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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This was supposed to be the reply to the post that said “God forbid they leave about kissing.”

My issue wasn’t kissing. It was the context of it (spin the bottle). Plus the Playboy reference. I’m not ready for my 9 year old to leave about that. And I certainly don’t need her chanting “I must. I must. I must increase my bust.”[/quote]

I’m so glad this movie gave me an opportunity to talk to my 9yo, who turns 10 next month, about:
-The pressure around kissing and parties and games like that, so she doesn’t feel like she has to participate if she doesn’t want to (though we also discussed that these days young kids aren’t left alone in basements at parties)
-What pornography is, and why I don’t personally choose to look at it, though I don’t judge people who do. We even talked about coercion and sex trafficking so she understands that not everyone who poses for those magazines or websites is doing so of their own true free will.
-The pressure to look a certain way, whether it is thin or to have a developed chest, etc., so she knows that beauty standards can be ridiculous and even harmful, and everything to do with appearance—makeup, shaving, clothing, etc.—can be her choice.
-Menstruation, which she already knew about, but this movie gave us a nice way of talking about it some more.

All of these things, I want to be the first to talk to her about. I don’t want her to be over at a friend’s house and come across a “girly magazine” and not know what the heck it is and what’s going on. I don’t want her to attend a party and that is her first introduction to the fact that Spin the Bottle and those kinds of pressure-y games can exist. I will take every opportunity to talk to my daughters about complex issues and be their first introduction to those topics. The world won’t wait for me every time, so I’m so glad the first person to talk to her about the pressure to “must increase her bust” is me, not some older kid or some mean girl.[/quote]

That’s great. That’s your choice! My friend and I with 9 year olds both feel our girls aren’t ready for this movie yet. 
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That’s great. That’s your choice! Maybe don’t dump all over a movie you haven’t even seen.[/quote]

I haven’t dumped on it. I explained my reasoning just as so many explained why they wanted to go. It’s called an adult discussion. Everyone is welcome to chime in on a thread.[/quote]

NP. Go away. You’re obnoxious. If several people have said this on the same thread. It’s you…not them. [/quote]

Lol. Why are you so triggered by someone who doesn’t want to take their kid to this movie?[/quote]

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