For the first time this year, I sat down and watched the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards with my kids. They were never very into it before, so it wasn’t a big deal at our house. But I figured that at 7 and 9, they would probably be the ideal demographic for the show. We settled in with some pizza and ice cream and made it a family night.
The show itself was fine, but not very well written. The jokes fell flat for me, and even my kids seemed confused by some of them. But overall, the girls had a good time watching the show. My problem was mainly with Twilight. Don’t get me wrong; I am a really big Twilight fan. In fact, I own an entire Twilight merchandise website. However, my daughters are not allowed to read Twilight or watch the movie yet. It just isn’t appropriate for their age.
It’s not just me that thinks Twilight New Moon isn’t appropriate for “kids.” The Motion Picture Association has rated it PG-13. And yet at the “kids'” choice awards, Taylor Lautner won for Favorite Movie Actor and “Jacob & Bella” won as “Cutest Couple.” Have these kids all seen the movie? The average age of the kids in the audience seemed to be about 8 and they were all screaming and swooning every time Twilight or New Moon were mentioned.
I’ll admit that my daughters voted for Taylor Lautner, but only because they had not seen ANY of the movies in the best actor category because 3 of the 4 of them were rated PG-13 (including Transformers and 17 Again). Why did Nickelodeon have 3 of 4 movies rated PG-13 in an awards show that was supposed to be for kids to vote?? I’m irritated by this and disturbed that apparently so many of those kids had seen all of those movies.
Am I being too prudish in this? I don’t think of myself as one of those moms that shelters her kids from everything. On the other hand, shouldn’t we let the kids be kids while they still can and save these movies for when they are really old enough?
That’s definately a little much. (I don’t have kids, so the rest may be talking out my butt) I’m not 100% opposed to kids seeing that stuff, but it seems like Twilight is more suited to the teen choice awards or MTV. It almost seems like Nick is shooting themselves in the foot-if parents are on the fence about Nick (I wasn’t allowed to watch it as a “kid.”), and see them promoting PG-13 Movies, they’er not going to want to let them watch it.
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