Do movie ratings make sense? Things parents don't know

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By Anjelica Euson
Contributing writer

There are things that go on in movies that parents don’t know about. Parents only know what a movie is about by seeing what they see on TV. However, some of the stuff they show on TV isn’t really what goes on in the actual movie. Everyone has their own opinion on what their children watch and what they choose to watch. There are some things in a PG-13 movie that parents don’t realize is in it; such things as nudity, violence, and foul language.

I feel that nudity and violence are worse than the foul language because, yeah foul language is bad for children to watch on TV, but honestly I would rather watch a movie with some foul language instead of nudity or violence. I’m not one for violent movies anyway but I still think movies with nudity and a lot of violence should be rated “R” because children at the ages of 14-16 really don’t need to be seeing naked people on a camera.

I also feel that movies with foul language, violence, and nudity in them also have an effect on the children who watch them. Eventually, the child watching those movies might end up acting out what they saw. At the very least, they might start to speak with foul language. They might react and think, “Oh well they do it on TV” and use that as excuse to do “it.” Another thing is if a child watches a movie that shows people selling drugs to get money and have nothing better to do with their life the children who watch it might think that it’s okay for them to do that as well.

Some people don’t feel that it is right for a teenager to watch a movie with any of foul language, violence, or nudity. Some parents do not allow their children to watch movies rated PG-13 even if they are around or older than the age of 13.

One of my friends used to come over all the time, and half of the movies I had for us to watch she couldn’t watch because her parents wouldn’t allow her to watch it. She really wasn’t allowed to watch a movie with any foul language, and sexual content, or any major violence.

But, there are some parents who don’t care at all what their children watch. Some parents will sit there with their children and watch the movies that have foul language, violence, and nudity in them. There are parents that don’t really take any action into what their children are watching because they’re not that involved in their child’s life.

- Anjelica Euson is a freshman at Henninger High School