Is it okay for parents to blatantly disregard ratings?
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No, it's not alright. Parents need to pay attention to game ratings.
It becomes a bigger problem when your kids invites his friends over to play - now your kid's friend is also bing exposed to age-inappropriate material, and his parents have to deal with that problem.
The ratings are there for a reason; they should be heeded.
It becomes a bigger problem when your kids invites his friends over to play - now your kid's friend is also bing exposed to age-inappropriate material, and his parents have to deal with that problem.
The ratings are there for a reason; they should be heeded.
Perfectly fine. As long as its explained that this is a movie/game and that its only imaginary and the child understands that lesson, then yeah no problem at all. If the child however does something that comes from a video game, then all of it needs to be taken away. I am willing to take a gamble on my parenting skills being good and my child not being a moron.
A parent should never "blatantly disregard ratings" because the rating is a key indicator for the content of the film or game. A parent can make an informed decision and decide that despite the rating, they will allow their child to watch/play.
Whether or not a kid should see a R rated movies should be decided on a case by case basis by the parents. They have to be involved with their kids to know if they are mature enough to handle the material.
Whether or not a kid should see a R rated movies should be decided on a case by case basis by the parents. They have to be involved with their kids to know if they are mature enough to handle the material.
No, but people are stupid and lazy and really have no business possessing children. Like the young mother who took her 4 year old daughter to the 7th harry potter movie a few weeks ago. Lady, when the girl is asking questions, literally, every five fucking seconds about what's happening, clearly she doesn't understand the subject matter and is too young to watch it. But why should you care? You're too busy answering her questions and letting her kick the back of some gentleman's seat to notice 
Well, parents should be able to raise their kids however they see fit. If the parent is fine with it, how is there a problem? The ratings are a guide for the parents, they're there so parents know what they're buying for their kids, and so Kyle's Mom And Co won't get all upset and try to change the law about it.
Kids are often kidified too much. Haha, stick with me, let me explain trolls.
I learned something in life is that you have the right to choose. Not because your parents were restricted of certian thigs you should be too. On the contrary, you as a kid, should be able to decide for yourself. I must see a horror movie to decide if thats my thing or not, but its about experience, not restriction.
I learned something in life is that you have the right to choose. Not because your parents were restricted of certian thigs you should be too. On the contrary, you as a kid, should be able to decide for yourself. I must see a horror movie to decide if thats my thing or not, but its about experience, not restriction.
Depends on the kid's level of maturity, but I do think that all parents should at least be aware that there are ratings. The amount of flak the gaming industry gets could easily be solved if people sat down and payed attention to the content ratings that are easily provided on the game box. Guarantee that today there's some woman walking into her eight-year old's room as he blows someone to a billion pieces in Fallout 3 wondering how her son got his hands on such a violent game, when she was the one who bought it for him in the first place. Or at least, a similar situation.
It's not like we hide that little "M" (or regional equivalent) in the corner of the last page of the manual or something. Jeebus. >_>
It's not like we hide that little "M" (or regional equivalent) in the corner of the last page of the manual or something. Jeebus. >_>
It sorta depends. Is the kid more intelligent than most? Can s/he separate reality from fiction? Is s/he likely to pick up an actual gun and see if it really does the things s/he sees it do on the TV screen?
For the most part, no, parents shouldn't let kids see that stuff. Because kids are retarded, and they learn by two things: Example and experience. They will NOT learn ANYTHING told to them. Such is the workings of humanity's collective idiotic mind.
Also, those ratings are there to help parents discern whether their kids are "mature" enough to handle what they're seeing.
If the kid in question is reasonably intelligent and can separate reality from etc, then more power to him/her. I myself was playing Vigilante-8, a T-rated game, at age 7, and saw GTA for the first time at age 10. But since I could gather that doing stuff like welding a machine gun to a car and blowing stuff up is a bad idea IRL, I didn't do it.
Sad part is, soooooo many children want nothing more than to do just that, and thus should be sectioned, and failing that, kept away from higher-rated stuff.
For the most part, no, parents shouldn't let kids see that stuff. Because kids are retarded, and they learn by two things: Example and experience. They will NOT learn ANYTHING told to them. Such is the workings of humanity's collective idiotic mind.
Also, those ratings are there to help parents discern whether their kids are "mature" enough to handle what they're seeing.
If the kid in question is reasonably intelligent and can separate reality from etc, then more power to him/her. I myself was playing Vigilante-8, a T-rated game, at age 7, and saw GTA for the first time at age 10. But since I could gather that doing stuff like welding a machine gun to a car and blowing stuff up is a bad idea IRL, I didn't do it.
Sad part is, soooooo many children want nothing more than to do just that, and thus should be sectioned, and failing that, kept away from higher-rated stuff.
I'd really like to say that it depends on the maturity of the child (side note: if they're still considered a 'child' then they probably aren't mature enough), but the point of this discussion is whether it's ok for parents to disregard the ratings on movies/games. Short answer: !&$%ing NO. It is the responsibility of the parent to decide whether a movie/game is appropriate for their child, and if they ignore the rating and expose their child to it anyway, I feel that is negligent on the part of the parent. And what do you think the odds are that the people who let their kids see this kind of thing are the same ones that get all worked up about serial killers and rapists owning violent video games...
All this just supports my argument for breeding licenses
All this just supports my argument for breeding licenses
depends on the kid. I got my first Call of Duty (World at War) when I was.... idk... I think I was 13... my mom decided I was mature enough, and I was allowed to buy the game. I was mature enough for it (there was some news reel footage of concentration camp executions), but some other kid might not be. but yeah, if your kid isn't even in 7th grade, they shouldn't be playing frigging Red Dead Redemption...
I really don't think it's good at all. The King's Speech might be an exception because it's a really good movie that normally wouldn't get more than a PG rating. The problem is the massive amount of F and S words dropped as part of his therapy. I don't think young kids should see that, but mid teen kids probably can because they already know those words anyway. For the most part though, I definitely won't condone blatant ignorance when it comes to kids under 15 unless the parent can reasonably believe that they are mature enough to handle it.
Depends on the child. Depends on the film.
Not all children are capable of the same emotional understanding, nor do all adult-targetted films contain the same themes are one another.
Someone made the example of Schindler's List earlier. That is a movie I would have no problems with my child viewing. Whilst it does contain very dark scenes, the overall message is not one that a child shouldn't learn. I know a few children who would be emotionally capable of digesting that movie in the appropriate way and taking worthwhile lessons from it.
However, if we are talking about Saw - then no, I don't think any child should sit through that.
Not all children are capable of the same emotional understanding, nor do all adult-targetted films contain the same themes are one another.
Someone made the example of Schindler's List earlier. That is a movie I would have no problems with my child viewing. Whilst it does contain very dark scenes, the overall message is not one that a child shouldn't learn. I know a few children who would be emotionally capable of digesting that movie in the appropriate way and taking worthwhile lessons from it.
However, if we are talking about Saw - then no, I don't think any child should sit through that.