Parenting has really become giving children access to inappropriate stuff and then getting mad at them for finding it

Snuck my toddler into a nightclub so I could go clubbing last weekend, and I was appalled by the amount of alcohol there was in there (with my own being the exception), and the lack of baby gates on the stairs.

As a parent, there is nothing more infuriating than dealing with other parents who don't parent their own kids.

As my mom would used to say, ‘I don’t expect you to be an angel but I expect you to be kind, smart, and act responsibly.’ Parents like this make me grateful for my parents, who were very proactive and were patient when answering my questions about the world. You can’t protect your kids from the world; you can only make sure they have the tools they need to be responsible adults and make informed decisions.

I can get behind the whole “Don’t bring your kids to see Guardians 3” Having a theater with no kids sounds like a good time 😎

These types of parents have always been a problem. They want absolute control over their kids lives but want everyone else to do the work.

I miss the time when parents actually considered “PG” as “parental guidance recommended” instead of “Perfect for kids”

As a parent of five, I know it’s more important to raise your kids not to be idiots. If they’re not idiots they can watch slightly edgy stuff without it blowing up thier world

I used to be a preschool teacher, and one thing I always told the parents is that you can't prevent the world from happening to your kids, but you can prepare them for things they may see. The parents I disliked the most were the kind that would complain like this, not to mention they were almost always lazy parents expecting everyone to cater to their every will.

I remember at the theatre during guardians 3, after Chris Pratt said "Open the fucking door!" this parent rounded up their group of 5 small kids and left the theatre in a very Karen fashion. Leaving while being like "This is a disgrace" and stiff like that. Which is why parents need to pay more attention to content ratings and start being parents.

Imagine a world where "Parental Guidance" confuses parents...

I saw reviews for puss in boots by parents saying it was too scary and that the wolf was too inappropriate for a kids movie 😂 I then saw an interview of Antonio Banderas saying that the whole point of the movie was to be able to have an open disscussion with your children about it. Some parents just want their kids to sit still in a corner and never talk, move or ask any questions.

still convinced %80 of the world’s problems can be traced to horrible parenting

These are most likely the same parents who say "My kids are my world" when grandma has primary custody and the kids are only allowed to see mom once a year

As a parent I took my 10 year old to see it. He was taught early what words only grown ups use. He felt all the emotions he should have felt in this movie!! And I was happy with that

Reminds me of when parents were freaking out about the first Deadpool movie when it came out and complained of how graphic it is. I still remember seeing it with my friends on a Friday night and there were at least three families with their kids. The best part was when the parents got up and left with their children when the strip club scene came on. Do you not know what an R rating is?

My mother didn't shield me from many things. She sat with me and explained and helped me understand. The one thing she said no to as a kid was candyman. I watched it anyway with the help of older siblings when she wasn't home. It did have an impact on me. I was too young. She then helped me deal with the consequences. ACTUAL parenting

The phrase "ask your parents' permission before going online" probably saved my childhood and should be used again

My biggest problem with modern parenting is parents trying to restrict kids from seeing anything uncomfortable or bad. Like, kids are humans. They can learn. If you explain to a child “this is bad, don’t be like this person!” More than likely they will understand. Instead, parents don’t want their kids to see it and want to keep them in a little bubble.

Imagine taking your young child to a library that has an unrestricted pornography section and not monitoring your child to make sure they don’t wander off the wrong direction. Same thing with the internet. If you’re not monitoring what they are doing, you can’t be upset when they are exposed to something you don’t like.

This obsession with shielding kids from everything is just a big self fulfilling prophecy. A parent says they can't handle something mildly violent; so they ban movies with any amount of mild violence, treat it like some kind of serious sin if they ask about them, become infuriated at the idea... so the kid grows up not being able to handle seeing mild violence and has bad reactions to it anyway. So when they have kids they raise their kids to be the same because "kids can't handle that" and we repeat.

