The basic mission of the rating system is a simple one: to offer to parents some advance information about movies so that parents can decide what movies they want their children to see or not to see. The entire rostrum of the rating program rests on the assumption of responsibility by parents.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The rating system exists to give parents information so they can decide what their children watch.
- In plain terms
- Ratings help parents choose movies for kids.
- What can you take from it?
- Parents are responsible for their children's media choices.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you decide what children watch?
Another view
Not all parents engage with rating information.
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