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<blockquote data-quote="envisablepuppet" data-source="post: 78908" data-attributes="member: 585"><p>Originally Posted By: Nancy</p><p>I understand the movie has a good lesson at the end but my difficult child would never have gotten it. She would have gotten caught up in all the bad stuff and think it was fun.</p><p>Nancy</p><p></p><p>That is how my difficult child always reacted to movies like that. She would say the character made bad choices and then would either do the same thing or something similar or worse.</p><p></p><p>When my difficult child was around 13 I found a book I had read at her age called "Go Ask Alice". It became one of her favorite books and she read it many time just like I had. It was a true story written by an anonymous author. It was written in the style of a diary and I always had the idea that one of her parents or maybe a sibling had put it out. I believe it is a classic now.</p><p></p><p>My difficult child was disturbed by the book and felt quite sad for both the girl and her family and did learn some good lessons about things she might want to avoid. Of course when she got older she still used drugs but not LSD like the girl in the book and she was also more careful of who she called friend.</p><p></p><p>At 13 I think we need to be real careful of what kind of media lessons we allow our children to see. It has been my experience that most of the things TV character see as ok behavior and later consequences isn't ok to most parents.</p><p></p><p>I haven't seen the movie but judging by what the others have said about no real consequences at the end of it all, I don't think I'd let her watch it.</p><p></p><p>As for the book I mentioned above, any parent here that might think of letting their child read it, might wanna read it themselves first. It's been years since I read it but do remember there is bad language and some sex in it.</p><p></p><p>If your wondering why I would have allowed my difficult child to read it, it was because there was nothing in it that would have shocked or surprised her. Kids were doing worse things behind the midshool here then were mentioned in the book. As for the language, nothing she hasn't heard or said herself before but that's just me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="envisablepuppet, post: 78908, member: 585"] Originally Posted By: Nancy I understand the movie has a good lesson at the end but my difficult child would never have gotten it. She would have gotten caught up in all the bad stuff and think it was fun. Nancy That is how my difficult child always reacted to movies like that. She would say the character made bad choices and then would either do the same thing or something similar or worse. When my difficult child was around 13 I found a book I had read at her age called "Go Ask Alice". It became one of her favorite books and she read it many time just like I had. It was a true story written by an anonymous author. It was written in the style of a diary and I always had the idea that one of her parents or maybe a sibling had put it out. I believe it is a classic now. My difficult child was disturbed by the book and felt quite sad for both the girl and her family and did learn some good lessons about things she might want to avoid. Of course when she got older she still used drugs but not LSD like the girl in the book and she was also more careful of who she called friend. At 13 I think we need to be real careful of what kind of media lessons we allow our children to see. It has been my experience that most of the things TV character see as ok behavior and later consequences isn't ok to most parents. I haven't seen the movie but judging by what the others have said about no real consequences at the end of it all, I don't think I'd let her watch it. As for the book I mentioned above, any parent here that might think of letting their child read it, might wanna read it themselves first. It's been years since I read it but do remember there is bad language and some sex in it. If your wondering why I would have allowed my difficult child to read it, it was because there was nothing in it that would have shocked or surprised her. Kids were doing worse things behind the midshool here then were mentioned in the book. As for the language, nothing she hasn't heard or said herself before but that's just me. [/QUOTE]
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