Wow, my last forum was great but I sense there was a little bit of disagreement among my "opinion minions" to another minions. Well, lets remember we all have our way of thinking & we have to respect others because we live in a world were we all not going to think or agree with the same things but I want you voice how you feel & feel safe and respected because of it, okay, now that's out there my friends let me bring you another special blend of my topic tea. This time I want to talk about " R-rated or blocked". What that means is okay, remember when we were all children & our parents would plan a family prime time night where you, your siblings, the family cat & dog, dad, mom and the 51 inch television, maybe even a box of pizza and cola for us kids. A certain movie would come on & "No-No", "this movie maybe too mature for you kids". Most parent would choose a kid friendly show or movie but my question is when is it okay or what age would you allow your kids or children to watch an R-rated movie or PG-13? Keep in mind a PG-13 may have limited maturity but you still have to monitor the language.
I can remember me & my baby sister snuck out of our room & while my parents was sleep made our way to the living room & we watched only 20 minutes of Eddie Murphy's "Raw". Of Course we got caught & mom summons us back to our bed room. So , again what age do you allow to let your children watch mature movies( R-rated or PG-13) okay all feed back & respect all for me okay, shots to my followers!

I don't know the age, but I think it's important to have heart to hearts with children as the topic occurs, way before they are old enough for movies or things like dating.
a dose of reality while still preserving their innocence.
like movies and video games have violence.
kids think it's cool to imitate this.
they need to be explained the difference between real and make believe. and ask them what they understand.
my cousin's little kid was pretending to be star wars characters with their neighbor.
I can't remember how the conversation got started about killing people and zombies. it was concerning enough to stop their game and explain that right now you're playing make believe. killing each other with pretend swords. but you are real kids. if you get cut you bleed. if you break an arm, it hurts. etc.

so I don't know the age. it depends on their level of maturity, but with communication and teaching points along the way.

I agree with you I think as parents sometimes we would like know we are good parents by monitoring our young kids viewing. when my kids was little I want to see them enjoy movies like "Transformers", " Finding Nemo", "The Lion King" & TV Shows Like Nickelodeon's " Keenan & Kel Show" or some other positive show. Now my oldest is 16 he understands that mature viewing is just fantasy. The cussing & sex in R-Rated films at his age he already been expose to this at school, in the neighborhood, & among friends. Thank goodness he understands now at 16 its all fiction. Now my youngest at 12 I still have to monitor his viewing just a little bit longer. I do allow him to watch PG-13.

My kids and I rented two movies. The PG13 one first scene had a family at the table all cussing. Shut that one off and watched the R one with some violent scenes, an old Charles Bronson flick, the one where he is handcufed to the young mouthy teenager and they help eachother get the bad guys. Great movie! The rating should have been reversed if you ask me.

I do not make my parenting choices based upon a corporate rating system that is fundamentally flawed and biased.

I dare to think got myself.