Growing up I always saw that movies had a rating and a lot of people would pay attention to those type of things. I really never paid attention to them but I knew what they meant. My parents were very lenient when it came to them. But growing up and wanting to watch movies with my friends, their parents would not allow them to watch movies because of the rating of the movie. This was always very disappointing as well as confusing to me because I was not used to this. Although my parents were okay with me to watch these movies does not mean everyone is okay to watch them. Should there still be a rating though there are parents like mine that do not look at these ratings? Of course! Though some do not care about the ratings, these rating give parents or guardians a heads up on what is to come in the movie. Some families swear more than others in the household and and if a movie is rated higher than G because of language parents might be okay with their child to watch the movie because they are used to it in the household. Now if there is nudity parents may tend to shy away from the kids being able to watch the movie.
I feel like rating like this are very important to an extent. Movies are a great example of media that should have ratings. You want to know what to expect before watching the movie. No parent wants to be watching a movie with their family and then having a sex scene start in the movies. Now some say there should be a rating to all media. Such as TV, Music, and social media. And there is rating is there own way. Music is categorized as explicit or clean. TV has parental guidance warning before shows that need it. Social media has parent locks and filters. Now some like all of these filters but some hate them. My question to the audience is, should there be all of these filters or should people have a lighter handle on the children’s lives?
Mass Media and American Life 
I feel as though there are way too many filters on teenagers in movies. Nonetheless, I understand where parents may be coming from where they say, ” I don’t want my children to grow up too fast.” The movie can show very explicit content that may evoke curiosity in young adults. However, I would suggest parents be more open with their children by having conversations when topics that may be explicit to others come up. Because if even if the parent bubble the child, eventually, the child will be taught without the parent’s knowledge.
LikeLike
I think many parents have this concern for their younger children at all times about movies. The reason for rated movies is so that younger viewers don’t see drugs or nudity at such a young age. But if kids see these types of things in movies they need to talk to their parents about it.
LikeLike
I don’t think the rating system is bad at all I think it’s probably almost necessary for people to gage if they should watch the movie with there family or not. I do think there should be more clear guide lines for the people making the ratings so theres more of clear meaning behind the rating.
LikeLike