Babies in Violent Movies

I agree more with your dad I must say. I personally do not have any children but as I always say when I answer children related subjects...I was a kid once. When I was a child I read R.L. Stine books. Not the "goosebumps" type things, they weren't out yet and when they did come out I thought they were lame. Not scary enough. I'd read the fear street kind. Granted I was maybe 6 or so when i was doing this... but the point is these were TEEN HORROR books. I loved them! So that's books... not movies, but I'm just pointing out that I read books as a child too, not just movies. I loved horror movies and scary movies and violent movies. I haven't grown up to murder anyone yet. Nor do I ever plan on murdering people. I don't even like to kill bugs. How could I kill an animal or a person? I didn't have nightmares. I just enjoyed these movies. Granted my first movie in the theaters was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.. so I was about 7 or 8. I watched these movies at home prior to that. My brother took his almost 4 year old son to see Transformers. His son saw Spiderman 2 and 3 I believe in the theaters too. Granted, they're no Nightmare on Elm street or 300, but he watches those kinds of things at home. The boy loves it. I loved it. I don't think there's anything wrong with it, unless the child can't handle it... and you should know your child.You can teach your child real and make believe. You can teach your child right from wrong. Besides, if a child is around to hear/watch the news... nothing is more violent than whats happening in real life.

Babies or young children period should not be in movies like that. And I think you are very right, at some point a babies does know when someone gets hurt and that huge screen displaying it is sure to attract their short attention span. I had taken my children at a very young age to see a Disney movie in the theater. I was fearful of them not having an attention span long enough to sit through an entire movie. But they surprised me! Not only did they make it through the whole movie, I didn't have to say anything to them!!! They paid attention and didn't fall asleep!!!! Young children should NOT be in violent movies. They really do understand more than what we believe.

I didn't think they allowed kids of that age into a movie like 300 or any scary movie at that, even if a parent is there. I know the movie place here has a sign that says "NO CHILDREN ALLOWED IN WITH OR WITHOUT PARENTS FOR THE FALLOWING: RATED R, PG-13, OR NC-17 RATED MOVIES!" So I agree with you and I think most movie places do as well. It shouldn't be up to a parent in a case like this. I think it's awful to have even a child who is 1, 2, 3 or even 8 in a movie place with the parents or not, watching a movie with the above rates.

Yes I agree about the violence, but my main beef is the volume of the theater hurting such small tender ears. They crank that stuff up so loud that I have literally sat through the movie with my fingers in my ears. I can't imagine what that is like for a small baby that can't do that and doesn't understand what in the world is going on. I wonder if colors have an effect on brain development, what can this be doing to them? It's stupid, find a baby setter and come to the movie or wait and get it on DVD.

We were really careful when my kids were little about what we allowed them to watch. We still are in some cases, even though the girls are 17 and 18. We are still the parents after all. Once when my middle child spent the night with a friend, she was allowed to watch a movie that I'd have never approved in our home, or the theater. For weeks after that, she would wake up screaming in a nightmare. She was 5 years old and had been allowed to watch a horror movie! So you tell me if they remember or not. I agree with you.

I feel sick when I see this. I always wish I could phone the authorities and have them arrested and their child taken away from them. Sounds so extreme I know but really what kind of parents do this? My gosh what a stupid thing to say that babies don't understand! Sorry no offense to your Dad when I didn't know better I thought the same thing. Why oh why bring a baby to a scary movie where the sound is so loud and they are hearing all those horrible sounds so loudly? It must be very scary for them? Think of a loud noise; something falls to the floor creating a bang and the little baby jumps out of its skin and starts screaming! There should at least be a rule that no babies can go to the movie theater for any movie. Even childrens movies the sound is extremely loud and can be scary for a child.

I think that babies are capable of perceiing that something "bad" is going on, and hey don't realize that i's only pretend. They don't know what pretnd is, so they think their parents are bringing them into a traumatic environment. This kind of experience could accet them for life!

Am with you on this issue lily simply because when children are small they are so observant and imitating all the time(which is part of growing up!).So if they are seeing a violent movie that is definitely going to leave an impression on their tender minds. I definitely wouldn't recommend a toddler seeing a scary or a violent movie.:)

Well, i think younger than 2 that they probably don't fully grasp what they are seeing. That doesn't mean that i let me kids watch that sort of stuff though. I don't see why people take their kids to the movies that young. if we couldn't find family to watch our kids, we just didn't go. we are still in search of a babysitter. I've tried to keep my kids from seeing a lot of stuff like that though. its hard sometimes because they show bad stuff on commercials now too.

Well, I have no choice but to agree with you, since I don't think that violent movies should be made at all. Unless they have a point, like the telling of a historical event or something like that. The only thing worst to me is when children are allowed to star in violent pictures. No amount of money in the world would make me want to take the chance of exposing my child to such a movie, but you know what they say, Money talks and ...

Well, I guess ultimately it's up to the parents if they want to bring their child into a violent movie or not. I think it can be very scary for small children. But I also realize that these parents may not censor the television at home. So it wouldn't really make a difference if the child saw it at home or in the theater. If parents are conscious enough to talk to their kids about violence and its affect on society then perhaps that would change ones opinion on it. I don't know. I would have to see parents reasoning on bringing a child. Perhaps the child isn't scared by things like that. I don't think I'd bring my son into a scary movie but he's only one and I think it would impact him in a bad way.

i agree with you that babies shouldn't be brought in to those kind of movie, actually kids under three years old shoudn't be brought to movie theater at all, or in any close crowded area for that matter, i dont know, but for me i think of my safety of my kid first,.. i believe there are some studies that violent scene from movie or games affect the child later in life....

you have reason perfectly , i i am from your part