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• Go Ahead and Take Young Kids to Racy Movies

  Because I have no clue what I'm doing as a parent -- and I mean that sincerely -- I am susceptible to taking parenting advice from New York Times movie writers and anybody else who tells me what I want to hear. Dangerous? Sure, but I figure, if a guy from the Times is wrecking his kids, can't I? Today's questionable advice, which I believe has led to the opening of a tightly sealed floodgate for me: screw movie ratings, take your kid to grown-up movies. OK, I will!   Read More... Posted Jan 11 2008, 04:20 PM by Madeline Holler with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Movies, NY Times, movie, adults, kids and media, scaring kids, movie ratings, advice, movie dads, kids activities, adult play, old-fashioned activities, adult-only events, kids and movie ratings, scary movies, scary, scary things, adult supervision, NYT, "family values", NYTimes

• Warning: In-Flight Movies are NOT for Kids!

  I hate movies on airplanes. Maybe it's because you have to cough up $5 for a pair of cheap headphones unless you're a lipreader. Maybe it's because my idea of a good film is more on the order of "Amelie", "Les Choristes", or "The Sea Inside" (incidentally, all films with subtitles, thus negating the need for those damn cheap headphones!). Or maybe it's because no matter what you do, even if you don't want to watch the film, you cannot escape getting glimpses of it from time to time. But I think the biggest reason I hate movies on airplanes is that they are totally inappropriate for children. And I usually fly with several. Read More... Posted Sep 02 2007, 11:11 AM by Karen Murphy with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: air travel, kids and movie ratings, in-flight movies, kidsafe.org, media violence