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[–] ULS@lemmy.ml 69 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (6 children)

As a kid that grew up with parents that were prudish.... It will fuck your life up. Completely. Entirely.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It's interesting. My mother-in-law isn't what I'd call prudish, but she definitely restricted what her children could watch in terms of things like R-rated movies.

My father, on the other hand, was a film historian who, despite that, didn't really understand what movies were and were not appropriate for kids, which is why I saw Aliens in the theater when I was 9 years old.

We spent a long time butting heads over how far I wanted to go with my own daughter in terms of age appropriateness vs. how far she wanted to go. I eventually won that battle when my daughter turned 12 and my wife realized that there was no way to hide the world of R-rated things from a 12-year-old with YouTube anyway.

And that's why my daughter's favorite movie is now Forbidden Zone.

[–] ULS@lemmy.ml 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Haha, haven't met many that know that movie.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

She loves cult movies and so do I, so we watch a lot of them together.

[–] ULS@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago

I love the class room scene.

[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 9 months ago

Eh, part of the rating system is to prevent you from fucking up someone else’s kid, and part of it is knowing your own child.

You’re not allowed to sell an R movie to a 10 year old, for instance. But their parent can come in and buy it for them no problem.

And honestly, just because a movie is rated R, doesn’t mean your 10 year old can’t handle it. You likely know your kid best. But you also know that while they can handle Aliens, they shouldn’t watch Zach and Miri Make a Porno for obvious reasons.

It’s a balancing act that only works if the parent is paying attention though.

[–] spiffy_spaceman@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

I still feel bad for the 1 kid in jr high whose parents refused to let him do the sex ed section. 13yos are assholes enough, they didn't really need something else to use to make fun of him for.

[–] Spaghetti_Hitchens@kbin.social 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Yep. I loved going to the library while my classmates got to watch a movie

[–] Tronn4@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Tangled? Or being with prudes? Jk

[–] ULS@lemmy.ml 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Well these days it's probably either or...

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago