Ratings

There is a lot I could say about ratings, but during our class discussion I kept thinking about an experience I had with the movie Hairspray and my niece (who was probably 8 or so at the time). I love this movie, and so one day when my niece was at our house we decided to watch Hairspray. It's rated PG and she loves musicals so I didn't even think about all the civil rights and racism in the movie. Man, was I grateful my mom was there to help some of my niece's questions after it was over! This is a perfect example of how a better content advisory description would have been really helpful. Although, it was rated PG there was some content in there that was a  bit too much for my little 8 year old niece's understanding!I feel the current rating system is a good start (and better than nothing), but there is still room for a lot of improvement.