I'd prefer that they waited until they were old enough to enjoy it properly.

On the other hand, we sat and watched Jackass 3 (18 cert) together as a family last week.

Similar to VivaLeBeaver - 12y DD has seen Gremlims (as I was sure it wasn't a 15y when I was younger!) but no others yet; some older 15s I would be happy with in a year or so's time.

Depends on the child.
DS1 has had our approval to watch 15 certificate films since he was 14.
DS2 will probably not have our approval until he is at least 15, if not older. He is very socially immature.

I let my dds watch certain 15s like the Inbetweeners from aged 12 or so. I'm not convinced by the rating system for some 15s - e.g. they tend to be rated higher if there's a lesbian or gay relationship than if it's heterosexual, which I don't agree with at all.

Other 15s they've watched include Little Miss Sunshine, The Kids are all right, The Full Monty. I think Billy Elliott is a 15 too. Films with social issues or political themes, but perhaps with swearing and bits of sex. I quite approve of the dds watching this sort of film and we discuss it after.

I'm not too bothered about graphic sex scenes for my over 12s, they probably find it educational. I do have a problem with torture, gratuitous violence and sadism, so I would censor films with those films.

Second child much earlier than should have. 10 probably. Oops. Hes turned out to be a nice lad that's level headed. Problem is when other child is watching something and they walk in. Or they watch films at friends houses.

DS1 was 15, DS2 (as he shares a room with DS1) was therefore 13...

We have a tiny flat - the DSs disappearing off to their room to mess around/watch DVDs/read is essential in the evenings. I'm selfish, I need time with just DH and time without the DCs, as much as I love them. I do monitor what they watch although we don't really own anything disturbing (I'm a wimp!)

I watched 15s when I was 11-12, 18s from 15.

15 because it is 15 for a reason.

We don't tend to worry about age restrictions. More about whether a film is worth watching. 12 yo was deeply fed up that she couldn't go and watch Pride with her older sister when it came out and has to wait for it to come out on video. She can watch whatever she likes on Netflix but mainly seems to watch films aimed at young teenagers.