“Depicting deplorable/horrible violence is *okay* as long as you don’t use any naughty language” - Kyles Mom, head of the M.A.C.

My parents are a great example of this argument. I was raised on horror movies and video games. My parents let me experience what I wanted but were always there to be like a second line of defense. For example I played GOW as a kid and my dad would sit next to me and wait for the Medusa boss and that one scene so that he could play through them for me.

I was actually a little concerned about becoming a hypocrite when I had kids and becoming one of these awful entitled parents expecting the world to bend to my needs. Turns out it's an easy trap to avoid. I let my kids watch pretty much whatever they want, a lot of times I watch with them and we talk about it during and/or after. So many problems are avoided when you treat kids like people. Weird that more parents don't do it.

Parents these days really coming up with every excuse for their children's problems except themselves

I can't imagine bringing a small human into this world and then expecting the whole world to do the parenting for me.

A parent is not just someone who has kids, a true parent has the best interests of their children at heart and strives to give them a better life every day.

Modern parenting of not taking responsibility just goes to show the level of entitlement these parents have and are teaching their kids. These types of parents think everyone else around them should watch out for their kids as if they don’t have any responsibility over the kids they are “raising”.

These kinds of parents are, not even joking, the living example of "You had ONE JOB"...

This is literally like parents talking about how Death from Puss in Boots was “too scary” for the kids watching

Walking out of the theater, I instantly knew that this was gonna be one of those movies where parents would complain over the disturbing scenes.

Massive W to the parents who actually take the time to raise their kids. So many people have kids and then do stupid shit like this with them, and as infuriating as that is, it's refreshing to see people who do their best with their children. Props to y'all, because parenting is hard as hell.

The F bomb placement was hilarious. It wasn't just thrown in there for a milestone moment. The exchange between Quill and Nebula capped off with "...Open the F

My parents certainly let us watch movies that were probably too intense for us. The early Harry Potter films scared the crap out of me because I was five. But the main different is that they helped us process it and blamed themselves if we saw something we couldn't handle.

Had a parent in my theater who brought their like 4 year old. The kid started throwing a tantrum cause the animal stuff was scary for them. The parents kept telling him to shut up like its his fault hes scared of something. Eventually someone told them to leave the theater cause their kid obviously wasnt down with it, they left but they left mad at their 4 year old for being scared

Every kid deserves a parent, but not every parent deserves a kid

Parents like these are the equivalent to parents who are so entitled to the idea of “older = deserves more respect and is always right”

Dear offended parents: Don't act like YOU didn't watch movies with worse content when you were a kid. We've ALL done it.

my parents never tried to shield away inapropriate things from me, it was always 'this is not for you and if you watch it/play it and get scared you cant complain, deal?' and it worked fine, they always explained the difference between reality and entertainment so i knew how to interpret stuff and all. the only forbidden thing was alcohol and stuff to the point that i am an adult and cant drink if my family is present lol

Parents who outsource their responsibilities, whether it's to the Internet, state, TV or other people, lose any right to complain about how their kids turn out. You chose to have them. _You're_ supposed to be responsible for them. A whole lot of people want kids, but they don't actually want to be parents. From what I've seen over the course of my life, most people have no business having children.

Parents blaming everything on everything but them is a tale as old as time.. “video games made my 8 yr old kid violent not me letting my kid play games” “I took my 12 year old to a rated R film and it was too violent for them” “alcohol made my kid have problems before they were born”

The weirdest part is that most of these parents are literally millennials who should have a better grasp of the internet and things like this😭

both my little cousins are 1 and can't do absolutely anything without their tablet. Literally being potty trained while watching cocomelon on their mom's phone. Wish parents were more involved instead of shoving videos in their kids faces when anything gets even slightly difficult

I'm a mom of 3, Grandma of 2. There's good and bad in everything you let a child do. It is 100% the parental unit's responsibility to eeeexplaaaain what they're engaging in. That being said, I'm a huge horror fan and everyone in my family seeeems ok🧐

It's really upsetting to me when I'm in the theater at Rated R or Heavy PG-13 movies and there are kids in the theater who are clearly distressed by what's going on during the trailers/during the movie. Parents gotta do better

This is exactly why my wife and I decided not to have kids, because we know we won't have the time or energy to constantly monitor them. also, the internet even scares me sometimes lol

It always makes me laugh whenever parents cry about swear words in anything because those same parents are the ones constantly cussing in front of their kids.

