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injest:

--- Quote from: Daniel on May 13, 2007, 09:23:28 pm ---That's an interesting point. But I also remember when I was in 8th Grade and watching Schindler's List was almost a requirement for passing. Of course, the teacher didn't show us the film in class but strongly encouraged us to see it on our own.

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That's a HUGE difference, Daniel. HUGE.

No I would not like for my 12 year old to see BBM...as much as I think it is a great movie...the language and the nudity is just too much for that age.

delalluvia:
What could that teacher have been thinking?!?!?!  The child is too young to see such things, but I doubt that she was 'scarred' by such things that she needs so much therapy.  I mean, what happened other than the sex that doesn't happen every day in real life?

jpwagoneer1964:
I do doubt that the girl would be traumatized by anything other than Jacks murder.

Daniel:
I may be missing something, and this is not an attempt of mine to defend the instructor in question, but I seem to remember the age of 12, 13, 14 as being the age when I came into contact with the real world, including an abrasive context with adult themes. Yes, I was upset by them at first, but I was forced rather quickly to accept the reality of what those moments were communicating. Of course, any twelve year old in a public school system will already have a great deal of exposure with adult themes if only from peer conversation, and I for one am grateful that the educators took it upon themselves to help guide some of this exposure in a more directed manner, so that it could add wisdom and relevance to youthful understanding instead of allowing them to remain crass and unrefined as such themes often are in the minds of the early adolescents.

Seriously though, if a thirteen year old can use the "F" word 48 times in a single sentence (granted a run-on sentence), and knows the various correct terminology and uses surrounding the word, I really do not think that any exposure to adult themes in an educational context is going to be bad for him. But that is only my opinion, and I am speaking more from my experience as a youth and student since I do not have the credentials to speak as a parent. I am only trying to inform that twelve-year olds probably know a lot more about the adult world than they let on.

injest:
no, it is not about 'protecting' the youngsters innocence...it is about setting standards. My child knew without a doubt what sex was about. (can't live on a farm and not know that...heck, I got a dog humping on the front porch as I type...) BUT the point is, I have to model the appropriate behaviour for my child at each stage of his life. It is inappropriate for a child of 12 to use 'adult' language or to view nudity in movies, so I wouldn't allow him to watch it.

There is a country song that says "I do these things NOT to change the world....but so the world doesn't change me!" It is not important to me that OTHER people let their kids curse or watch R rated movies...MY child does not.

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