PG-13 for dd's 12th b-day party
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PG-13 for dd's 12th b-day party
| Fri, 02-20-2009 - 10:09pm |
DD is turning 12. She's planned a Movie / Sleepover party at our house.
The movie she chose was Mean girls. When I got it I then realized that it was PG-13 for sexual content and some teen partying, recommended for over-14.
I straight away told her she'd have to choose a different movie. She agreed to and had another family-friendly movie which is on the way. Then she told me that the school counselor recommended the 1st movie!! I was so surprised!
WWYD?
Thanks,
Rainbow
"Life is not waiting for the storm to pass, but learning to dance in the rain!"

Letting your own child watch PG-13 movies is different than letting other kids watch it.
I personally would either get approval from every mother or have her choose a different movie.
I took Aly & her friend to see a PG-13 movie in December (Aly was about to turn 12 and her friend had just turned 13), but both girls had already seen the movie so her mom approved it (they wanted to see it together, and I had a gift card for 2 of the tickets).
I'd go with a more family friendly movie when entertaining other people's kids.
I would contact each parent and get approval, if even one says "no", then do not show it. I do this for every single party I ever give with multiple kids. I honestly never show a movie to a child without parental approval. My dd was shown parts of Mean Girls at age 8 and you bet I spoke to that parent about it!
Each family has such different guidelines for their family, clearly the counselor has his/her own opinion too, but I do find it odd that a school counselor is recommending movies to kids without knowing (caring?) about the age guidelines. It's not something I would personally make waves about, my kids know that each family has their own individual rules and they realize and accept that our rules trump anyone's recommendation.
"The main part of intellectual education is not the acquisition of facts but learning how to make facts live."
-- Oliver Wendell Holmes
I'd go with the PG movie as well if I've got other kids coming over.
Last year my girls had a joint party.
I think you did the right thing in changing the movie selection, Mean Girls is not a fun party movie, and really isn't something that I'd show kids without parental approval.
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