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Post by CindyChapman on Mar 28, 2012 21:41:36 GMT -6
Now that the movie company has removed the R rating from the Bully movie which opens in select theaters this weekend and nationwide next week -- will you allow your kids to see it? some theaters are making kids under 17 bring a signed release from an adult or their parent to the theater. www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-rt-us-bully-amcbre82r1fr-20120328,0,5210733.story it's an important topic....WAY more important that the violent/graphic movie The Hunger Games -- which got a PG13 rating. hhhmmmm....decisions, decisions... |
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Post by sharon on Mar 28, 2012 21:49:54 GMT -6
At 7 I don't necessarily think my son needs to see it. We did listen to a piece about it on NPR and talked about the movie and about bullying (not really about the controversy about how it's rated because that was beside the point).
If he were older I would be fine with him seeing it I think. Bad language in a movie doesn't necessarily bother me. We let him see a film that had swears in it because it was an important topic and I knew he would get a lot out of it. He knows not to swear. I would maybe feel differently if I worried he would repeat the swear words.
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Post by jlschlangen on Mar 29, 2012 7:35:46 GMT -6
I talked to my dh on whether we would bring ds to this movie and I feel he is a little too young even though it is a good topic. I personally want to watch the movie, I also saw that other documentary about bullying w/ the guy from MN who was bullied.
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Post by bunsy on Mar 29, 2012 9:12:19 GMT -6
As the old woman of the group, my kids will do whatever they want to do! IF I had younger kids, I'd probably say yes if they were jr high age. If they were younger than that, I'd want to see it first to decide.
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Post by cakemakermom on Mar 29, 2012 11:04:39 GMT -6
Maybe when they hit middle school. I do like a good documentary. But like many things I'd want to discuss it with the kids, how to prevent bullying, how to deal with a bully, like I talk to them now.
I hate that people still bully. In high school I was getting harassed (sexually, he kept asking me on a date, while he had a girlfriend who I heard was knocked up) in a class in front of a teacher. I was the one getting the looks from the teacher and it took a month before I got fed up and went to the vice-principal with a friend as backup from the class to get it dealt with. It was ridiculous that the teacher let it keep on going.
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Post by bumblebee23 on Mar 29, 2012 12:05:38 GMT -6
I haven't even seen the previews for it so I know nothing about it. I think it is important for kids to see things like this but if you notice a lot of kids movies have some form of bullying in it and we have used those to talk about it. Like Karate Kid is one that comes to mind. My boys are no strangers to bullying and they even had a thing at their school last year where this company came in and performed skits about bullying and ways to prevent it and such.
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Post by ReneeW on Mar 29, 2012 12:38:50 GMT -6
My kids are too young, but I think I would allow my teenager to see it because it's such an important topic to cover. My DH was bullied as a kid so I would want them to watch it so we could all discuss the issue and how to protect each other, friends, and other kids at school.
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Post by laurac on Mar 29, 2012 14:51:33 GMT -6
Generally the people who are okay with letting their kids see a movie on bullying aren't the ones doing the bullying. And the ones doing the bullying wouldn't see the movie anyway because they don't think they're doing anything wrong.
It's important for kids to realize when they or someone else is being bullied and step in to stop it. Unfortunately, the teachers aren't always the ones to step in. Sometimes I think they are as afraid of the bullies as the kids are.
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Post by supermommy on Mar 30, 2012 8:33:55 GMT -6
My kids are not old enough to understand but why wait til middle school?! I was bullied from third grade on....put a stop to it before it starts I say. If kids are old enough to bully they are old enough to watch a movie about it.
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Post by sharon on Mar 30, 2012 14:30:23 GMT -6
While I can see your point, I'm not sure this particular movie would be appropriate for all ages. It follows some specific older kids who are bullied, and has swearing in it, which is why it was maybe going to be rated R until they decided to just not rate it. I guess I'd see it first for sure, if considering showing it to a younger child, to see if I felt it would be appropriate.
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