Reply #32: As a parent myself, I try to keep in touch and listen to what my son is downloading to his iPod

[Harry Monroe]

As opposed to depending on some arbitrary "rating". Movie ratings are a joke. A movie will earn an "R" rating simply for one utterance of the word "fuck", but can have all the violence in the world in it and still get a PG-13. As a parent, I would hope you would be the arbiter of what your child is listening to/watching rather than rely on someone else's "opinion" (the ratings). I do give my child a bit of leeway, BTW, but I draw the line at "gansta" rap which glorifies the violent street culture and dehumanizes women.