We are What we Watch

Today was a movie day, as it often is on our day off. As we were heading into the parking lot of the movie theater, we realized it was a day off for a lot of other people as well. The place was crowded (usually on Mondays we get the theater to ourselves)! I guess that happens on national holidays and almost everyone has the day off.

As we headed down the hallway to our theater, I felt like we just missed the party and everyone was leaving. One of the movies had just ended and we had to dodge people until we passed the group emptying out into the hallway. There were lots of kids in the crowd, so I looked to see what animated movie they just saw. Imagine my surprise when I realized it wasn't a cartoon- it was rated PG-13.

Here's what the MPAA rating says about PG-13 movies: "Parents Strongly Cautioned" and this particular movie posted this: "Crude and sexual humor, some nudity and language." Yeah- that's what I want to make sure my kids get drilled into their heads (please see the sarcasm in that last sentence!).

So what's the deal these days? What is it that makes us think we can submerse our kids in this sewage and expect them NOT to grow up to become societal problems? Why are we surprised when they develop "issues?"

And "our kids?" These are movies I shouldn't watch (by the way, we didn't see this particular movie and will not in the future)! AND we can't just talk about movies; we need to include TV in this mix as well. Some things are just NOT good to let into our heads.

This is real spiritual warfare friends. What do you think? Anything you think we can do about it on a large scale or are we stuck with what our world is becoming?