If your 15 year old was sneaking into R rated movies?

MomZone · 02-16-2007, 02:07 PM

hbixler03 · 02-16-2007, 05:49 PM

I think I would ground them from going to the movie theatre to see movies, or take them myself and sit in the back of theatre! I know this would embarass them but better safe than

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I think we as parents really need to use the time when our kids are young to teach them about the consequences of their actions. If a child is going behind their parents back by sneaking into movies they know their parents would dissaprove of then the consequence is that they have lost the trust of their parents and they will have to earn it back! Better to learn about these consequences while living with your parents then out in the real world.

Polly · 02-20-2007, 02:04 PM

I think it would depend on the movie and who she was with. Honestly I think my 20 year old dd took my 14 year old dd to an R rated movie. But I believe it was based on some violence that it was rated this way. I decided to let it go because it wasn't horrible and it was a bonding experience for the two of them. If I believed they had crossed the line I would have way layed both of them and there would have been war in the house. Sometimes I think you have to pick your battles. Now if she was doing it with

just to throw my authority in my face or if I believed that my dd's were doing it to flaunt my authority it would be a diferent story. I honestly believe in this case it was just plain out being ornery and not mean so that is why I let it go. They don't know I know but they think they did something together and got a way with it. I remember doing that with my sisters and knowing that we would never do anything major bad so I try to keep that in mind when I "pick" my battles.

babygyrl70554 · 02-24-2007, 08:18 AM

If I found out my child was sneaking into R rated movies, I would be very

that my child didn't get permission. They would be punished in some kind of way. I'm not quite sure how. I would explain to my child that his/her punishment could have been avoided if they would have been honest and asked for permission. I would probably let my 15 year old watch a rated R movie, depending on why the movie was rated R. Some things shown on regular television is not far from rated R anyway. Like I said, it would depend on why the movie was rated R.

tlcbaskets · 04-29-2007, 07:45 AM

I would definately ground them for sneaking. If they're sneaking into movies, it's possible they are sneaking with other things too. I would also want to know what movie it was and why they wanted to see it so much.

keeverman · 08-16-2007, 07:39 PM

It would depend on the movie's content. If it were something I thought would be ok, I'd take them myself. If it were something they know they would not be allowed to see if I knew they were going to see it they would be grounded. But this is also why we don't really go to the movies. We usually wait till the are out on DVD so their father and I can preview them first. We really only go to movies we are really interested in and is worth the money it costs to go to the theater.