what programmes do you find unsuitable for teenagers? after 9 pm i mean

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i did ask earlier about little britain but got no help.
dh decided ds couldnt see it, i would have let him.

i realise water shed is at 9.00 pm, is that meant for under 15s or what? hmm

anyone
or are all yoru teenagers using the pcs at the moment.
as mine is about to so i wont see all your zilions of replies anywya

As my eldest is 14, I still think the 9pm watershed is their limit for television viewing. However, they all seem to be able to watch Little Britain and other possibly unsuitable stuff, either at friends' houses or on youtube, etc., so I do worry that my restrictions are pretty pointless anyway.

Good question. I don't generally let my 13 year old watch anything after 9pm. Its the content of some things that bother me, more than anything. I'd let her watch anything with just swearing in, iykwim. Like, Gordan Ramsey. Yes her swears a lot, but lets face it, its nothing she doesn't hear in the school yard. I wouldn't be happy with her watching the drama things, like Wire In the Blood, last night. That would have giving her nightmares and just not necessary for her to be subjected it that sort of thing.

She's actually 13 tomorrow and I agonised over buying her a 15 DVD this morning. Its Footloose fgs, harmless I think?

I don't watch Little Britain a lot myself, so I'm not 100% on the content, but its not that bad, is it? Swearing yes, but nothing that she hasn't already heard, as I said.

thanks for the replies.
dh was right then, he wouldnt let ds watch it

Thanks!

Ds (14) and dd (13) wanted to watch the LB programme last night. I said they could watch whilst I did too so that I could see if it was suitable. Sure enough, about 3 mins (from when we started watching) in there was a clear sexual practice reference so they weren't surprised when I said that they couldn't see it and they went to bed. If it had been just a bit rude (innuendo sort of thing) then that would have been ok probably.

two men having bum sex, according to the clip dh saw on rossie

Anything classified as "adult viewing" on tv here (Oz) says it is unsuitable for under 15s. I haven't actually come across anything yet that I wouldn't want him watching, and he doesn't have access to tv late at night anyway, but personally I find 15 a bit young to be considered old enough to watch absolutely everything.

I let my 15 year old dd watch anything - we only have channels 1 - 4. She doesn't seem shockable (probably cos she goes to an all girls school ) but she hates hearing swearing in real life! In the same way I've always let her read what she wants. She's pretty discerning and not impressed at a sleepover when her friend put a porn channel on. Funnily enough I always banned East Enders till recently and she used to moan she was the only one at school not allowed to watch (her teacher confirmed this when she was 11 but said he was on my side!). Not consistent, I admit, but she seems to have turned out OK so far!

DD2, aged 13, turns off if she doesn't like what she sees - very prudish, I'm pleased to say.

I'd prefer to be around if they're watching something really gross (that sounds terrible) cos I'd rather discuss what they've seen than
not know about it. Our dinner table conversations are never boring
I'm generally more concerned about the time they waste watching TV than the content.

What age teenagers are we talking about?

I wouldn't really feel it was my job to tell an 18yo what she could or could not watch- though I might well say 'I don't want this on in my house', if it was truly awful.

At the other end of the age range, I am quite fussy. But then we don't watch a lot anyway.

Coming of age, new bbc3 sexually explict, aimed at teenagers comedy??? Shame because it was filmed in our town so the places used are easy to spot.

mine are 13 and 15 and watch what they like. They think LB is boring but they do like South Park.

i wouldn't let mine watch LB becuase its SHIT. pointless unfunny shit, that plays on stereotypes ( as a lot of lazy humour does) but also exploits things like disability in a shock tactic for laughs

rathern like laughing at a racist joke when you shouldn't

i fail to understand why LB has gone unchallenged quite frankly.

i was reading the comment about a 14 year old not watching stuff after the watershed and did think OMFGG - poor kid - so i am not up my own arse in alentil weaver way

but i fail to see how lb gets away with this shit

hoophobic jokes are ok - becuase one of them is gay....?

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I think the point of the disabled guy on LB is that he isn't in fact disabled at all -- like the gay guy who actually isn't truly "the only gay in the village", etc.

I feel much more bothered about the incontinent old biddy, although I think it's the type of thing that people need to laugh at to cope with reality.

DC aren't, er, anywhere near teenagers and we have let them watch bits of LB . They have seen a LOT of Mitchell and Webb (DH big fan). There is some programme on cbeebies that is sort of a kiddy version of M&W, just about as surreal.

My 12 year old seems to think I'm the only parent who censors viewing. I suspect that may be true because he seems to be the only child on the planet without a tv in his bedroom.
I allow him to watch QI, Mock the Week, Heroes, and similar. These are all after 9pm but no graphic violence.
Definately no soaps though.

My 13 year old DD watches whatever she likes. I dont believe in censorship.. never have. She dislikes anything violent so avoids watching that stuff but likes little britain, league of gentlemen, mighty boosh etc. Far more disturbing things happening in real life than on TV in my opinion.