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" I found out the hard way that I really didn&amp;#039;t want my kids to see the original &amp;quot;Bad News Bears,&amp;quot; the one that came out when I was nine-years-old. As soon as Tatum O&amp;#039;Neal spouted her first curse-laden, vitriolic rant at Walther Matthau, I realized that &amp;quot;Rated PG&amp;quot; meant something else entirely when I was a kid. Also, that movie standards were surprisingly lax for kids back in an era when harmless fare like The Donny &amp;amp;amp; Marie Show ruled the TV. Since then, I&amp;#039;ve bookmarked a few great web sites and blogs that give me what I need to know about the latest movies, TV shows and video games for kids - and those not for kids. If you&amp;#039;re looking for some parental guidance when it comes to what your kids watch and play, check these out: Common Sense Media http://www.commonsensemedia.org/ If only I&amp;#039;d visited this comprehensive site before I&amp;#039;d rented &amp;quot;Bad News Bears.&amp;quot; They rated it okay for 12+, but warned that &amp;quot;Adults and children use extensive profanity.&amp;quot; Oh, #*$@. Movies, TV shows, games, music, web sites and even books, new and old, are reviewed here rather thoroughly. You&amp;#039;ll get the run-down on everything from violence to language to sexual content, plus reviews from both parents and children. It&amp;#039;s the first place I visit when a new movie comes out, or I get the (sometimes not-so-clever) idea to show my kids a movie from back in the day. Reel Life with Jane http://www.reellifewithjane.com/ Jane Boursaw&amp;#039;s gorgeous web site is the next best thing to getting the scoop on the latest movies your mom friends. Not only does she provide an insider&amp;#039;s look at what&amp;#039;s on the big screen, she breaks down exactly what moms need to know under &amp;quot;Just the facts, ma&amp;#039;am.&amp;quot; Find out, for example, that &amp;quot;Journey to the Center of the Earth&amp;quot; has &amp;quot;mild flirting,&amp;quot; attacks by hungry dinosaurs and curse words in German. Jane not only answers the question, &amp;quot;Will your kids like it?&amp;quot; but also, &amp;quot;Will parents like it?&amp;quot; So, you can decide ahead of time it you want to sit near the wall at the movie theater so you can &amp;quot;rest your head&amp;quot; during the latest kid flick. Smart Television Alliance http://www.smarttelevisionalliance.org/site/PageServer A refreshing alternative to the &amp;quot;TV will melt your kids&amp;#039; brains&amp;quot; attitude of some sites, STA is based on the premise that there&amp;#039;s plenty of good TV for kids. You just have to know how to find it. They offer up a chart of program recommendations for tweens like mine. If you&amp;#039;ve got Tivo, you can even click over to record great-for-tweens show like &amp;quot;Mythbusters&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;Everyone Hates Chris.&amp;quot; I liked their site so much, I even started blogging for them. Drop by to read my first entry, &amp;quot;Is TV Making My Tweens Old?&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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