As a parent, I completely agree with you. I set limits on what my child does. I did not let my child use KZfaq kids after I heard about "Elsa gate." I put restrictions and time limits on his devices. I'm aware of what he does online by checking his browser history and actually watching what he does over his shoulder. Kids actually hear and see worse in real life and on news stations. Therefore I don't keep my child in a bubble. I let him know that life isn't all rainbows and sunshine. Bad & awful things happen all the time. It's tough to talk about with our children about difficult subjects, but they need to learn that danger is all around us. To not prepare them for potential dangers is a disservice to their upbringing. Movies like this one that discuss animal abuse can open a dialog for parents to bring awareness of abuse in general. It's terrible to think about, but kids and animals are abused all the time. Kids usually don't even understand that it's abuse if they experience it or see it. I myself was abused as a kid and I didn't even realize it until I became an adult. No one explained to me that if someone touched me in certain ways that I should let a trusted adult know. Something as simple as explaining what I should do could have saved me from being abused multiple times. 5yo's don't instinctually know what to do in abusive situations. We need to teach them to 1st avoid interacting with strangers. 2nd inform trusted adults if a friend or family member behaves inappropriately toward kids. We must make our kids aware of these dangers so that they can protect themselves and ask for help if they ever unfortunately have to deal with such awfulness.

It was so refreshing growing up with parents who weren’t entirely hands off but also not overbearing hands on. They helped me understand and learn and it helped them understand what was too much for me or when they would need to step in to explain and teach.

The amount of children and the subsequent exodus of them with the disgusted parent within the first 20 minutes at the opening night for "DEADPOOL" was an experience lol. Like did they not know it was rated R???

We as a society have been kind enough to make it more than easily accessible for any concerned parents to find out what is in a movie before showing it to their kids or even having to watch it themselves. If they don't even bother to look, it's on them.

I'm 28 and I'm still heartbroken by Rocket's backstory.

"Being a parent is a life sentence. From the day that kid is born until the day you die and then some." - Christopher Titus

My parents tried to shield me from “evil”. It made my life sooo much harder for no reason. You can’t protect your kids forever. Talk to them. Tell them why you think what you think.

It's like a parent getting mad at the city because the power outlets have too much voltage and their toddler might stick a fork in it

The movie was dark and disturbing but I’m the best way. It portrayed the horrors that rocket and his friends had to go through and gives his character much more depth and emotion. That said, yes it is disturbing as animals are being tortured but it’s a heavy dose of unfortunate reality in a fictional series.

You nailed it Charles. Being a good parent is exhausting and tests a person’s communication and patience to its breaking point.

the "parental guidance" part of PG13 just translates to "for kids" for parents now

I laughed for a solid 10 minutes when Star Lord said "open the fucking door" lmfao I felt his frustration with his team

PG 13:*exists* Parents: I see no danger

Wow, it's almost like being a parent is a FULL-TIME JOB

The F-Bomb moment was hilarious. I didn't even remember the moment until people started freaking out about it. I was like, "when did that happen?" and then saw the scene again and laughed. The parents are probably freaking out now that their kid "might" repeat it. Just be a good parent.

I am old, but I remember when we all first got access to the Internet in the late 90's. I remember talking to others about this, trying to explain the concept of supervising children's access to the Internet. I said something like "the Internet is like a city. Would you take your kid and drop them off in the middle of a strange city and just drive away? No? Then you need to be with them when they use the Internet."

