Kids and The Passion

the_anonomous · 03-21-2005, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Lee Modlin

I was wondering if any of you were considering taking your children to see the movie? I realize that infants and small children are pretty much out of the question, but what about those of you with pre-teens and younger teenagers? Geoffry, my seven year old, asked if he could go and I've been struggling with it. He made a public declaration of faith in front of our congregation last year and was baptized. This was after several long and in depth talks with him. He's fairly mature for his age and I believe he will understand what is going on, but I still have reservations due to the supposed "graphic violence" portrayed. I told him that after I had seen it, I would decide if he could go. What suggestions do you guys have?

you should take pre-teens and teens to see the movie. i saw it and it was great. im a teen. me and my friends whent and saw it with our parents. we really got a dif. prespective on the crusifing of jesus.

GirlLivinForGod · 03-23-2005, 01:09 PM

actualli, they show the pasSion constantly at church, buh its met for high skools, cuz they believe it might b a lil extreme for middle skoolers and under. buh then, im in middle skool so they made b wrong, buh the violence sorta hit me

sparklystuff · 03-25-2005, 08:17 PM

I don't think I would let anyone over 14 or 15 see the movie, depending on maturity I guess. It came out when I was 17 and I wept through the whole thing. It was the most diffficult thing I ever watched, I really don't think I would want a child or pre-teen to see it, it's just not appropriate.

Something to consider is to allow older children and pre-teens to see the cut version. i heard that it was being cut to a PG-13 level eliminating some of the most gorey parts. This may end up being more appropriate for children to view.