Sadly when I was younger my dad was on a weird "only happy shiny things for entertainment" kick, which meant that even when I was in junior high I was somehow too young to watch The Simpsons without being damaged. Oh, and also, The Nightmare Before Christmas would make me a Satanist if I watched it. Yep.
Seeing a lot of not-technically-age-appropriate movies when young is one thing, there is some discretion that can be applied. But then you've got situations like when we went to see Alien Versus Predator, and some idiot had brought his little boy along, couldn't have been more than four. The boy started getting really freaked out when people started dying, but daddy didn't seem to particularly care. A smart parent would've thought "hmm, Junior is obviously not ready for this movie, I guess I will now PUT MY PARENTING DUTIES BEFORE MY ENTERTAINMENT and take us both to the park or something instead!"
Boards with nails in them: the cause of, and solution to, all life's problems.
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Seeing a lot of not-technically-age-appropriate movies when young is one thing, there is some discretion that can be applied. But then you've got situations like when we went to see Alien Versus Predator, and some idiot had brought his little boy along, couldn't have been more than four. The boy started getting really freaked out when people started dying, but daddy didn't seem to particularly care. A smart parent would've thought "hmm, Junior is obviously not ready for this movie, I guess I will now PUT MY PARENTING DUTIES BEFORE MY ENTERTAINMENT and take us both to the park or something instead!"
Boards with nails in them: the cause of, and solution to, all life's problems.