Teens and "R" rated Movies

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According to a national survey released by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Colimbia University, kids 12-17 who watch three or more “R” rated movies per month are at more than 4 times the risk of substance abuse than are those who do not watch “R” movies. They are also more than 7 times likelier to smoke cigarettes, 5 times more likely to drink alcohol, and 6 times likelier to try marijuana. The study involved 1,000 teens and 829 teens.
 
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According to a national survey released by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Colimbia University, kids 12-17 who watch three or more “R” rated movies per month are at more than 4 times the risk of substance abuse than are those who do not watch “R” movies. They are also more than 7 times likelier to smoke cigarettes, 5 times more likely to drink alcohol, and 6 times likelier to try marijuana. The study involved 1,000 teens and 829 teens.
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Do you have the link? I would love to learn the demographics of the 1829 teens plus learn about the control group.
 
The real problem nowdays is that most movies ARE R rated so people “dont have a choice”. If not R rated then PG13 with the same stuff as the R rated minus the fword.
 
The “link” between teens watching R rated movies and substance abuse probably is not causal. It is not BECAUSE they watch R rated movies (though watching the sex and violence in R rated movies does not help) that they smoke cigarettes, drink alcohol, and use drugs. But rather kids who don’t have parental supervision and who rebel against parents are more likely to do all these things–watch inappropriate movies and act in other inappropriate ways. Let’s face it, if parents are not supervising teens enough (that the parents are allowing them to watch or are not aware they they are watching watch R rated movies), they are probably also not monitoring their homework and their piano practice.:nope:
 
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According to a national survey released by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Colimbia University, kids 12-17 who watch three or more “R” rated movies per month are at more than 4 times the risk of substance abuse than are those who do not watch “R” movies. They are also more than 7 times likelier to smoke cigarettes, 5 times more likely to drink alcohol, and 6 times likelier to try marijuana. The study involved 1,000 teens and 829 teens.
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I think it would depend on which “R” rated movie the teen watches. I’m a teen and I watched “The Passion of the Christ,” an “R” rated movie, but it didn’t increase my already-low desire to drink or do drugs. Some “PG-13” movies may actually have more objectionable content than an “R” rated movie. So it’s not just the rating of a movie that parents should be cautious about, but also the actual content of the movie.
 
Considering the state of the world these days, it could be argued that few serious movies exploring important themes could be anything less than R rathed.
 
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The “link” between teens watching R rated movies and substance abuse probably is not causal. It is not BECAUSE they watch R rated movies (though watching the sex and violence in R rated movies does not help) that they smoke cigarettes, drink alcohol, and use drugs. But rather kids who don’t have parental supervision and who rebel against parents are more likely to do all these things–watch inappropriate movies and act in other inappropriate ways. Let’s face it, if parents are not supervising teens enough (that the parents are allowing them to watch or are not aware they they are watching watch R rated movies), they are probably also not monitoring their homework and their piano practice.:nope:
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My thoughts exactly. I doubt that it is the R rated movie itself that is causing the bad behavior but the lack of parental involvement. It is hard to be a parent. Part of our job is taking the time to read the movie reviews that our kids want to watch. A lot of parents don’t want to do this.

I am more worried about PG-13 movies that slip inappropriate words and actions by the censors then R movies. It is pretty easy to say no to an R movie but it is much harder to find out a PG-13 movie is objectionable when it is first released.
 
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