16-year-olds should be allowed to see R-rated movies without an adult. 16-year-olds are young adults, getting ready to enter the real world. 16-year-olds are old enough to deal with seeing the situations portrayed in R-rated movies. In many cases, the policies in place do not prevent 16-year olds from seeing R-rated movies. Furthermore, restricting 16-year-olds from seeing R-rated movies deprives them of seeing many educational and artistic films. Teenagers are already aware of the topics …showed first 75 words of 439 total…

…showed last 75 words of 439 total…life. 16-year olds have seen the content of R-rated movies before, and will see it time and time again. To shield them from these issues in film is to shield them from life itself. If some well-intentioned parents wish to do this, they need to take responsibility for it themselves. Other people's children should be free to sample adult life in the safety of a movie theater, before they are confronted with it in reality.