Carolyn: How do I talk to my neighbor about the inappropriate movies her son is watching and the effect its having on his friend, my son. He tells my son about watching "cool movies" like Stripes, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and Groundhog Day (just a sampling) and goes on to replay some of the scenes he enjoyed. I think these movies are extremely inappropriate for a 10-year-old and have asked her son not to discuss them with my son. He's usually pretty good about this, but on more than one occasion I've heard him mention something from one of the movies. My children are not allowed to watch television, but, on rare occasions we allow them to view a G-rated DVD. I don't want to come across to the neighbors as being unreasonable, but I'm not sure I can let my son play with him anymore if this continues. Is there a diplomatic way to tell the neighbor that I think her son's movie viewing is harmful to her son and mine?
Carolyn: How do I talk to my neighbor about the inappropriate movies her son is watching and the effect its having on his friend, my son. He tells my son about watching "cool movies" like Stripes, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and Groundhog Day (just a sampling) and goes on to replay some of the scenes he enjoyed. I think these movies are extremely inappropriate for a 10-year-old and have asked her son not to discuss them with my son. He's usually pretty good about this, but on more than one occasion I've heard him mention something from one of the movies. My children are not allowed to watch television, but, on rare occasions we allow them to view a G-rated DVD. I don't want to come across to the neighbors as being unreasonable, but I'm not sure I can let my son play with him anymore if this continues. Is there a diplomatic way to tell the neighbor that I think her son's movie viewing is harmful to her son and mine?
I was with her until 1. she listed these horrifying, offensive movies and 2. they're not allowed to watch TV at all except an occasional G-rated DVD. OMG lady
Post by cattledogkisses on Feb 6, 2015 16:45:14 GMT -5
This is bringing back childhood memories of my second cousins and their crazy mother who wouldn't let them watch Disney movies because she thought they were inappropriate. They stayed at our house once, and we struggled to find a movie that they would be allowed to watch (she finally grudgingly ok-ed Winnie the Pooh). She wanted her son to become a priest, and reportedly wasn't thrilled when he started dating in high school. I'm wondering now how those kids turned out.
ferris bueller's day off is pretty tame, isn't it? I mean, is there even 80s nudity?
I think there are books. Quell horror!
And now I am hearing all the lines from fbdo
Cameron is so uptight if you put a lump of coal up his ads, in a week you'd have a diamond
So the letter writer is Cameron? Is that what you're saying?
God, can you imagine being ten and never having watched more than a handful of G rated movies? That's no Star Wars for you people keeping track at home.
And can you imagine when mom is all, ooo, look, I brought you a movie and breaks out Tangled? I bet this kid hates Elsa. I DON'T WANT TO BUILD A SNOWMAN. I WANT TO WATCH TRANSFORMERS!
Cameron is so uptight if you put a lump of coal up his ads, in a week you'd have a diamond
So the letter writer is Cameron? Is that what you're saying?
God, can you imagine being ten and never having watched more than a handful of G rated movies? That's no Star Wars for you people keeping track at home.
And can you imagine when mom is all, ooo, look, I brought you a movie and breaks out Tangled? I bet this kid hates Elsa. I DON'T WANT TO BUILD A SNOWMAN. I WANT TO WATCH TRANSFORMERS!
I'm willing to bet they aren't even like Tangled. I bet they're all VeggieTales movies.
Carolyn: How do I talk to my neighbor about the inappropriate movies her son is watching and the effect its having on his friend, my son. He tells my son about watching "cool movies" like Stripes, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and Groundhog Day (just a sampling) and goes on to replay some of the scenes he enjoyed. I think these movies are extremely inappropriate for a 10-year-old and have asked her son not to discuss them with my son. He's usually pretty good about this, but on more than one occasion I've heard him mention something from one of the movies. My children are not allowed to watch television, but, on rare occasions we allow them to view a G-rated DVD. I don't want to come across to the neighbors as being unreasonable, but I'm not sure I can let my son play with him anymore if this continues. Is there a diplomatic way to tell the neighbor that I think her son's movie viewing is harmful to her son and mine?
Was this article published in 1987?
These are probably the exact movies our neighbors would tape off HBO 25 years ago - that my brother and I would go over there to watch.
I saw... Ferris Bueller - 10 years old at a slumber party. Nightmare on Elm Street - 10 years old at a slumber party Dirty Dancing - 10 years old at the theater with my best friend and her mom
I feel really bad for this kid. I'm counting down the days until my son is old enough that I can't sit him down and make him watch the '80's classics. I'm thinking it will be before 10.
One of Edith's favorite movies is Adventures in Babysitting. I didn't think anything of it, until I was actually watching it with her one day and caught this part:
Post by penguingrrl on Feb 6, 2015 20:38:01 GMT -5
That lady is all kinds of crazy. No, you don't get to dictate what movies other parents allow their children to see, nor can you stop the kid from talking about it. And 10 is way too old to be shielded from reality.
Just wait. When this 10 year old hits 13 shit is going to hit the fan and he's going to rebel like crazy.
ttt, I was all prepared for her to list off shit like Aliens, Predator, Species, or even Fury, Saw, etc.
But Bill Murray? Does she want her kid to have a sense of humor or what?
No, because then he wouldn't fit in with the rest of their family, clearly.
My parents took me to see Backdraft at the drive-in at like 8. They didn't read up on what it was about, I ended up spending most of the movie with my mom's hands over my eyes, lol.
I agree. I did go to elementary school with someone who's parents wouldn't allow them to watch movies until the appropriate age per the rating. So no PG-13 until 13. She never knew what was going on. I felt bad for her.
This was me. Saw my first pg-13 movie at 13 and r at 17. When my friends would put on a movie I wasn't supposed to watch at sleepovers, I would leave the room. I was a weird kid.