Help! My G-rated Kids Want to See PG-13 Transformers

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  Posted by Patrick Sun Jul 5, 2009 10:29pm PDT

  If the child is too young to "handle" the violence, I'm pretty sure they are too young to understand the concept of age-inappropriate marketing. Honestly, this is not a PG-13 movie that I would be wary of letting my kid see. True, I am 15 and do not have any kids. And i think the whole "violence has a negative effect on kids, no doubt about it" idea is flawed. Every child reacts differently to violence. Some are scared, some enjoy it, some hate it, etc. I watched loads of "violent" movies when I was a kid ranging from Saving Private Ryan to Die Hard. And it's not because my parents made a bad decision in the situation, instead they felt I was mature enough to watcht those movies. So my main point is judge your child's case as an individual case. Then make the decision. And if you are wondering, I turned out fine. Straight A's, never been in any trouble, mentally sane, all that jazz. So I'm living proof violence doesn't always have a negative effect on kids.

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  Posted by Johnell Sat Jul 11, 2009 3:34am PDT

  Well after finally seeing this movie I can definelty say this is not a movie to take a child between the ages of 5-maybe 11 years old. i mean they used cuss words like a$$hole, Bi@ch, MotherF%$&KER etc.... and all those words coupled with violence was not some young child should have been watching, but while in the movie theater I noticed a lot of parents bringing their children to watch the movie. children ranging from the age of probably 6-10 years old heck the kid sitting next to me looked like he was 5 years old!! So I say to the parents whose kids are playing in the yard or at the park and you all of a sudden you hear them say stop acting like a p---- or that ----- is a Bi@ch please don't try and discipline them just turn around and slap yourself in the face!!! In today's society we wonder why our children say or do the things they do.....

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  Posted by Sun Sep 13, 2009 5:17am PDT

  I wish my kids never heard of transformers, especially my 5 year old. He wouldn't know about them if it weren't for my neighbour's two kids aged 5 & 7. Their teenager took the youngest ones to see Trans2 and invited my son to go along. I said no thank you! He has only seen the animated version and the toys thru my neighbour and all it is all he talks about...destroying and killing and decepticons and autobots and it drives me insane. I have pretty much put a ban on Transformers in my home now, I had to for all our sanity. He turns his other toys into transformers now. I dont even want him to play with the kids next door anymore becasue all they do is play these violent games, transformers on the DVD, transformers on the Wii or whatever. The parents allow them to watch very violent films like batman and ironman and others. It bothers me tremendously, I pretty much have to supervise their play together 100% of the time. What do I do? How do I parent my kids responsibly when the parents right next door don't, without completely forbidding them to play together??? I am going insane. I know, I have the moral and intellectual high ground...but what do 5 year olds know about that???? Thanks for letting me vent about these horrible TRANSFORMERS!!!!!!!!

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