Is Firefly suitable for children?
POSTED BY: chronicthehedgehog
UPDATED: Thursday, August 17, 2006 05:12
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I think Firefly is very much suitable for children. Certain aspects I would not myself allow children that I have view upon until I thought they were ready (such as the sexual aspect behind the show) are done subtly that children would fail to see anything major in it. The swearing is light enough that it wouldn't effect there minds majorly (lets not forget kids are swearing at a young age, normally around the age of 8 or so) and the bits in Chinese would go right over there heads. As for lesbianism, I think its good to show them that love between 2 woman is perfectly acceptable. Its because children are raised seeing different sex marriages everywhere (in life and on tv) that they begin to form in their heads that it is normal, thus causing strong reactions when they realise that same sex relationships are perfectly ok. And there is the torture, ok, yes, I would be abit worried about showing my children this (if I had any), but its done in a way that shows torture as being immoral by holding the good guys/bad guys quality within it. And looking at what Darkfly said, what are the effects of children seeing such things? As far as I have experienced, nothing. From a young age I heard cursing and did so myself, I saw pornography when I was 8, I saw violence in films and more. Want to know how its effected me? I'm coming up 16, I just passed all my exams and I'm perfectly friendly and polite.
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my girls are 9 and 7... and we have a firefly marathan (ending with serinity) at least twice a month!! and as i have told my sister... what is on the news is worse than what is in some movies.
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My sister raised her two daughters with a very open mind. If her daughters asked her a question about sex she felt they were ready to know. Now her daughters are grown women with children of their own. They are both high achievers with college degrees.
That was sex.
Violence is harder. I live in a very violent city considering its small size. So our news casts discuss more violence than Firefly ever shows. But that is a sad statement of my city.
I would think twice about letting my child see Mal push someone into a engine intake. I'm not sure what age would be appropriate. I guess you have to be aware of what your children understand. Pay attention to how they behave and react to things around them. You certainly can't wrap them in a blanket their whole lives. Eventually they will have to learn this is also part of life. I don't envy the choices a parent has to make on this subject.
I will leave that decision on an individual basis. Who knows their child better than the parent.
Language.
It isn't the words themselves, but how you use them. What is apropriate. If the child understands that Mal is being insulting when he calls Inara a whore than they know not to do it themselves. I would hope parents teach their children to respect others and not hurt them with words.
The show does have very good values in it. But it also very adult. PG-13 would probably be my best guess if I were to rate it.
If people say their six years olds have watched Firefly and are doing quit well, than I can't argue with them. Some children just handle it better than others. As I said parents know their children better than anyone. They have to live with the little buggers after all.
I burned ants with a magnifing glass when very young. I did not learn that from TV. I came up with myself. So I don't think we have to worry about the next generation because of this show. There is a lot worse things for them to see.
Traveler
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