I've never been one to believe in censoring for the sake of censoring. A ten-year old may be perfectly capable of watching a PG-13 movie; understanding that its occasional swearing or kissing are parts of the real world; and walking away with a perfectly intact 10-year old psyche. My daughters began reading the Harry Potter series in second and third grade and are quite well-adjusted young women who do not worship Satan and, despite the swimming and talking sperm in Look Who's Talking, they were not corrupted by its implied sexuality. However, the movie did provide an interesting answer to one of childhood's age old questions, "How does the daddy's sperm get to the egg?" "Whoops...whoa...ahhhhh...well, they swim...that's it...they swim!" But, I digress. Censoring usually serves only to make our children more curious to find out what all the fuss is about. There are some movies though that I would never have allowed my children to watch. Legend of the Guardians is one of them.

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