These parents are snowflakes. I’m 31 and I grew up on Hunchback of Notre Dame, Lion King, and the Fox and the Hound. Those movies exposed me to cruelty and heartbreak.

As someone who navigated the early days online without parental supervision, who's a parent of a soon to be 5 year old now, I'm tickled to say I'm looking forward to helping guide my guy through content. I write dark fantasy, and I'm even careful with the adults reading my book to ensure they understand it's DARK. It takes lateral years, tons of reflection, tons of experience, to parse information online and in media. There is so much nuance to it. I'd never expect my kiddo to understand it without my help.

The one time Disney learned what an actual PG-13 rating means, they suddenly piss off every Karen parent imaginable *EDIT* I'm not counting No Way Home because that was basically a Sony movie with Marvel characters sewn in the plot. Also it's Sam fucking Raimi.

Parents like these are reasons why I repsect my parents more, when I was 12 I asked my parents to buy Red Dead 2 and they rejected because they knew that it would be a fucking terrible idea to let me play games with an age rating of 18 but after a few years they bought it for me since they thought that I was more mature to play these types of games. I mean it can't be that difficult to understand why certain media have age limits

These parents have GOT to be the product of bad parenting as well. Cause how else can you explain this cycle of behavior? They didn't have any direction in life, so they resort to being dependent on higher authority to do the things for them. They want everything done for them because they weren't exposed to reality. that's gotta be the reason.

I had a "raise them with the internet" mum. I was very inquisitive as a kid so I actually learned a lot from the internet, much more than I learned in school. Downside is that now I swear like a sailor and am desensitised to gore websites.

Funny how parents are fine having children watch people beat each other up and die, but when a swear word is said suddenly things aren’t ok

I'm so glad they're finally making the movies for a more mature audience, I hope it continues too

Some friends of mine refused to let their children watch anything with death in it (at the time they were 7 and 4). I just kept thinking about how utterly confused and crushed these kids were going to be when their dog or cat died.

I love how Charlie casually says "Whining diaper" like it's a daily occurrence

I grew up watching Pg-13 stuff as a kid but my parents would always explain and tell me before the movie some of the stuff that would happen so I would understand it's not real and I knew what to expect. In todays world even something as small as that is to much work for some parents.

Sometimes I think the parents get mad because they don’t want to have to educate their kids on the “dark” and “violent” topics…

As a parent, you don’t just have kids for fun. The whole point of raising your children correctly is raise good adults. When you don’t, you get people like this, folks who are just offended by everything and think everyone else needs to cater to them.

As a parent, it's hard to cut your child off of things all their friends are doing. I personally hate Roblox, but by telling my child he can't play it, I make him the odd man out amongst his friends. The best thing you can do is just supervise it. Make sure you talk to them and explain what worries you about it.

I’m glad parents like that exist to remind me how smart mines are.

9:50 ah yes my favorite movie, guardians and the galaxy volume 13

I feel like over time things have gotten better to help prevent kids from seeing things they aren't supposed to see on the internet, I've heard some people tell stories from their childhood about how they saw somebody get beheaded on a liveleak video when they were 8, but I'm hearing these stories get told less and less by people that are younger. the root problem is the lack of proper parenting, but it's getting better.

Parents "The government can't tell me what to do with my kids!" Same Parents when they've messed up "Why isn't the government doing more?!"

i basically raised my little sister since she was born. took her to watch the movie and she loved it and wanted to watch it again. wasn’t bothered by the “overwhelming violence” or anything. just cared for the characters. some people love making huge deals over nothing

James Gunn is honestly a pioneer in comic book movies, and movies like The Suicide Squad show what a director is capable of with these comic book properties when they are left alone. That sense of freedom for the director is shown with this latest MCU release, and its honestly up there with the first Guardians of the Galaxy.

