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Anonymous wrote:Yes, I would. I might start conversations about specific episodes, but I think there's much more to the show than "light porn" and 17 is pretty old.

--parent of a 19-year-old and a 21-year-old

I agree that there's much more to the show than light porn, but on a recent episode there was a prolonged and very explicit scene of two women engaged in oral sex. There was absolutely no legitimate reason that scene needed to be there. Call me a prude or old-fashioned, but that just does NOT seem to me to be acceptable viewing for a child under 18.

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Anonymous wrote:I really don't want to be put in the position of "allowing" my kids to watch light porn - whatever that means. Explicit oral sex...no. I don't want to give the green light for my kids to watch that.

I haven't watched Game of Thrones myself. My house is full of sports fanatics - so it is 24 hr sports on our t.v. What chanel is Game of Thrones on? If it's not on ESPN I don't know about it...haha.

NP. To be honest, I would have no problem with my teens seeing that in the context of a clearly fictional TV show. I do not approve of most porn for ethical reasons, which is what I've always told my kids, however the two are significantly different to me. Furthermore, despite the slight awkwardness, my teens know that I know they sometimes watch porn, and the most I've said on the subject is a discussion of ethics, consent, and possible methods of finding more ethical porn than most of the mainstream. I never felt that I was in any position to grant or deny permission for them to view such things, save that nobody had or has permission ever to purchase mainstream porn with money under my control.

Then again, I never censored any media for my kids more than legal or policy restrictions required me to do. My policy for non-pornographic media, which is what I consider this show, has always been, provided it is legal I am alright with you watching anything you want, as long as you are comfortable with it and want to be watching it. If anything makes you uncomfortable, that is a potential indication you should not watch it at this time, and since everything in life should operate on the principle of informed consent you are obviously free to stop watching anything at any time for any reason. You may also always come to me with questions about anything or to discuss anything that you would like to get someone else's perspective on.

Anonymous wrote:I really don't want to be put in the position of "allowing" my kids to watch light porn - whatever that means. Explicit oral sex...no. I don't want to give the green light for my kids to watch that.

I haven't watched Game of Thrones myself. My house is full of sports fanatics - so it is 24 hr sports on our t.v. What chanel is Game of Thrones on? If it's not on ESPN I don't know about it...haha.

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Anonymous wrote:I teach two students whose parents have forbid them to watch Game of Thrones. Of course, they have watched it. Their parents don't know.

I know 12 year old boys who have watched porn online at other kids' houses. Guess I should let their parents know that they might as well remove the internet filtering on the family computer.

Anonymous wrote:For those of you that would allow it, what age wouldn't you? I'm assuming you wouldn't allow a 10 year old to watch it, even though you could make the same arguments that they would find opportunities to watch anyways.

Anonymous wrote:I teach two students whose parents have forbid them to watch Game of Thrones. Of course, they have watched it. Their parents don't know.

Anonymous wrote:Would you allow your 17 year old to READ GoT?

At a pretty early age I was reading the fantasy cannon, as well as stuff like the Gor books (which got pretty repetitive and dull fairly quickly).

Anonymous wrote:17 is a lot closer to having babies than being a baby, so yes, when my kid is almost old enough to die at war, drink, smoke, sign an apartment lease, get married, and is packing up to leave for college, I will let them make their own TV choices.

If I haven't raised them well enough by then, it is too late to start.

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Anonymous wrote:My 17 year old niece mentioned to me that her favorite show is Game of Thrones and when I asked how her parents felt about her watching, she responded that they don't care. My kids are a lot younger, so I'm not sure how I will feel when they are that age, but my instinctive reaction was surprise that her parents would let her watch a show that is basically light porn.

Would I allow my 17-year-old, who will be a legal adult in less than a year, and who will probably out of the house in the next year (if not earlier), and who has plenty of opportunities to watch this show anyway even if I don't allow her to, to watch this TV show?

Yes, I would.