Back to the age limits...

[Tim]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Pernille" <bolle17 at f...> wrote:
> 
> The same about the movies, if you don't think the movies, or parts 
of 
> the movies is appropriate for your child, why do they have to see 
it 
> now? Why can't you wait until they are old enough in your opinion?
> 
> I am speaking from experience. Both my father and me are "movie-
mad" 
> and often discuss them. When I was younger, my father used to 
> say: "You have to see this when you get older", after he had seen a 
> good movie, but did not think it was appropriate for me at the time.
> I was of course mad at him for not letting me, but I have seen most 
> of these movies since and agreed with him that they were not 
> appropriate for me at that time.   
> 

Now me --

When I was 17, Porky's (the first one) came out.  My parents went to 
see it and came home and said it was the funniest thing they had seen 
in years, and I couldn't go see it.  Naturally, I went and saw it 
anyways, as I was old enough to get in.  The point is, my parents 
made a judgement on what they thought was acceptable for me, whether 
or not I agreed with it.  I fear too many parents today do not make 
the same judgements, and do what's popular, not right.  You have to 
know your kids and what they can handle.  I would have never taken my 
daughter to see HP3 3 years ago; however, today, at age 11, she's 
ready for this film.

Tim