Bravo, Charlie. My parents were relatively cautious with what movies we could or couldn't see when we were younger. And for what it's worth, this was before the PG-13 rating, so PG covered a wide range. What did they do? They saw the movie first! Perish the thought, stop the presses, two parents actually took some initiative! If they thought it was inappropriate for us, they wouldn't let us see it and waited until we were older. If they deemed it palatable for us, then we could go with them. This is why I was a little late to seeing Poltergeist, Excalibur and Raiders of the Lost Ark, yet we did see Airplane and Ragtime in a theater as a family. All five of those movies were rated PG, and all came out when my siblings and I were in the age 7-10 range. The first three had images they thought were too violent or bloody or whatever, but the latter two didn't. The funny thing is that they had no issue with us seeing nudity, which Airplane and Ragtime had, but evidently a man's face melting off his head was a bridge too far. Anyway, my parents were more protective in this area than other parents, and they acted accordingly. Doesn't seem that hard. In an era where more content is viewed on-demand at home, it should be easier than ever. But what do I know, I don't have kids. I can't judge. And yet it's my generation that might be the worst at what Charlie is ranting at here.

I was just using my time machine to take my child to the Colosseum in Ancient Rome and was utterly appalled at the amount of blood and gore there.

As soon as the credits rolled I knew this was going to be a thing. Parents don't do any research before anything now its insane. I watched Anakin get cut to pieces and burned alive when I was five. Watching someone be mean to animals isn't gonna truamatize your kids.

If parents think their 13+ kids are going to get traumatized by this, they don't know their kids. I bet most kids and teens who've watched the movie are more mature about it than the parents raising an issue out of it.

Both of my older siblings are new parents and they keep in of the rating when showing their boy video games, movies and etc. They only don't want their kid have a potty mouth but they always keep in mind that what they see and hear from the media is inevitable; therefore they TEACH him to not repeat the behaviour that is deemed bad and teach him the consequences of doing it like it's not hard to be a role model for a children just don't be lazy. Glad Charlie made good points

i hope i live long enough to see Charlie become a parent

Im so happy to be a zoomer and grow up with technology. My parents also just left me with an iPad and I’ve seen some pretty bad stuff. In a way I’m glad there’s no parental restrictions but when I’m older and I have kids, I’ll certainly monitor all their internet and add plenty of restrictions. I’ve seen some mind scarring stuff.

You have 2 options: 1. Be mindful of labels and ratings and parent what they are allowed to watch 2. Don't do that and expect your kids to see or hear certain things you don't want them to There's no option to do No 2 and get the results from No 1.

This particular case isn't about children and parents. My girlfriend cried after seeing the rabbit with their legs cut off and kept telling me she couldn't get it out of her head. I had to comfort her for an hour afterwards. She's a functional adult in every aspect, but I wish I had some warning. I knew she loved animals, I never would have taken her. I had to watch the movie on my own later so I could finish it

Love how even when Kids KZfaq exists, parents still find something to complain about

I just saw the movie and I loved it. While it wasn't as tightly written as the first two, rocket Raccoon has always been my favorite and I loved the focus on him. I felt so bad for him. He's such a tragic character

I'm so happy my parents took a hands off approach to the media I enjoyed as a kid. Helped me to grow and understand stuff way better than if I just watched "age appropriate" stuff. I especially remember reading the Sword of Truth book at age 10 and it just opening my eyes to the world. I would have become mentally stunted had I not been exposed to stuff like that at that age.

I’m glad my parents were chill. The first video game I remember playing was Mortal Kombat Deception. They did well in protecting me though from the weird shit online and whatnot but thank god they weren’t THAT protective

I saw it yesterday, and I was kind of surprised at how graphic it was at certain points. But these parents are idiots for thinking that movies that are literally PG-13 are all okay and suitable for their 5 year old kids. None of it was over the top graphic.

I really hope more companies ignore these poor excuse for parents and hopefully their actions bite them in the end soon

Some parents nowadays give their kids an iPad and start going mad when they find content they dont approve of, despite the fact they dont monitor their children and do their job as parents.

As a parent myself here's a pro tip...cover their eyes at the really bad parts or just don't go.