How old is he?
If you’re talking about the long running series ER which starred Noah Wyle, Anthony Edwards, etc… you might want to watch a few episodes yourself first. If you think your kid can handle it, go for it. My mom let me watch it when I was 12 with her.
Violence - lots of bullet wounds coming in, altercations in the halls sometimes (fistfights), but at least one episode featured an active shooter in the ER. Oh and one of the doctors is assaulted and left injured in the bathroom once which is alluded to in more episodes.
That’s it. Let us (producers and writers) create a show where “one of the most respected fields of work in society” shows everybody that “casual sex is fun safe and normal.”
Actually, as far as medical shows go, ER is one of the most realistic that I’ve seen. I’m a registered nurse in one of the most prestigious hospitals in the country, and I can relate to a lot of the medical procedures/shift workflow/patient concerns that the show portrays, even though it was made in the 1990’s.
Well, I disagree. I understand though the idea of confirmation bias when you like a show. I’ll fight to the death to tell you how realistic the sopranos was!!!
I wouldn’t say it’s just confirmation bias. I’ll be the first to admit that there are things which are inaccurate, such as doctors performing tasks which nurses normally do, or the infamous helicopter crash scene that kills one of the doctors. However, I do think it is somewhat more accurate than some medical shows I’ve seen such as Grey’s Anatomy.
I won’t argue with the Sopranos! 
I actually thought House was good. Totally made up from an HR standpoint but the med stuff seemed kosher. As did some of the administrative stuff. At least more believable as Clooney as a doctor…I wouldn’t say it’s just confirmation bias. I’ll be the first to admit that there are things which are inaccurate, such as doctors performing tasks which nurses normally do, or the infamous helicopter crash scene that kills one of the doctors. However, I do think it is somewhat more accurate than some medical shows I’ve seen such as Grey’s Anatomy.
We can agree to disagree
Children need to be children. They should not be thrust into a media world that has increasingly, over the years, gotten more graphic and more sexualized. Not to mention the profanity. Even with ‘sex education’ in schools, the CDC is telling us we have an STD epidemic going on. As they grow into adulthood, young people need age appropriate knowledge and exposure to good role models.
That’s a whole other can of worms.
), that has only been a recent development. She also watched the two National Treasure movies. Those are, so far, the only PG movies she has seen (with Episode III being the lone PG-13 film).Define distress?
I agree. I would rather have a kid who is sensitive to violence than one who is numb to it.That’s a whole other can of worms.
I definitely veer more towards over-protecting than under-protecting. Although my 10 year old daughter has now seen the first 6 Star Wars movies (and wasn’t traumatized—not even by Jar Jar
I think it depends on the kid, too. Some kids are more sensitive to those things, and that’s okay. Personally, I’d see the fact that your child experiences sorrow at the thought of a planet full of innocent people being destroyed as a moral victory as a parent.
It’s a delicate walk, to be sure. Our children will encounter some of these things eventually, so we cannot pretend they don’t exist. But we can also—in an age appropriate way—let them know about the existence of such things without showing it to them. And then encourage them to make good choices.
“soft-hearted” is how we should be. However, we can sometimes trust the wrong people or believe something that is bad is good because someone in authority said so. We need to lean on our Catholic teaching and doctrines to navigate the world. To see more clearly how to separate the true from the false.