Summer is here and I am Mean Mommie (page 2)

SixofNine

Of course, my daughter wears a "Most Fruitful Yuki - lead with the belly, follow with the sword" t-shirt that she got by standing in line for the Juno premier, lol.

Oh yeah, she took public transportation across town at 15 years of age to stand in that line. It's amazing what young people can do if adults will just get the hell out of their way. If you're not careful, they'll actually develop morals; which is something most adults know very little about, having long since replaced morals with traditions and laws and societal expectations.

LovesDubs

Im with you that movie is definitely NOT for young kids. However...you should watch it...its hilarious. She was up for an oscar for her performance and it was well earned.

LD

Big Tex

We let Jennie go see "Juno" with her friends. She's 14 and loved it. She insisted we watch it, and we did together.

I thought it was very well written, well acted and well executed. One of the better films I've seen lately. Ellen Page deserved the Oscar nomination.

The movie isn't about abortion. It's about teen pregnancy and the ending surprised me. I was expecting something else, and the plot threw me a curve but I was impressed with the resolution.

As for young kids seeing it, well depends on how young. My son is 12 and he found it boring (chick flick) and begged out of it.

Nina told me something about "Juno" that stuck with me. She said it's an almost exact window into what teens of 2008 are thinking, doing and how they're behaving. If you want to find out what your kid, or the kids around your kid, is like -- watch it.

Chris

Big Tex

As for the content, YES kids need to learn about unwanted pregnancy but NO young kids don't need to see a dramatisation which suggests that "it will be OK cos some rich couple will adopt the baby"...and other such unrealistic stuff.

With all due respect Sirona, what advice would you give a 16 year old girl who is pregnant? A lecture on condoms, or saying "no" is a little late at that point don't you think? What exactly do you find "unrealistic" about giving the baby up for adoption?

I didn't hear the film make commentary on how the characters were behaving. I saw it as a story of a girl who made an impulsive (which turned out to be poor) decision and then how she struggled to make it right. I think the film left it up to the viewer to make their own determinations. I also don't see the film saying teenage sex is either good or bad. It was simply saying it happens; and it does.

I'm not suggesting this film is appropriate for young kids, actually I think young kids would find it boring. Jackson says there's too much talking. I think every parent has to decide on their own what is, and isn't appropriate.

Chris

cruzanheart

It's an awesome movie. I've seen it three times. I think the kids who are too young to see it (12-year-old boys and either sex under 10) will not WANT to see it -- it will bore them to tears and they wouldn't "get" it. As I told Chris, it shows us parents how our kids are thinking. Their generation is different than ours was and it is interesting to see how they are thinking and what motivates them. There's a lot that's done out of sheer boredom, not rebelliousness.

The movie does not glorify pre-marital sex or pregnancy. It is a story about two kids who suddenly have to face consequences of their actions. Juno's parents are wonderful. Everyone in the movie is "real." This is not a Hollywood fantasy or dramatization about teen pregnancy. It's also a tribute to what can be accomplished outside of the mainstream "movie by committee" that we see too much of. Oh well, don't get me on THAT soapbox!

I think parents should watch it, preferably with their kids, but definitely to understand their kids.

Nina

John Doe

overprotection

mrsjones5

you have kids?

momzcrazy

I watch all PG13 movies before my kids do. If I don't think it's appropriate, they don't watch it. Period. I am mean Mommie too Josie.

momz

Sirona

With all due respect Sirona, what advice would you give a 16 year old girl who is pregnant? A lecture on condoms, or saying "no" is a little late at that point don't you think? What exactly do you find "unrealistic" about giving the baby up for adoption?

I said that a movie in which a couple just "appears" who happen to be rich and who happen to be wanting to adopt the child - is not realistic. I didn't say adoption itself wasn't realistic.

I wonder where you got the idea that I'd lecture on condoms after the event?

So to reiterate, what I find unrealistic is the context in this movie. By chance they meet a rich couple who say "hey we'll look after your baby!". In reality, the girl would have to give birth and watch the baby be whisked away to be adopted out to people she has never met. I was suggesting that this movie would possibly give the idea that if you get pregnant you can just find someone perfect who will care for your child and it will all turn out wonderfully!

Sirona

SixofNine

Sirona, you didn't see the movie. You are speaking as if you did. Why?

Summer is here and I am Mean Mommie

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